Year in and out, the Vineyard explodes in color in May. As May opens, the world comes alive again. Spring has arrived.
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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.
June 25, 2022
June is the month of bursting colors and beguiling aromas, and now we are on the threshold of summer.
June 25, 2022
Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School students debuted Peter Pan and the Quest to Save Neverland, a reinvention of J. M. Barrie’s classic play that will travel next summer to Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival.
June 23, 2022
Now migrating shorebirds return as the calendar turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.
June 21, 2022
Juneteenth was celebrated this weekend on the Vineyard as a weekend-long jubilee. Events included musical performances at the Tabernacle, historians discussing slavery and emancipation, and a sampling of foods from a gospel brunch to a tasting from Island black and indigenous chefs.
June 20, 2022
Islanders, day-trippers and summer residents all found their way to Oak Bluffs Saturday for the annual Harborfest.
June 19, 2022
Dressed to the nines, Islanders came out to the historic Dr. Daniel Fisher House Thursday night for the annual Taste of the Vineyard, a super-sized soiree and smorgasbord that benefits the Vineyard Trust.
June 18, 2022
Each year Martha's Vineyard Magazine asks its readers to vote for the best and brightest in Island eating, shopping, entertainment, outdoor adventures, and more.
June 16, 2022
With words of wisdom, optimism, and remembrance, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2018 celebrated graduation Sunday at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.
June 13, 2022
To celebrate Pride Month in Oak Bluffs a parade stepped off from the Island Queen dock through downtown and ended at Ocean Park. Following the parade, jazz/hip-hop band Funktapuss performed at the bandstand with speakers.
June 13, 2022
Farm stands brimmed with early produce: strawberries, colorful lettuces, feathery herbs and Island-grown asparagus as the West Tisbury Farmers' Market opened for the season at the Agricultural Hall grounds on Saturday morning.
June 12, 2022
On beaches and at the edge of farm fields, rosa rugosa is the flower of the month — great drifts of them, strewn across the landscape like a scene brushed by Monet. Daisies are also in bloom. Baltimore orioles and finches decorate bird feeders with their brilliant oranges and yellows.
June 12, 2022
A Menemsha mainstay reopened Saturday morning and Betsy Larsen beckoned customers inside the newly rebuilt Larsen’s Fish Market after a winter-long construction project.
June 11, 2022
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School class of 2022 will graduate June 12, at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. The diverse group of students are remembered at their school as thoughtful, hardworking, and eager to engage in the community around them.
June 7, 2022
On Sunday, the largest graduating class in the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School's 25-year history walked in to the tune of Tongue Tied by GroupLove and was welcomed by a standing ovation from the crowd.
June 6, 2022