Shamrocks and shillelaghs
St. Patrick’s Day is Friday, March 17, and Islanders, Irish and otherwise, will celebrate with a parade, dancing, eating of corned beef, and general imbibing, with a hefty dose of blarney thrown in....
View ArticleGardens filled with imagination are cultivated at Pathways
If you have any interest in gardening, landscaping, or the environment in general, Pathways is the place to be this Friday, March 24, when the arts organization based at the Chilmark Tavern hosts its...
View ArticleFrom Lake Wobegon Days to the Queen of Soul, summer concert series takes shape
Thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Concert Series, summer 2017 is shaping up to be an exciting season for music lovers. The confirmed lineup for the series’ sophomore season, announced last week, will...
View ArticlePathways hosts a ‘piano pig-out’
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View ArticleLadies of the Light
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View ArticleBodhi Path hosts Shangpa Rinpoche
Find the peace that already lies inside of you when Shangpa Rinpoche gives an introduction to shamatha meditation at a free season, open to the public, at the West Tisbury library on Friday, April 14,...
View ArticleUgandan for a day
“Today we are going to have some fun to the maximum,” said Godfrey Muwulya as an introduction to his program at the Oak Bluffs library last Thursday. It was the first of a number of presentations by...
View ArticleKeeping it real
“Fake news” is credited in recent years as a major accelerant to the fiery and divisive state of our national discourse. The creation and dissemination of false content is now seen as a largely...
View ArticleChillin’ in Chilmark
The Chilmark Potluck Jam has been an Island community tradition for eight years. Last Saturday, families, friends, artists, musicians, friendly fishermen, and hospitable chefs once again gathered at...
View ArticleSummer haircuts coming up for Island Alpacas
Island Alpaca is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the Island with a shearing day on Saturday, April 29. Come see professional alpaca handlers and shearers Jozi and Matt Best give the herd their...
View ArticleHow they found their groove
Dwight and Nicole are songwriters and performers of the kind of soul, blues, and R & B that speaks to you even when they’re playing and not singing. Their intensity is normally reserved for the...
View ArticleShellfish extravaganza doesn’t disappoint
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View ArticleMusic to the ears
Who among us doesn’t have a favorite poem, or two or three or more, to get us through vexing times — admittedly, what most of us Islanders are experiencing right now? Or so it seemed this past sunny...
View ArticleSpend an enchanted evening with ITW’s concert version of ‘South Pacific’
“Bali Ha’i” will be calling this weekend when the Island Theater Workshop (ITW) presents a concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific.” The production will include the entire score of...
View ArticleCookbooks ‘R’ Us at the Oak Bluffs Public Library
Indisputable fact: We all eat. And most of us love to eat. We’ve come a long way since we waited beside the campfire for the hunters to return with a wooly mammoth, at the sight of which we took out...
View ArticleIt’s wine time in Edgartown this weekend
For the fifth consecutive year, the MV Wine Fest returns to the Island to showcase world-class wines in Edgartown from May 11 to 14. The four-day celebration will feature wines from the U.S. as well as...
View ArticleThe Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse gets the season started with big laughs
The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse will be offering an early treat for Islanders this year when it hosts two preseason shows, both comedy/dramas. “Been There, Still There,” will be featured as a...
View ArticlePaint the town pink and green
Consider Edgartown a one-stop shop for deals, dinners, drinks, and donations all weekend long. The town will host its sixth annual Pink and Green Weekend starting Thursday, May 11, and running through...
View ArticleOn the road family-style, with the David Wax Museum
David Wax and Suz Slezak started the folk group David Wax Museum in Boston a decade ago as friends. Since then they have released multiple critically acclaimed albums and toured internationally as both...
View ArticleHarbor View’s Celebration of Pets
From furry to feathered to even scaly, Harbor View Hotel and the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard welcome all pet owners and animal lovers to bring their favorite animal friends to the seventh...
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