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I know we can do things on our own, but what might happen if we do them together? In his last sermon, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution,” Martin Luther King said, “Our world is a neighborhood. Through our scientific and technological genius, we have made this world a neighborhood, and yet we have not […]

The Jeremy Berlin Trio will present two special evenings of jazz at Pathways at the Chilmark Tavern on Friday, Jan. 12, and Sunday, Jan. 14, at 7 pm both nights. This will be the third time the trio, made up of Berlin, Taurus Biskis, and Eric Johnson, present the jazz nights, backing up a slew […]

2023 was a year of balance for us food writers at The Times. We learned which corners to cut, pennies to pinch, and when to slow down and splurge on a higher-end meal. From kickin’ crab melts, meatballs paired with childhood memories, and Dave’s perfectly seared scallops to barbecue chicken tortilla pizzas, we might have […]

Artist and architect Bruce MacNelly has a somewhat different way of looking at process. He works in both collage and painting, with the former often informing the latter. For his collage work, MacNelly takes an intuitive approach. “It’s sort of stream of consciousness,” he says. “I use collages as an opportunity to study compositional ideas […]

I listen to podcasts and the radio on weekend mornings while doing inside-the-house chores. Sometimes I hear things that I want to puzzle over with someone. My brain doesn’t retain exact quotes. I remember the topic was thinking about the experience of living, and what we want most deeply is to experience life in a […]

The Chilmark Tavern, Pathways’ winter gathering space, will once again be hopping on Tuesday nights. Ron Slate has arranged an impressive array of readers for this year’s Writing and Poetry Tuesdays lineup. As always, there will be time afterward for the audience to speak with the presenters, and then an open mic, making each night […]

“Je ne sais quoi?” Not really. I just always wanted to say that. In fact, I know exactly how to describe every experience I have at the Chilmark Tavern, and that French phrase sums it up. Sublime comes to mind. If you know, then you know. Is it the excellence of the staff and service? […]

Virginia Stone attacks the early pandemic with a keen eye for the changes it wrought in our everyday lives, with both compassion and humor. Her show, “COVID Up-Island,” at the West Tisbury library, looks through a local lens of the familiar at an experience that was far from it. Barred from her usual figure drawing […]

Chilmark voters will be taking up a $13.5 million budget and a 27-article warrant at the annual town meeting on April 24.  Residents will also be considering a change to the town’s alcohol regulations that, if approved, would allow for the sale of alcohol at restaurants.  Chilmark is the last remaining “dry town” on Martha’s […]

In honor of Women’s History Month, Pathways Arts hung a show devoted to women artists during the month of March. Now they have extended the exhibit through the end of April. On the walls of the Chilmark Tavern, Pathways’ off-season home, is work by seven established female artists. The selection includes new paintings by a […]