In 1885, Alexander Graham Bell traveled to the Vineyard to study the thriving Chilmark deaf community. His visit would eventually spark a protracted, controversial debate as to whether deaf people should abandon sign language in favor of the spoken word.
By Dan Jackson
What to do, where to go, what to see, what to read, and more.
Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival founders Stephanie Tavares-Rance and Floyd Rance are no strangers to bold names and even bolder ideas.
By Sydney Bender
Long ago, Black Dog founders Bob and Charlene Douglas built a tavern that would go on to launch a thousand shirts. This is not that story. This is a tale of love and fate and homecoming. It begins on the high seas, as most good yarns do, and extends to a horse farm in West Tisbury.
By Joe Keenan
In Ekua Holmes’s vibrant seaside collages, a day at the beach is so much more.
By Bijan C. Bayne
No one ever said farming is easy, but with just their four busy hands - and the support of countless others - Fire Cat's Dalila Bennett and Casey Mazar-Kelly are making it work.
By Martha Kirkpatrick
As the Vineyard says goodbye to summer music festival Beach Road Weekend and continues to restrict its already floundering nightlife scene, artists and venue owners wonder whether the Island can reclaim its reputation as a live-music destination.
By Brooke Kushwaha
It takes an extraordinary person to produce greatness year after year, to inspire a staff to stick around, and to make it all seem like so much fun.
By Vanessa Czarnecki
Acclaimed journalist Michele Norris’s latest book explores the big questions posed by short personal stories.
By Sydney Bender
What to do, where to go, what to see, what to read, and more.
