An Island musician recalls rocking the Seaview Hotel
Everyone has a story of an unforgettable summer on Martha's Vineyard. Island musician Mike Benjamin shares his.
The dance floor had a soulful patina, stripped down to raw oak then stained by oceans of spilled drinks and a...
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,...
Dance theater gets big at the Yard
The Yard is preparing to wrap up its summer season, with only a handful of events scheduled through the end of August and into September.
Big Dance Theater, a Bessie, Obie, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance...
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....
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
‘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...
