Continuing a tradition that dates to 1999, the Island Community Chorus takes to the stage of the Old Whaling Church on Dec. 1 and 2 to open the Christmas season with its 20th annual holiday concert...

Monday night’s final performance of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society’s 45th anniversary season was a vivid reminder of the upside to the crowds of July and August. It...

Retail Heads Down; For Sale Signs Rise What These, and Other Numbers, Say About the Future of the Vineyard Is Subject of MVC Forum By NIS KILDEGAARD The Island economy is changing...

It's Preseason: What's in Store? Around Island, a Retailer Shift By NIS KILDEGAARD You need a scorecard to keep track of the preseason business shuffle in downtown Vineyard Haven. Elaine...

Minnesingers Bring Broadway to Island By NIS KILDEGAARD It's been a common shorthand for years to describe the Minnesingers, the elite performing ensemble of the Martha's Vineyard Regional...

Vineyarders Join Faiths to Offer Holiday Thanks By NIS KILDEGAARD "For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea," read Varian Cassat from her place at the pulpit, and...

Celtic Music Fans Are Island Impresarios By NIS KILDEGAARD A visitor to their woodworking shop near the ice arena finds Gregg Harcourt and Mary Wolverton hard at work, wearing headphones and...

Hugh Weisman organized the first Chilmark Road Race in 1978 as a fun run for the kids at the Chilmark Community Center. He never imagined that tomorrow, he'd be presiding over the 25th annual...

U.S. Census Figures Show Poverty Rates on Island Fall Below State AverageBy NIS KILDEGAARDPoverty rates on Martha's Vineyard are lower than the Massachusetts average, according to new statistics...

When the regional high school Minnesingers traveled to Lithuania last year, they were warmly received by their host school, the Lithuanian Youth Centre in the capital city of Vilnius. This year the...