Much needed repairs to Aquinnah’s historic Community Baptist Church took place this week in the first of a multi-phase restoration project. The church’s new pastor Michael Gilman, an Aquinnah community member for more than 50 years, helmed the project alongside Gerry Locklear of the North Carolina-based Native Ministry, who enlisted a group of volunteer construction […]
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Masonâs new music
Lexi Roth, Lilah Larson, Jemima James, and Willy Mason performing at the M.V. Museum. â Jeremy Driesen
Willy Mason s mother, singer-songwriter Jemima James, opened for him at the M.V. Museum last month. â Jeremy Driesen
Svend Laursen, left, has a talk with Willy Mason before the museum show. â Jeremy Driesen
Willy Mason played some of the tunes from his new album, Already Dead, at the M.V. Museum a couple of weeks ago. â Jeremy Driesen
Even the littlest listeners enjoyed the recent concert. â Jeremy Driesen
The new album, Already Dead, has 10 tracks, including the single Youth on a Spit. â Courtesy Willy Mason
The Martha s Vineyard Times The Teahouse under construction in Laursen s studio. Tim Laursen The Teahouse outside the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury. Tim Laursen
A custom-made speaker cabinet for a hexaphonic guitar. Strings wired to spinning speakers create a beautiful sound, Laursen says. Devin Yalkin The Sunbird is a kinetic sculpture at M.V. Museum. It was inspired by the great blue heron and the artist s love for the machine. Tim Laursen
The prototype for The Sunbird during testing one Vineyard summer. Tim Laursen
Sculptor Tim Laursen of West Tisbury really made his mark on the Vineyard last summer when the M.V. Museum installed his large-scale, solar-powered sculpture “Sun Bird” outdoors on its new campus. The kinetic steel and bronze sculpture, with a seven-foot wingspan and flapping wings, has been captivating visitors since it first landed on the grounds of the museum in July. Although “Sun Bird” is his first public outdoor insta