Unofficially the first poet laureate of the Island was Dionis Coffin Riggs, who began hosting a poetry group at the Cleaveland House in West Tisbury in 1960.
Here is Dionis’s poem Wait, Spring, which was published in the April 19, 1996 Gazette:
Unofficially the first poet laureate of the Island was Dionis Coffin Riggs, who began hosting a poetry group at the Cleaveland House in West Tisbury in 1960.
Here is Dionis’s poem Wait, Spring, which was published in the April 19, 1996 Gazette:
The Martha's Vineyard Women's Softball League anchors a cherished postion at Veteran’s Park. It is slow-pitch and at-bats are played with two balls and three strikes.
Situated just north of Cuttyhunk and Nashawena, Penikese is a state-owned island in Gosnold spanning 75 acres. The island is inhabited by gulls, oystercatchers, terns, snakes and rabbits. Very few trees grace its hilly plains, and rocks lace its jagged shores.
Vineyard schools closed their lockers for the year today. Bring on the popsicles, baseball games, and summer reading!
On Saturday at the Evening of Discovery, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s annual opening of summer party and fundraiser, white flags billowed on stately sailcloth tents, and festive lights twinkled under the tent’s ceilings.
The Vineyard sailing season has begun. The ever popular Round-the-Island race set sail at the Edgartown Yacht Club this weekend.
June is the on-ramp for the Vineyard's swift passage through summer, the month when the pieces that make up the busy mosaic of summer life here fall into place and the full picture begins to take shape.
Islanders gathered at Five Corners Saturday to protest the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, sparking demonstrations on the Vineyard and across the nation.
June is the month of bursting colors and beguiling aromas, and now we are on the threshold of summer.
Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School students debuted Peter Pan and the Quest to Save Neverland, a reinvention of J. M. Barrie’s classic play that will travel next summer to Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival.
Now migrating shorebirds return as the calendar turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.
Juneteenth was celebrated this weekend on the Vineyard as a weekend-long jubilee. Events included musical performances at the Tabernacle, historians discussing slavery and emancipation, and a sampling of foods from a gospel brunch to a tasting from Island black and indigenous chefs.
Islanders, day-trippers and summer residents all found their way to Oak Bluffs Saturday for the annual Harborfest.
Dressed to the nines, Islanders came out to the historic Dr. Daniel Fisher House Thursday night for the annual Taste of the Vineyard, a super-sized soiree and smorgasbord that benefits the Vineyard Trust.
Each year Martha's Vineyard Magazine asks its readers to vote for the best and brightest in Island eating, shopping, entertainment, outdoor adventures, and more.