Showing now: A Gallery Art & Design’s inaugural solo exhibition, New Worlds/Magic City, features sixteen mixed-media artworks by Nicholas Grassi. Grassi explores energetic dynamism through large-scale paintings and drawings that pack chaos onto expansive surfaces. His process begins by sketching people in public and private, continuously redrawing them to capture shifting positions and build intense visual energy. Grassi’s prior exhibitions on the Island include: The Workshop Gallery…
Ann M. Lees, 91, of Brookline and Chilmark, died on July 8, 2026, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert S. Lees, who died in June 2017. She was the mother of David, Steven, Martha, and Sarah Lees. Her services are private, and a complete obituary will appear in another edition of this paper. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for online guestbook and information. The post Ann M. Lees appeared first on .
A celebration of life for Mark Grandfield will be held at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs on Monday, July 20, which would have been Mark’s 72nd birthday. From 7 pm till late, including live music. The post Mark Grandfield appeared first on .
Aquinnah, the ancestral home of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, may become the host of the first native-run shelter in the state dedicated to indigenous women who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened the hearing for Aquinnah Headwaters, a campus on 7.76 acres that would house a program to support indigenous women that have suffered from abuse. There will be continued hearing on the proposal next week, and the project needs further approvals…
The non-profit Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, in partnership with the West Tisbury Farmers Market, will once again distribute $25 vouchers for the purchase of farm-fresh food for low-income senior residents throughout the summer months on Martha’s Vineyard. Senior and low-income residents throughout the Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties who are 60 years and over are able to use vouchers to obtain fresh food at local participating locations in their region. On the Vineyard,…
The 54th season of the Vineyard Summer Chamber Music Festival continues with flutist/singer Emi Ferguson performing music of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Franz Schubert, and Harry Burleigh, who summered in Oak Bluffs for 30 years before his death in 1949. “All these composers are united in their devotion to capturing people, places, and emotions in music,” says Ferguson. “Each gave voice to ‘ordinary people’ and their struggles: Guthrie through folk ballads, Schubert through art…
On Tuesday, July 7, under a stormy sky, the Ag Hall was ablaze with light and energy, as Circuit Arts held its third annual Martha’s Vineyard Arts Icon Awards. Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub – actors and long-time seasonal residents of the Island – were celebrated during an evening that included sumptuous hours d’oeuvres and a delicious multi-course meal by Quitsa Kitchen. Brian Ditchfield, executive director of Circuit Arts, welcomed the crowd with a brief history of the organization, which…
Jean Tatelbaum is this year’s recipient of the Spirit of the Vineyard Award. Vineyard Village at Home — which provides services to the Island’s elderly community to support their independent living — sponsors the annual award. Tatelbaum is one of the organization’s longtime volunteers. The award annually recognizes the impact and contributions of an individual who has volunteered for one or more nonprofit organizations on the Island. In a press release, Vineyard Village at Home wrote that…
Basia Jaworska stood up in front of a packed room in 2022 during the Islanders Write Pitch Panel and spent three minutes describing the book she was writing, a story based on her mother’s experience as a Polish resistance fighter in World War II. Last winter, “Days of the Owl” was published. I recently caught up with Jaworska to ask her about getting the book published and about her experience at Islanders Write. Here are edited excerpts from that conversation. Kate Feiffer: What was your…
A vehicle crash in Oak Bluffs sent a child and adult male to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with injuries that appeared to be “life-threatening,” according to Massachusetts State Police. Sarah Burgess, State Police spokesperson, said troopers from the Oak Bluffs barracks responded to a report of a crash involving a truck and an e-bike on Thursday just after 8:30 pm. The accident was at Island Inn Road and Beach Road, Burgess said. “Troopers from Crime Scene Services and Collision…
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