Arts & Entertainment

A proposed music festival at the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks ballpark got a preliminary but unanimous thumbs-up this week from the regional high school committee, owner of the park on school property in Oak Bluffs.

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Books & Ideas

Swept Away by Tradition and Crisis

Rick Herrick

Windswept, a new novel by Kate Hancock, opens with the story of Josiah Cook, a farmer on Chappaquiddick who in the late 18th century witnesses...

2:59 pm, December 4, 2014
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Music

Keeping Life in Tune with Handbells

Hope O’Brien became interested in handbells as a young girl growing up in the Berkshires. Although her parents were in a handbell choir, young Hope...

2:52 pm, December 4, 2014
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Community, Music

Sing, Choir of Islanders, Sing in Exultation

Ivy Ashe

The Old Whaling Church was filled with harmonies this week as the 115-member Island Community Chorus practiced for its annual holiday concert, which...

12:49 pm, December 4, 2014
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Real Estate, Arts & Entertainment

Welcome Home, HGTV Dream House Is Furnished Island Style

Sydney Bender

On Wednesday morning, representatives from Home & Garden Television gave a tour of the latest Dream House to be given away in early 2015. The...

6:01 pm, December 3, 2014
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Arts & Entertainment

Christmas Choreography by RISE

RISE Vineyard Performing Arts welcomes the holidays with an annual performance featuring dancers from ages three to 18, along with their instructors...