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The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival teamed up with Island Spirit Kayak to present the first ever paddle-in movie, with a screening of Jaws in Owen Park and the Vineyard Haven Harbor.
July 7, 2018
After Fourth of July parades, barbecues and swims, crowds streamed to Edgartown to watch the annual fireworks show.
July 5, 2018
The Vineyard celebrated the nation's birthday with the annual Edgartown Fourth of July parade.
July 4, 2018
Sixteen years ago five Aquinnah families decided they didn't want to make the trek into Edgartown on the Fourth of July. So they started their own tradition: the Old South Road children’s parade. The small parade has morphed into a townwide gathering.
July 4, 2018
About 150 children and their families participated in the 21st annual Fourth of July Children’s Parade at the Camp Ground.
July 4, 2018
The day dawned humid and hazy on Vineyard Haven harbor. Soon after runners gathered in Vineyard Haven to start the day with a five-mile race along West Chop, while in Oak Bluffs the Polar Bears gathered in the early morning, as they do daily during the summer, for a swim in Nantucket Sound.
July 4, 2018
Candy Shweder created Up-Island Pottery more than 30 years ago, throwing in her home studio.
July 3, 2018
The summer season kicked into gear as several galleries welcomed July with well-attended openings.
July 3, 2018
On Wednesday afternoon Coop de Ville on the Oak Bluffs harbor was filled with soccer fans for the much-anticipated Brazil vs. Serbia World Cup match.
June 28, 2018
Like an osprey, Abe Pieciak wanders the Island looking for materials for his art. In his studio he has boxes full of flippers, soda cans, cords and nylon rope found on the beaches. Old buoys line a shelf. His latest works have been osprey nests in relief.
June 27, 2018
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Polly Hill Arboretum is offering a Twenty Iconic Trees tour.
June 26, 2018
June has made it to our shores and the nesting season is well underway.
June 26, 2018
On Saturday the Red Sox beat the Cubs 4-1 to win the Martha’s Vineyard Little League Major League championship.
June 26, 2018
Photography, carved birds and a celebration of color: several Island galleries celebrated the start of summer this weekend.
June 25, 2018
