The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Ground celebrated its 49th annual Grand Illumination Night on Wednesday.

The golden era of reggae and rock-steady gleamed again for two hours at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center August 13, when Toots & the Maytals delighted their audience with a concert featuring many Jamaican hits from the 1960s and 1970s.

Inadequate conditions at the town school were on full display during a tour this week attended by a large group of town officials.

With a lifetime of musical activism and nonviolent resistance behind her, Mavis Staples still sings for peace and justice.

All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World is an anthology featuring 69 female authors. On Wednesday, August 22, the voices of four of those authors will join together, not in song, but rather as part of a panel discussion.

The Vineyard Gazette printed copies of its Friday, August 21, 1885 edition, which will be used as a prop for the new Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse production opening on Tuesday, August 21.

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will host a special screening on Wednesday, August 22 of the new documentary about Livingston Taylor.

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts 3rd will be the guest preacher at Union Chapel on Sunday, August 19.

Fill your belly and your creative spirit on Sunday at the annual Potters Bowl held at Featherstone Center for the Arts.

Friday's the night, August 17, when the skies above Oak Bluffs light up in color. The annual Oak Bluffs fireworks begin around 9 p.m., with a band concert starting at 8 p.m.