The RISE Vineyard Performing Arts hosted its 15th annual holiday show Season’s Greetings: A Holiday Dance Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Performances were held at the Performing Arts Center (PAC).

December 18, 2024

Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.

December 16, 2024

This weekend Christmas in Edgartown arrives once again, celebrating a time when locals and visitors delight from morning until each merry night.

December 14, 2024

In towns and fields, early mornings or the twinkle of twilight, on dusky dirt paths or well-heeled roads, the journey unfolds, one day at a time. 

December 10, 2024

Nearly two dozen vendors, many of them Wampanoag artists and artisans, set up booths for the fifth annual Aquinnah Artisans Holiday Fair. Wampum jewelry, pottery, headwear, and handicrafts filled Aquinnah town hall this weekend as the holiday season shifted to Aquinnah.

December 8, 2024

The Island is full of bright light and spirit, and everywhere on the Vineyard the message is the same. The holiday season of Christmas on the Vineyard begins. Travel the brightly decorated main streets of our villages and you will find the rhythm of Island life changing.

December 8, 2024

After a long hiatus, the Festival of Wreaths returns to the Federated Church in Edgartown on Thursday. Handmade wreaths will be sold to benefit the Federated Church pastor's discretionary fund.

December 5, 2024

This year’s holiday gift show at Featherstone Center for the Arts is its largest ever, with 120 artists participating in the annual event.

December 4, 2024

Musicians and friends bid farewell to Geordie Gude Sunday, playing for hours at the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs.

December 3, 2024

The Chilmark Community Center was packed Saturday night, with every seat filled for the Thanksgiving weekend Chilmark Potluck Jam.

December 1, 2024

A holiday crowd of kids wearing red antlers and parents sipping hot cocoa filled Healey Square Saturday evening for the tree lighting as part of the Light Up OB weekend.

December 1, 2024

We know the season in our bones. In the days after Thanksgiving the wind and rain stripped down those few leaves that were left, and our winter coats are coming out.

December 1, 2024

November is a month for remembrance, its waning light and colder air kindling an appreciation for the season so suddenly behind us.

November 29, 2024

Just in time for final Thanksgiving shopping, Chilmark’s Beetlebung Farm opened its new farmstand this week and customers exchanged congratulations as their eyes scanned shelves lined with produce, baked goods, grains and dairy.

November 28, 2024

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team fell to the Nantucket Whalers Tuesday at Fenway Park during the 44th annual Island Cup.

November 27, 2024

November brings cooler weather and the arrival of winter residents, especially waterfowl. Transient migrants continue to be found, including some summer resident species, though they appear in newer numbers.

November 26, 2024

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