Following a concentrated blast of movies, music and conversation over a single weekend in March, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is stretching out this summer.
When pianist David Crohan moved to Florida in 2003, he brought with him a musical tradition that had delighted audiences at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs for more than a quarter of a century.
Richard Thompson played his first Martha’s Vineyard concert Thursday night, more than half a century after beginning his career in the British band Fairport Convention.
In the late summer of 1953, the artists Thomas Hart Benton and Denys Wortman sat for each other in Benton’s Chilmark studio for what became a dual portrait session, dubbed “the Battle of Beetlebung Corners” (sic) by Collier’s magazine that October.
Stop! The next time you’re driving up-Island, don’t miss this historic section of West Tisbury. Slow down and enjoy shopping and eating at the area’s 21st century businesses.
The Steamship Authority has hired from within to fill one of its most critical vacancies. Mark Rozum, a 23-year boat line veteran, takes over as treasurer-comptroller July 1.