Six Historic Tales
Among the most popular regular features in the magazine are its history stories – no surprise there, when you consider how unique and adventurous the Island’s history is.
The Heart of the Island
For centuries ignored, ignited, unwanted, and taken for granted, the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest quietly provides recreation, habitat, and respite for humans and moths alike.
Vineyard Faces, Personalities, and Icons
We reprint, retell, and update some profiles and stories that have run in past issues of the magazine.
Wampanoag Living
Some things have changed and some have stayed the same since 1987, when the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) became federally recognized.
From Cod to Conch
How the fisheries have shifted focus over the past twenty-five years.
A Vineyard Feeling
The founding publisher and editor of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, William E. Marks, invited Walter Cronkite to write a personal essay for the premier issue in summer 1985.
Something Old, Something Nude
In 2007, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine began an annual Island Weddings & Celebrations publication, which has been indispensable for many a bride and groom. We look back to the first issue with this delightful essay by a wedding guest who saw more than he bargained for.
A DAW Block Party
Linoleum-block prints and accompanying quatrains by West Tisbury artist and poet Daniel “D.A.W.”
The How it Works Column
In the spirit of our anniversary issue, I was looking back over the years and realized I’ve written close to forty How It Works columns since 2004.
Revisiting Rebecca
A Gannon & Benjamin schooner launched in 2001 is the focus of a new art book.
A Quarter Century of Island Style
From swimsuit editions to dancers-as-models, from fashion retailers to jewelry designers.
Fifty Years of Conservation
The executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission considers what’s happened on the Vineyard over the past twenty-five years and what will happen in the next.
The Spirit of the Island
For our anniversary issue, Alley Moore, the magazine’s art director since 2003, curates an “art show” to recognize many of the artists contributing to the Vineyard community.
The Ongoing Fight Against Mother Nature
Armor. Battle. Punishment. Malicious attacks. These terms come up over and over again in the Martha’s Vineyard Magazine archives. They describe an open-ended war being fought on Vineyard soil, and this time the enemy is not Nantucket – there is far more at stake than a bronze cup. What we are fighting for is our…
From the Editor
From the Editor
Our first note of thanks must go to you, dear readers. Without our subscribers and all who buy the magazine on newsstands or read it in doctors’ offices, libraries, businesses, or as hand-me-downs, there’s no way we could have reached this twenty-five-year milestone.
