Last year at this time, sitting around a table sharing a home-cooked meal with friends, even close ones or extended family, was pretty much out of the question.
By Paul Schneider
The Reverend William Jackson, of Oak Bluffs, New Bedford, and Philadelphia, was not about to let bounty hunters return a member of his flock to the land of bondage.
By Skip Finley
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) tries some new tools in its quest to save a fishery.
By Nelson Sigelman
It was a long, lonely winter followed by an endless Groundhog Day of a spring. But now, just maybe, could it be summer?
By Amelia Simmons
“I have a great sense of humor. That is what has always kept me afloat. And I think, oftentimes, you can see it in my work.”
By Nicole Grace Mercier
Artist Lucy Mitchell explores the infinite mystery of elemental shapes and found objects.
By Elizabeth Hawes Weinstock
Kahina Van Dyke’s career as a financial technology pioneer has taken her all over the world. But her heart, and her passion, has always been in Oak Bluffs.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
Commercial fishing has never been an easy way to make a living, and it’s not getting any easier. But a new community is trying to make sure it continues as an Island way of life.
By Will Sennott
Our friend Phyllis Meras turned ninety recently and used the occasion to write to me inquiring about the current status of her most recent piece for Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.
By Paul Schneider
Fans of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks come to cheer for the college stars on the field. But it’s the team behind the team that has truly beaten all the odds.
By Noah Asimow
Artist Richard Lee, whose work is featured in a retrospective at the museum this month, imagined a world in which anything was possible, everything was beguiling, and endless inspiration could be found in the grotesque.
By Richard C. Skidmore
