Inaugural Summer Concert Series Plans Star-Studded Lineup
Bill Eville

The Martha’s Vineyard Concert Series will feature, among others, Alan Cumming, Erin Brockovich, Paula Poundstone and the return of David Sedaris. Adam Epstein is the producer.

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Graves and Worms and Epitaphs? Shakespeare for the Masses Says Sure Thing
Bill Eville

Shakespeare for the Masses will perform three, yes three, Shakespeare plays in one hour — Richard II and Henry IV, parts one and two.

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Art Fueled by the Spirit of Imagination
Bill Eville

On Wednesday afternoon Miss Lani sat on the floor with a group of young children at the children’s art studio.

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Seasick But Putting Pen to Page, Whaling Wife Diaries Up for Auction
Bill Eville

In 1885 Parnell Smith Pease of the Vineyard joined her husband on a whaling trip aboard the Alaska. Her diary is up for auction on Thursday at Swann Auction Galleries in New York city.

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Loneliness of the Long Distance Bleacher
Bill Eville

I was one of three boys growing up. We ate a lot of meat, compared scars, had pushup contests and wrestled competitively.

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Blustery Bird Count Day Doesn't Deter Bevy of Birders
Bill Eville

It was cold and blustery on Jan. 2, but that didn’t stop a large number of Island birders from heading out into nature for the 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on the Vineyard.

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Looking Back to Look Forward, Carly Simon Finds Her Chorus
Bill Eville

Throughout her life Carly Simon has been a dutiful diarist, and so the whole of her life was just an arm’s length away waiting to be reborn.

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O Come, All Ye Merry Vineyarders, to Christmas in Edgartown
Bill Eville

Christmas in Edgartown arrives this weekend. Consider it three days of holiday fuel to propel you through the season full of hope, cheer and goodwill toward all.

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Armenia to Stateless in Samoa, It's a Highly Caffeinated Story
Bill Eville

Misha Sebastian's tale begins in Armenia, ends in Rwanda, stops at detention centers, languishes in Samoa and stars Christiane Amanpour and coffee.

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Through Stages of Grief, Author Gets to Heart of Being a Teenager
Bill Eville

Alexandra Coutts’s latest young adult novel Young Widows Club is indeed about a young widow. The main character Tamsen Baird is just 17. This is the West Tisbury author’s fourth book.

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