On fishing and freedom
The father and his son had always been knotted together through a shared love of fishing, a narrative throughline from their homeland in Brazil and throughout their journey as immigrants to America. When his son was just a little boy, the father provided him with a bamboo pole to go for tilapia in the pond…
Mixing it up
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society (MVCMS) has a robust four-concert summer festival, running from June 24 to August 16. Board member David Snead remarks, “I think one particularly interesting thing is that the Chamber Music Society has really focused on bringing in young artists, who have this real passion and fire. Also, every concert…
Translating nature into poetic titles
Touring Polly Hill is a sensory delight. Bird song fills the air as you walk past flowering trees and plants whose rich smells waft across your path as you take in one beautiful vista after another. A glorious way to enrich your experience is to take one of their many staff- or docent-led arboretum tours. …
‘Art in the Park’ 2026
“Art is an experience that should be accessible to all” could serve as the tagline for Galaxy Arts MV’s second annual public art event. “Art in the Park” was born after executive director Holly Alaimo lost her Oak Bluffs Galaxy Gallery space last year. She says of the nonprofit organization, “The mission of Galaxy Arts…
Arts & Entertainment
Little worlds, expansive stories
Here on the Vineyard, Nancy Slonim Aronie is most associated with the written word. She is a prolific writer with a career as a journalist, with a bimonthly column in The MV Times, and three published books, and she has inspired countless participants to pen their truth through her Chilmark Writing Workshops. But for the…
‘Soul Yoga’ by Constance Messmer
Constance Messmer might be the only spiritual healer whose work is influenced by investigative journalism. The year-round Vineyard resident is a graduate of the University of Iowa’s journalism program, with a degree in mass communication. She went in a different professional direction — becoming a Reiki master — but she found that “while doing hands-on…
Featherstone Center for the Arts
“I think people come to Featherstone to learn a craft or see art, and yet they leave finding a community,” says Executive Director and CEO Ann Smith. Featherstone Center for the Arts has, in fact, been a major contributor to the Vineyard’s arts offerings for 30 years. It all began in 1996, when Meetinghouse Center…
Community Photos
Send your submissions to photos@mvtimes.com for a chance to be featured in our community photos slideshow.
Spring has sprung! Crocuses greeting the day. —Daniel Seidman 
Patriotic hay bales, Nip in Tuck Farm road. —Kate Feiffer 
Late-summer hydrangeas. —Katherine Scott 
North Road icon in Spring. —Valerie Reese 
The calmness of an early morning commute. —Melinda McCarron 
Edgartown Memorial Wharf sunrise. —Kristen Jenkinson 
Edgartown Memorial Wharf sunrise. —Kristen Jenkinson 
Boch Park views, early fall. —Katherine Scott 
Pinkletink on rhodie leaf. —Eugenie Reidmiller 
Ghost Island sunflowers; my woodcut of Island trees. —Elizabeth Langer 
One of Molly’s Marvel’s. —Caroline Thorton 
Sunrise OB. – Mark Crossland 
Sunset in Katama —Fabricio Sornas 
Vineyard Haven silver sky —Elizabeth Langer 
Katama airfield —Zandro Avansini 
Harvest Moon. —Katherine Scott
Photo Requirements
- The name of the person who took the image.
- A brief sentence or two detailing who or what is pictured.
- Where it was taken (to just say Martha’s Vineyard is not sufficient).
- The image must have been shot on or around the island.
- The image must not be heavily altered.
NOTE: Images with watermarks, text overlays, digital borders or date stamps will be rejected.
Eat & Drink
Salt Air and Good Food: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Outside on Martha’s Vineyard
There is a specific kind of happiness that only reveals itself when you are sitting on a sun-warmed beach blanket…
Edible beauty
I pulled into the Bend in the Road parking lot and immediately noticed the wild roses, their pink and white…
What We Cook When We Celebrate
Be a Proud Ally Promise me this: You won’t celebrate Pride by just trying to make rainbow-shaped and colored foods.…
Farm Map
Looking for Island-grown food and flowers? Check out the “Farm Map” by the Ag Society.
