July meets August this week, with a wide assortment of Island events and activities. Try these best bets on for size, check the Complete Martha’s Vineyard Calendar for more happenings and watch for our Thursday Island Time newsletter with tips for the weekend. 1 Pasture to Plate: Fresh Pasta, Monday, July 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at theFarm Institute in Edgartown Join […]
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Planning your Martha’s Vineyard summer vacation or weekend getaway? Consider building a trip around one (or more!) of the shows in this year’s Martha’s Vineyard Concert Series. From late June to the last day of August, headliners including Richard Thompson, Son Volt, Black Violin (pictured above) and Livingston Taylor will perform at historic Island venues including the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown and […]
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Visiting the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is for more than rainy days. After relocating from Edgartown to the old Marine Hospital in Vineyard Haven earlier this year, the museum has been spreading its wings in the new, larger space which includes a year-round café with a hilltop view of Lagoon Pond and a spectacular centerpiece you’ll […]
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John Belushi may have the most celebrated gravesite on Martha’s Vineyard, but a close runner-up must be the final resting place of a 19th-century eccentric known as the Madonna of the Hens, the Chicken Lady of Martha’s Vineyard or—to Islanders—simply the Chicken Lady, Nancy Luce. The Chicken Lady of Martha’s Vineyard Returns—In Song was last […]
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As the pinkletinks begin to sing, birds build their nests and early bulbs push through the dead leaves of winter, the Martha’s Vineyard arts scene is also warming up. Here’s a look at some of what’s happening on the Island this spring. You can always find the most up-to-date listings in the Complete Martha’s Vineyard Calendar. Studio […]
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There are six public libraries on Martha’s Vineyard, one in each town. Islanders love their libraries and have invested in them over many years, creating bright and comfortable public spaces that are open year-round. Visitors are always welcome and will find much more than books inside. At the Oak Bluffs library, for instance, you can […]
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It may be winter on Martha’s Vineyard, but there’s no off-season for the arts on this creative island. Some of the Vineyard’s best art galleries are open year-round, including Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, which has a collection of more than 700 paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures. (Photo above: curator Monina von Opel with Songbird of Haiti […]
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With Christmas and New Year’s receding from view, the first month of 2019 is a time for quiet contemplation—somewhere, probably. But on the Vineyard, musicians are filling the month of January with live entertainment. Last weekend, audiences flocked to three cabaret-style performances of Molly Conole’s Wicked Good Musical Revue at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in […]
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There’s a particular beauty to winter on the Vineyard, when vistas open up and crowds disappear. It’s a landscape that photographer Tim Johnson captures in endless alluring compositions in his weekly feature for the Vineyard Gazette called “Island Light.” Tim approaches his subjects with awe and curiosity, but never in a predictable way. He moves […]
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One-of-a-kind, artisan, locally-made gifts — looking for one of these this holiday season? You’re in luck. In addition to great shopping in all the down-Island towns this year, there will be more pop-ups, fairs and festivals than ever before. Some shows open soon and last through Christmas, others are one-night events. Grab a friend and […]
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