Fresh from their Austrian tour last month, the Minnesingers take over the stage at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center this weekend for two concerts, Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Fresh from their Austrian tour last month, the Minnesingers take over the stage at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center this weekend for two concerts, Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Main street in Vineyard Haven was the place to be for the annual Tisbury Street Fair to peruse outdoor shopping and listen to live music, but the biggest lines could be found at the food tables.
It’s haying season again on Island farms. The Fischer family gathered at Flat Point Farm to gather their hay using the traditional method.
After the parade, after dinner, after ice cream, all eyes turned to the skies above Edgartown harbor for the return of town's annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Islanders and visitors headed to beachs, town streets, porches and the waterfront to view the rocket's red glare.
Marking 25 years of crowd-pleasing performances, the annual summer concert by the Island Community Chorus was also Peter Boak’s final concert as director of the group.
Edgartown's streets were a vision of red, white and blue with decorated floats and parade-goers in patriotic dress as the Vineyard celebrated the nation's birthday with the annual Fourth of July parade.
Stepping off to the sound of the McDonald Canon, the convoy of eclectic cars and trucks in the Aquinnah Kids Parade featured all kinds of patriotic decorations and enthusiastic passengers, along with some political statements.
Postcard-perfect weather brought people out in a celebratory mood, filling downtowns, beaches, and harbors on the Fourth of July.
The sun rose on the morning of July Fourth, and the Vineyard starts the day with morning walks, coffee, and waking up late from weekend festivities. Summer crowds have filled the Island for the Fourth of July holiday, flags are flying and families are gathering.
The Martha's Vineyard Women's Softball League anchors a cherished postion at Veteran’s Park. It is slow-pitch and at-bats are played with two balls and three strikes.
Situated just north of Cuttyhunk and Nashawena, Penikese is a state-owned island in Gosnold spanning 75 acres. The island is inhabited by gulls, oystercatchers, terns, snakes and rabbits. Very few trees grace its hilly plains, and rocks lace its jagged shores.
Vineyard schools closed their lockers for the year today. Bring on the popsicles, baseball games, and summer reading!
On Saturday at the Evening of Discovery, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s annual opening of summer party and fundraiser, white flags billowed on stately sailcloth tents, and festive lights twinkled under the tent’s ceilings.
The Vineyard sailing season has begun. The ever popular Round-the-Island race set sail at the Edgartown Yacht Club this weekend.
June is the on-ramp for the Vineyard's swift passage through summer, the month when the pieces that make up the busy mosaic of summer life here fall into place and the full picture begins to take shape.
Islanders gathered at Five Corners Saturday to protest the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, sparking demonstrations on the Vineyard and across the nation.