A Unique Artists’ Retreat
The Point Way Inn has become an oasis for visiting artists to live, work, and commune on the Island. The fact that it’s free is a gift to the bottom line of many an arts institution.
Lambing at Allen Farm
Every May on the one hundred–acre Chilmark farm, the new lambs arrive – usually without assistance, and certainly with no fanfare. Oak Bluffs photographer Alison Shaw made a series of trips to the farm last spring to capture the first days of life for these fuzzy new Islanders.
Friends in Numbers
When you live on an island, it’s inevitable that you’ll find yourself in unlikely relationships. Sure, there are the regulars in your life – family, friends, the people you work with – but then there are the others, the unexpecteds.
How it Works: Building an Arbor
Simon Hickman puts up arbors with the same ease and frequency that I put up excuses. When you tour the grounds surrounding his home on Lambert’s Cove Road in West Tisbury, they’re as abundant as sparrows and each has its own distinct personality.
Steve Lohman’s Art of Playful Deception
Whether with metal or wood, this artist brings whimsy to yards and gardens, public spaces and private homes.
The Fantastic Mrs. Fox
An interview in three acts with Patricia Neal.
Zumba Dances on Stage
A recent addition to the class schedule at The Workout gym gets an annual staging at the Built on Stilts dance festival.
The Spirit of Independents
Martha’s Vineyard boasts a lot of committed people who own, work in, and patronize our bookstores. Neither last year’s Fourth of July fire nor the growth of big-box chain stores and online retailers is dampening that spirit.
The Workshop Gallery
Laments of a Weekender
In my car aboard the freight deck of the Governor, headed over choppy waves to Woods Hole one fall morning, I couldn’t help but notice the large windshield sticker on the car in front of me: VINEYARDERS.
