The Vineyard Preservation Trust’s Carnegie Heritage Center presents “Leo Convery: A Lifetime of Carving,” a special exhibition celebrating the work and remarkable Island life of 93-year-old Edgartown resident, businessman, craftsman, and award-winning woodcarver Leo Convery. On view in the Carnegie’s Dickinson Reading Room, the exhibition showcases Convery’s hand-carved birds and fish, award-winning Agricultural Fair entries, tools from his workshop, and personal stories that reveal the…
For more than two decades, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival has demonstrated the power of storytelling to inspire change, open doors, and transform lives. The work is about more than showcasing films: It has been about creating opportunities for the next generation of Black creatives. Today, it takes that mission one step further by establishing the Rance Family Foundation Fellowship in Film and Media at Howard University. This fellowship is a five-year…
By any stretch of the imagination, Teresa Jaworska was a courageous young woman, and her daughter, longtime Vineyarder Basia Jaworska, writes her true-life tale in “Days of the Owl.” The book’s title refers to Teresa’s wartime pseudonym in the Polish resistance as a teenager fighting the Nazis in her homeland during World War II. We are dropped into the story immediately, as 15-year-old Teresa is awakened by her cousin, who says, “The Germans bombed Poland. We’re at war!” Rather than…
Gear up your inner critic. It’s time again for the 29th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. Starting on Sept. 24, join audience members in more than 500 venues worldwide to vote for the Best Film and Best Actor awards among the 10 finalists that screened simultaneously over one week. The winners will be announced at manhattanshort.com on Monday, Oct 5, at 10 am. The U.S. entry, “Small Talk,” directed by Eduardo Moral, explores loneliness and alienation in a decaying city. In…
Two Poems By Warren Woessner
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YARMOUTH – A car apparently lost control and struck the guardrail on Eoute 6 in Yarmouth Saturday…
BOURNE – From Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office: The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health…
EASTHAM – Eastham officials responding to a report of smoke in the area discovered a front end…
TRURO – The Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team (BCTRT) was activated sometime after 2:30 PM Friday…
WELLFLEET – Traffic delays were reported after a traffic crash in Wellfleet about 2 PM Friday.…
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YARMOUTH — Organizers with the Wall That Heals on display in Yarmouth this weekend are announcing that…
