Old Whaling Church

The Joy of Savvy Comedy With Says You!

Whimsical wordplay and colloquial comedy are coming to the Vineyard next week with a live performance of the hit radio quiz show Says You!

Patty Griffin Rises Again With New Take on Music and Touring

Patty Griffin has built a life of traveling the world and singing her carefully framed miniatures. Three decades into her career, the woman regarded as an “artist’s artist” realized things needed to change.

Whaling Church Faulted for Poor Accessibility

The Edgartown selectmen were asked this week to take a look at accessibility issues for town meetings, which are held at the Old Whaling Church.

When Island Time Comes Ringing Sometimes It's a Little Slow

After losing power during tropical storm Hermine, the Old Whaling Church bells were an hour behind. A vacationing couple was on the case.

Old Whaling Church Has New Top

A small crowd gathered on Edgartown’s Main street Monday morning as a giant crane prepared to put the top back on the Old Whaling Church.

From Golden Pineapples to Clock Faces, Old Whaling Church Gets Facelift

A tower of scaffolding is going up this week outside the Old Whaling Church as work begins to restore the clock tower of the 172-year-old landmark on Edgartown’s Main street. The project is expected to be completed in late November.

Church Mural Restoration Continues

Carefully stripping away small sections of paint at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, the muralist Margot Datz was looking for guidance for her next design.

Restored Mural Reveals Form And Function at Whaling Church

When artist Margot Datz begins a new project she finds it hard to stop. “Until someone rips me off the wall I’m there,” she said on Wednesday morning at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. Although no one is coming to rip Ms. Datz off the wall, her brother Stephen Datz is on hand to “help her out the door,” he said. Good thing, too, as this weekend there will be a wedding held at the church. Scaffolding and bridal gowns do not really mix. But magnificently-restored murals serving as a backdrop for wedded bliss definitely do.

From Bow to Stern, Whaling Church Mural Gets New Life

Since 1843, the Old Whaling Church, with its familiar white exterior, six grand columns and regal clock tower, has stood watch over Edgartown’s Main street.

But inside the Greek revival church, built during the town’s whaling heyday, was another feature that architect Frederick Baylies viewed as an integral part of the completed project: trompe l’oeil paintings graced the walls and the ceilings, and the church’s interior architecture was built with these sweeping features in mind.

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Nearly 1600 Pounds of Pure Ringing Power Back in Action

It took a gentle push and a firm pull of many hands to get the 1,590-pound bronze bell back into position. But last Friday, after months of work and preparation, the Old Whaling Church bell was again in its place high above downtown Edgartown.

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