Circuit Arts News Today

I often hear people say that we could all use a little humor in our lives, especially in this day and age. But I disagree. I suspect we’ve always needed humor, no matter what day and age. I wonder if cave people performed standup, or wrote sketches on cave walls, or laughed when someone did […]

What a year we had. Turmoil was a significant part of our lives this year, so it is somewhat comforting to look back and see all that we did. As always, we featured Island musicians, and those who were just visiting. We managed to cover the visual arts all year long without missing a beat, […]

“American Symphony” layers a story about love, creativity, and the human spirit around the creation of a musical extravaganza by multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste, who touches on jazz, classical, R and B, and funk. He was the well-known bandleader on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. The documentary, presented by Circuit Arts at the Grange Hall, […]

Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” ushers in the holiday season at Circuit Arts at the Grange Hall. The heartwarming tale is timeless, and will be brought to life in a unique and enchanting reading. According to Circuit Arts’ description: “Written by Charles Dickens, one of the most prolific and beloved authors of the Victorian era, ‘A […]

The locally produced documentary “Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard” has been chosen to receive the Arlington International Film Festival’s Outstanding Massachusetts Filmmaker Award, Circuit Arts announced last week.  The documentary short, which portrays the after-effects of last year’s unexpected arrival of nearly 50 South American migrants to the Vineyard, was […]

Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation announced it is awarding grants totalling $421,000 to 38 local nonprofits.  This funding was made possible through the support of permanently endowed grant funds, and the generosity of donors. “This year, we witnessed extraordinary demand from our Island’s remarkable nonprofits, and the demand for our grants has never been greater,” Paul […]

The one thing you are guaranteed with anything that Built on Stilts director Abby Bender cooks up is the unexpected. This year’s fall offering is “Granger Things,” an immersive theater and dance experience where, as the promotional material says, “Worlds collide, and legends remain uncertain.” The undertaking is an intricate collaboration with Circuit Arts’ theater […]

“October is the treasure of the year. And all months pay bounty to her store.”  –Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and novelist of the late 19th century It is hard to believe that we are halfway through October! The month began with such beautiful weather, and lovely warm evenings. The ocean water remained warm, clear, […]

Last Tuesday, coming back from our once-a-week down-Island errands, Charley and I stopped at Alley’s for an ice cream sandwich, and then strolled across the street to the parking lot outside Howes House. That’s where IGI’s Mobile Market gets parked every Tuesday from 3 to 5 pm. Stopping at the Mobile Market table, we loaded […]

Last weekend, Venezuelan migrants flown unexpectedly to Martha's Vineyard in 2022 returned to the island for a reunion with each other and islanders.