Chef Judy Klumick is succinct when describing Black Sheep Luncheonette, an Edgartown eatery she runs with Patti Canha. “The Luncheonette is food truck style,” she said. “Wham, bam, done.”

Mocha Mott’s was bustling on Halloween morning when it opened up again for the first time in nine months.

Jasmine Thompson hears the same thing at every art party she hosts. “I don’t even know how to draw a stick figure,” someone will inevitably say.

Samantha Church wasn’t planning on becoming a businesswoman. But she saw a market for a locals-only jewelry store on Circuit avenue, the busiest street in Oak Bluffs, and last summer opened Driftwood.

Adrian Smith has been carving animals into stone since he was a teenager. It is a meditative process, which appeals to the artist, who sells his pieces out of his small gallery nearly hidden off Main street in Vineyard Haven.

Racing to the Dairy Queen in Edgartown on opening day is a time-honored tradition. And the first ice cream cone (or blizzard or milkshake) is as much a marker of spring as the pinkletinks.

At the far western tip of the Island, Wayward Wampum has remained open since Labor Day, expanding the social landscape in a remote area.

Going to a double feature at the local movie theatre in Gonaives, Haiti had two purposes for Francois Delphin as a young man.

A quick drive around Martha’s Vineyard reveals a tapestry of architectural styles, from the stately homes of former whaling captains in Edgartown to the colorful Victorian gingerbread houses in Oak Bluffs.

The popular Circuit avenue tavern is undergoing renovations following a change in ownership. The new owners are Larkin and Jacqueline Stallings, longtime seasonal residents.