Forty years ago Jaws put the Vineyard (masquerading as an island called Amity) and white sharks on the same Hollywood map. The celluloid great white shark that terrorized beachgoers gave sharks a bad rap, and swimmers reason for pause, for years.
By Sara Brown
Sometimes the arc of the moral universe is long and slow, and sometimes it curves sharply, making up for wasted time. That was the case last month as scattered calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capitol ignited a nationwide call to expel Confederate symbols from all parks and government buildings.
By Tom Dunlop
There was a friend of mine, early on, who said, ‘Paint what you love.’” Andrew Moore leaned against a corner table in his Harthaven gallery, surrounded by his own work on one of the first warm days of the season. Behind him hung a nearly life-sized oil portrait of his daughter, Hannah, a parasol perched lightly on one shoulder. “I’ve maybe done one or two commissions, but generally, I paint things that are integrated in my life or ignite my imagination.”
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
Lickety-split renovations are a specialty of sorts for Mark Snider.
By Phyllis Meras
Meet the brains and brawn behind the new Rosewater Market in Edgartown.
By Erin Ryerson
“It was a beautiful August afternoon, and I was working on taking a photograph of the Gay Head Cliffs with just the right light..."
It is becoming harder to pass the salt. Who is available to pass it?
By Charlie Nadler
You trekked down to the beach, hauled your gear, and staked out the perfect spot. Why not save it in style?
What is a “bikini” anyway?
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
You wouldn’t know it from a trip through Five Corners in Vineyard Haven, or the Triangle in Edgartown, but most Americans don’t take the time off they deserve. It’s not just hard-working laborers who are not permitted paid vacations by their Scroogian overlords, either, though that’s a huge problem and injustice: one in four Americans does not get a single paid vacation day. According to the U.S.
By Paul Schneider
For twenty years Chef Ben deForest has had a knack for creating Island restaurants that feel like parties you want to be at. But it hasn’t always been pretty.
By Karla Araujo
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