Live Oak By Jeffrey Agnoli Like the great oaks of the Vineyard our consciousness grows deeper and farther than we know each time we choose to follow the oneness our hidden magnetic roots pull the light closer our spreading branches touch new truths our selves like unfolding leaves brush against the stars. Jeffrey Agnoli lives in Edgartown. His short poems can be viewed on Instagram @jeffagnoli. Poets with a connection to Martha’s Vineyard are encouraged to submit poems…
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Hitch & the Giddyup will perform at the Grange Hall on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm, marking the return of Circuit Arts’ “Live from the Grange” series. Hitch & the Giddyup is a high-energy blend of barroom country, bluegrass drive, and back-porch Americana. Known for tight harmonies and a loose, joyful stage presence, the quintet has earned spots at leading roots festivals like Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York and the upcoming Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Connecticut. They have…
From 1904 to 1954, Manuel Swartz Roberts hand-wrought more than 200 catboats in the 1840 building now known as the Old Sculpin Gallery, across from the Chappy Ferry. Each year the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association (MVAA) hosts a weeklong celebration — this year from July 19 to 25 — honoring Roberts’ legacy and his contributions, not only as a boatbuilder but as a person who embodied community spirit in every aspect of his life and work. Roberts’ legacy is an Island treasure, and through…
The Oak Bluffs Library Art Gallery will hold a “meet the artist” reception on July 30 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, featuring the works of Yolène Legrand. A wide range of paintings and prints are on view, featuring Haiti, France, and various parts of the U.S. Legrand’s artwork will be displayed through the end of July during regular library summer hours. Legrand is an internationally recognized landscape artist, muralist, and art instructor. She is part of a new generation of Haitian-born artists…
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When we created Islanders Write in 2014, we decided that we wanted to tap into the extraordinary writers and publishing professionals among us on the Vineyard. We wanted to create something different from what was already happening here. The popular Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival was bringing amazing authors with new books to the Vineyard, so we decided that at Islanders Write, we would focus on the process of writing, in a variety of genres, and the business of getting published. We also decided…
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Rebecca Gilbert and Randy Ben David have created a beautiful teaching farm with a small herd of adorable pygmy goats, and within the past few weeks, five kids were born. On Saturday, July 19, Baby Goat Yoga returns to Native Earth Teaching Farm. Classes are Mondays and Wednesday evenings, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Saturday mornings, 10 to 11 am, and Thursdays they offer a Family-Friendly Yoga, 10 to 11 am. Register on the website, nativeearthteachingfarmmv.org. Thank you, Thomas Bena, Ben Robinson, and Ian…
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