On My Way: A frolic in the pond
A sunny sky with temperatures in the low thirties and 0 to 5 knots of wind. These were the conditions I was looking for to take my kayak out on the pond on a...
Off-season art
With some 27 years behind it, Featherstone Center for the Arts, bestriding the hill on its six rolling acres, continues to be a hub of all things creative, and is once again feeding our...
Don’t Miss Events: Jan. – April 2023
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse, Vineyard Haven
Enjoy stage plays, live music, poetry, art, and classic films at the Island's only professional year-round theater. The schedule through early spring includes Arnie's Poetry Café, the Wicked Good Musical...
Fruitful harvest
Thanksgiving may be behind us, but organic, Island-grown cranberries abound year-round on our shelves and in our local goodies, thanks to the Cranberry Bog Restoration Project — a Vineyard Open Land Foundation undertaking. VOLF,...
Safe harbors
Beacons on hilltops have guided mariners to safe harbor since the dawn of recorded history, and when Martha’s Vineyard was an important port for whale ships and other seafarers, lighthouses showed the way safely...
Down on the farm
Native Earth Teaching Farm is a little slice of heaven offering the opportunity to step into a gentler pace and space. While it’s the perfect place for families, don’t be fooled, adults will have...
History lessons
That treasure that sits on top of the hill in Vineyard Haven, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, isn’t slowing down — it’s rolling right into a robust fall. There are bountiful offerings of exhibitions, events,...
An artists’ co-op
Twelve years ago a group of like-minded artists and artisans decided to pull together their resources and establish a cooperative gallery. Despite some turnover in participants over the years, the Night Heron Gallery is...
Turning Vineyard Haven into Art Haven
Vineyard Haven has long been known as the entryway to Martha’s Vineyard — a place to land on the ferry and depart the Island for “America.”
There are a group of like-minded individuals who are trying...
Over the hills and fore away
It can be tough for folks who first visit Martha’s Vineyard to visualize another smaller and even more rustic Island just a stone's throw away (maybe literally, if you’ve got a good arm).
Even tougher...
