Books & Ideas
David McCullough laughingly calls the pretty little eight-by-10-foot structure in his back yard his “world headquarters.” Naturally, he was keen to...
A Little Bonsai Talk
Bonsai: Its History and Practice will be the presentation, by Island bonsai buff Don Sibley, at this month’s meeting of the...
Of all the ways to go, who would have thought the grocery store would become one of the prime unravelers of our mortal coil.
Sad but true says...
The Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury is more than just a pleasant experience with nature, although it is definitely that. It is a place to...
Look at Britain around the turn of the 20th century, or Napoleonic France in the early 1800s, or Spain in the late 1500s. Or so many other great...
The Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing has begun its summer program of workshops for writers. As a bonus for those of us who have...
Art Classes for Kids
Art classes with Amy Size are available for children ages 7 to 12 on Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Old...
AN UNSPEAKABLE MISSION. By Judith Campbell. Mainly Mystery Press, 2011. 262 pages. $16.95 softcover.
THE BEE BALM MURDERS: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery. By Cynthia Riggs. Minotaur Books, 2011. 304 pages. $24.99 hardcover.
A quick glance at the program for this year’s Hebrew Center Summer Institute speaker series is enough to show that change has happened at the...
“Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They...
The horror of the Civil War was the graphic and powerful subject of the 1989 Academy Award-winning film Glory, screened at the Katharine Cornell...
