Ask ceramicist Jennifer McCurdy what language she speaks best and she will say the language of porcelain.

These days there are many of them among us. Some just arrived for a quick visit, some came earlier in the spring and some stay year-round.

Fourteen years ago, Michele Norris started The Race Card Project which asked people from all over the world to write six words on a postcard about their personal attitudes on race.

Under the leadership of Beth Folcarelli, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS) has made important steps forward.

There is a kind of chanting, simmering, persuasive music these August nights which reminds one that although the pinkletinks have to work alone, the crickets, locusts et al, have a symphony orchestra of many virtuosos.

As the sun rose over the fields at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School this week, the usually peaceful morning scene was transformed into “hell week.”

That was some serious rain on Monday. I may have heard the word biblical thrown around.

During their northward migration and the nesting season, we hear birds before we see them because birds are singing to defend their territory and attract mates.

Woolly Dutchman’s pipevine is a plant that always rises to the occasion.

Seth Meyers, Emmy-award winning comedian and late-night host, will perform a stand-up show on Wednesday, August 28 at the Performing Arts Center to benefit the Friends of the Chilmark Preschool.