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Henry Beetle Hough, in his 1936 book “Martha’s Vineyard, Summer Resort,” listed the Island’s five most colorful, outward-facing characters of the late 19th century: a “bell ringer at the camp meeting,” “a somewhat mad woman with her hens,” “Blind Nathan Athearn from North Tisbury who went about with a green market basket calling, ‘Bananas — […]

“A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives.” This statement from artist Maira Kalman, which I came across by accident the other day, hit me deeply. I recently began a whole new chapter in my life, after 32 years in radio, and have found myself doing just […]

At the edge of downtown Oak Bluffs, on the corner of Pennacook and Circuit Avenues, stands a building with a long and colorful history: 82 Pennacook Ave., owned by the town of Oak Bluffs and currently undergoing renovations to become residential apartments. Modern records state that this structure was built in 1895, but fire insurance […]

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 […]

In the mid-’90s, several singers got together and approached Peter Boak about forming an Islandwide singing group dedicated to choral works, and to present several concerts a year. Recent singing opportunities had included only annual Handel’s “Messiah” performances, which left them wanting to do other works. We began modestly, presenting concerts in the Stone Church, […]

Objects in museums relate stories, and 26 of them tell all sorts of tales in the newest exhibition, “Martha’s Vineyard Museum A-Z.” The show is a compact treasure trove — a tasting menu, so to speak, from the collection. You’ll see everything from an intriguing fabric-constructed Nancy Luce doll to majestic signal flags whose abstract, […]

After 18 months of not singing together, the Island Community Chorus is ready to perform its first holiday concert since 2019. The chorus is currently smaller with 60 to 70 members, about 30 fewer than usual at their pre-pandemic holiday concerts. The group and its leader, Peter Boak, are happy to be back performing at […]

Luce family returns to Preston Hollow, but in another house, after 2019 storm.

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Upper Valley CC names new superintendent Haak PIQUA — The takeaway from 2020 at the Upper Valley Career Center is the validation of just how vital in-person education is to students. Serving over 1,000 juniors and seniors on the Piqua main campus, over 3,400 students in grade 7-12 through satellite programs, and hundreds of Adult Division students, UVCC rode the roller coaster of closings, quarantines, and covid protocols with the rest of the state and nation over the course of the year. Wit...