Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s highly personal documentary A Place of Our Own had a rare big-screen showing Tuesday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven.
Consumers over the age of 21 can now legally purchase and use marijuana grown on the Vineyard, following the start Monday morning of adult-use sales at Fine Fettle Dispensary in West Tisbury.
Island artist Margot Datz, known for her fanciful images of animals, people and mermaids as well as larger-scale murals, brought a new crop of paintings to the Grange Hall on Saturday.
A book festival audience turned out Friday evening for a panel discussion on the Martha’s Vineyard Museum lawn with three of the country’s leading journalists.
In what may have been the largest gathering under one Island roof since sometime in 2019, a joyful crowd of close to 800 music lovers turned out for Kate Taylor’s record release party Tuesday at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. More listeners camped in the dark outside, some dancing to the music that spilled out into the campgrounds.
The show was a celebration of Ms. Taylor’s new album Why Wait, and hosted by the record’s producer, Peter Asher, who also produced Ms. Taylor’s debut LP Sister Kate in 1971.
Two of the country’s most prominent black intellectuals joined forces on the stage of Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs Thursday afternoon, where an eager crowd of listeners filled the pews.
After weeks of delay, the Oak Bluffs select board signed off on an agreement with the state Tuesday that clears the way for construction of a shared-use path running from the Lagoon Pond drawbridge to County Road at Eastville avenue.
The African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard dedicated a new site at Memorial Wharf commemorating the still-mysterious escape of a fugitive from slavery 277 years ago.
