Long Strange Trip
Thirty years in the life of an Island painting.
A Brief History of Vineyard Outrage
For thirty years, and more, we’ve been horrified, appalled, and up in arms. A look back.
Ready About!
It is one thing to be fashionably late for your high school prom, but last May one group of juniors was noticeably absent from the red carpet walk that precedes the big dance. They had planned to attend: dresses picked out, tuxes rented, dates arranged. But as the rest of their class spent the…
Thirty Years in Paradise
Martha’s Vineyard Magazine was born in the summer of 1985, when everyone worried the Vineyard was being overrun with houses and the Island was turning into Cape Cod. Now everyone is worried that housing is becoming unaffordable and that the Island is turning into Nantucket. Can everyone always be right?
From the Editor
On the off chance that you ignored the cover of this month’s issue and flipped feverishly to this page in order to see what pearls of insight might await you at the editor’s letter, I would like to remind you that this year is Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s thirtieth year of publication. And that while we…
DAW: Spring Seduction
Rockers where the porch was bareInvite the springtime derrièreTo sit awhile and smell the air.The chores can wait; there’s time to spare!
The Nadler Effect: A Modest Proposal
The last three decades have ushered in consistent innovation in Martha’s Vineyard transportation.
Who You Gonna Text?
You can Google all you want, but no one is going to tell you that the Oak Bluffs harbor is dead tonight and you should head to the Ritz instead. After all, local is as local does. That’s the idea behind an unusual virtual concierge service offered at the Dockside Inn, where hotel owner John…
All the Pretty Ferries
To those who’ve been here long enough, it is known as “the yellow book,” a definitive history of the steamships and ferries that have sailed to and from the mainland going back to the start of the service, two centuries ago. Written by Paul C. Morris and Joseph Morin of Nantucket and published in 1977,…
Notes from the Tackle Room: Spring Run
Spring is an iffy season on the Vineyard. The ocean’s chill delays the reawakening of color and blossom for a seeming eternity while blustery winds keep summer at bay. But something is going on beneath the sea that keeps pulses racing: the spring run of striped bass, which brings these magnificent fish back to our…
Easy Green
Sea green, SUP green, and sport green.
30 Years From the MVM Vault: It Ain’t Over Till Bubbles Has Her Say
“You know, in order for us to maintain our peace and our haven and what we consider to be our paradise, we impose almost impossible burdens on the local people who live here year round…”
Island Classic: Carhartts
Carpenters, craftspeople, and other rugged, handy types are the heart of this Island, and as far as brand names go, their hearts – and legs – belong to Carhartt.
Oceanography
Oceanography: Whale, All Right
It’s springtime, and for right whales, the plankton feeding is easy. A large group of the endangered mammals were spotted via aerial surveys in the waters between Gay Head and Block Island in the late winter and spring. “That’s a really interesting area that’s had relatively little survey effort until recently,” said Philip Hamilton, a…
Karasik Cartoon
The Look
The Look, 1985
Unmistakeably ’80s, inarguably Edgartown, and straight from an advertisement that ran in the pages of our inaugural issue in the summer of 1985.
