Let Me Give You Some Free Advice
For day-trippers to Oak Bluffs, it doesn’t take long to find out what they need to know.
Summer Reads
Looking for a beach read to finish out the summer? Look no further than these Island-made new arrivals.
C’mon, Give Us Your Best Shot
It’s not too late to enter Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s 15th annual photography contest.
This Other Eden
What is it, exactly, that makes the Vineyard feel so different than the rest of the country for Black and Brown Americans?
All About Bill
Did he or didn’t he? It all depends on your definition of “did,” of course. Thirty years on, Islanders are still arguing over whether President Bill Clinton’s vacations here changed the place forever.
All Work, Plenty of Play
There’s never a dull moment at Ghost Island Farm in West Tisbury, where the produce is fresh, the scenery bucolic, and the weird, wacky details are all just part of the bounty.
One More Dance
After a five-year reprieve from her decades-long career as an artist and art teacher, Janice Frame has found the inspiration she needs from the Vineyard once again.
Swim at Your Own Risk
Great white sharks on the Vineyard were long just a movie-going myth, but with a recent uptick in sightings, evidence of a rebounding population has now reached Island shores.
flotsam and jetsam
Flotsam & Jetsam
Recent news you can sort of use.
Q & A
Beach Road Dispatch
Vineyard Haven’s Chadwick Stokes takes to the big stage August 26.
One Last Thing
One Last Thing: MV Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
(With apologies and eternal admiration to the late Al Jaffee).
From the Editor
From the Editor
Right whales that gather in the region are critically endangered; the cod for which the Cape is named are all but gone. And yet the rebounding shark and seal populations are rare success stories. They should be cause for celebration, not concern.
