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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Okay, okay, we get it: April showers bring May flowers. But enough is enough already! We are ready for full-on springtime weather perfect for getting the garden ready, taking a stroll through the woods, or maybe even just spending some time on the back deck catching some rays. Yes, another wet weekend is in the […]
See MoreVisiting 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 […]
See MorePassover begins Friday night. Saturday is Earth Day. Sunday is Easter. And a large amount of rainfall is headed our way, naturally. But we are not going to let a little bad weather bother us. Tomorrow the Dairy Queen opens in Edgartown; why not start the holiday weekend with a Blizzard? To better plan your schedule, here is a […]
See MoreWhat restaurants are open on the Vineyard this month? Here’s what we know, along with dates for the upcoming reopening in May of seasonal favorites including Chesca’s and Morning Glory Farm and the new restaurants at the Harbor View Hotel. Some restaurants are still operating on limited schedules until the weather warms up, so be sure to […]
restaurantsspring See MoreThere’s a bodacious display of Easter candy at Alley’s General Store. Flying Horses Carousel is opening on Saturday, April 13 (early this year!), with free lollipops for kids (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Grown-ups will be happy to know that Red Cat Kitchen reopened for the season in Oak Bluffs last week, Mocha Motts in […]
See MoreJohn 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 […]
chickenchorusclassicalmusicNancy Luce See MoreIn a small community like the off-season Vineyard, hardly a week goes by when there isn’t some type of grassroots fundraiser on the calendar. It might be a potluck or a dance party or a sporting event. It might be that a business is donating a percentage of sales to a local organization, like Bunch of […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard restaurants offer every kind of lunch experience, from a multi-course meal with wine to a quick burger and fries. Summer, of course, is when the options are widest and outdoor dining spots draw crowds. But from fall through spring, there are still plenty of places to find your midday meal—without the long wait […]
See MoreWe’ve noticed on our up-Island jaunts that the critters are starting to poke their heads out of the barn. The oxen were grazing on Middle Road yesterday afternoon despite little to graze on. With the long days, hens are laying more, and eggs are plentiful. Baby chicks are arriving at the post office. On Facebook, […]
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