Emily Drazen News Today

The top New Year’s resolution is exercise, with 52 percent choosing to hit the gym more often. Gyms fill up in January, but the dropout rate is high, with 43 percent of exercisers expecting to fail before February, and almost one out of four quitting within the first week of setting their resolution. Most people […]

This installment of Second Acts started out as a profile on Steve Ewing, dockbuilder-poet. If ever there was a Vineyarder finding his “other self,” it’s Steve, a man who drives 20-foot pilings into sand and mud and then goes home to express his feelings in iambic pentameter. But in exploring Steve’s expressive journey, it became […]

While the population at this exclusive venue jumps to 200,000 in the summer, it’s also home to a small but growing year-round population of about 17,000. Like the lighthouses that dot the island’s coasts, Chabad will be there for the long, bustling summer days and the equally long, star-studded winter nights.

On Wednesday, Nov. 17, the Chilmark library hosts “The New York Poets with Jill Jupen” at 4 pm. The New York School of poetry began around 1960 in New York City and included poets such as John Ashbury, Kenneth Koch, and Frank O’Hara. The library’s press release says: “Heavily influenced by surrealism and modernism, the […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times Ocean Park during a winter sunset. — Rob DeLong Arnie Reisman will read one of his recent poems, “The Plagues the Thing.” — Lexi Pline Jill Jupen — Emily Drazen West Tisbury poet laureate Spencer Thurlow will read his poetry during the winter solstice celebration. — Studio Takahashi Mary Sossong — Stacey Rupolo Paul Thurlow — Gabrielle Mannino With mid-December marking the turning point toward the lengthening of the days, the winter solstic...