Martha’s Vineyard gets stoked for Chadwick Stokes
The Island hits all notes of nostalgia for singer-songwriter Chadwick Stokes, the man behind the sounds of Dispatch and State Radio. On Saturday, July 30, alongside his brother Willy and friend J.R., Mr. Stokes...
The local music lowdown: Outdoor music resurges on Martha’s Vineyard
Since we heard Flatbread would not reopen this summer, The Times Calendar section has been lamenting the loss of Martha’s Vineyard music venues. There was a time when you could catch big-name acts weekly...
‘Occupied Territories’ bridges the gap between veterans and civilians
It was 1969, and Steve Maxner was in a concrete bunker in Vietnam, witnessing his daughter’s birth for the first time on videotape. Less than 300 yards away, helicopters were circling Vietnamese troops, raining...
Island Theater Workshop invites you to ‘Be Our Guest’ at ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Cutlery comes alive in Island Theatre Workshop’s (ITW) rendition of “Beauty and the Beast.” “People are dressed as giant five-foot plates, forks, and knives. We have two seven- or eight-foot-tall whisks,” director Kevin Ryan...
‘We Minstrels 3’ concert explores the multiverse of music
Musical ensembles come about a little bit the way love affairs arise: equal sprinkles of happenstance, desire, and a match created by inexplicable magic, however fleeting. Flautist Ed Merck of Lambert’s Cove has long...
Oak Bluffs historic Campground still inspires
At night in the late 1860s, as darkness fell over Oak Bluffs, religious devotees closed the gates of the seven-foot-tall fence that surrounded the Methodist Campground.
“At 10 and a half o'clock, as they called...
The Cottagers turn 60 in style
For those familiar with Oak Bluffs, the forest-green trimmed, white two-story house on 57 Pequot Ave. is as much a landmark as Union Chapel or the jetty and Inkwell Beach. The building is situated...
Broadway series continues with Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald
Along with the grand finale excitement of August, a new series of events is adding some bang and a burst of color to the Island's climactic summer month. Two of Broadway's biggest stars will...
Tony Award-Winning Play ‘RED’ hits the Vineyard Playhouse
In “RED,” the newest play at the Vineyard Playhouse, the boss man meets the young intern, and we instantly know this will be the job from hell. But not just any job from hell....
Martha’s Vineyard Songwriting Festival brings a little Nashville to the Vineyard
When Matt Casey set out to produce the first Martha’s Vineyard Songwriting Festival (MVSF), he never imagined that it would rise to the level of success it has achieved. Now in its sixth year,...
