Abby Remer

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum was filled to capacity on Thursday, June 11, to hear a distinguished panel discuss the history, legacy, resiliency, and power of community among the Cottagers, who are, as moderator Linda Moffat said, “generations of black women who have shown up, spoken out, and lifted others along the way for 70 years.” She continued, “Let’s take that in. Seventy years of black women shaping the Vineyard in ways both seen and unseen. Now that doesn’t happen by accident, but through commitment, courage, and community.”

The 14th annual FilMusic Festival, running from June 25 through 28 at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, is an exciting long weekend of feature films and musical performances celebrating the convergence of music, culture, and film. Martha’s Vineyard Film Society founder and executive director Richard Paradise notes, “The inspiration to create FilMusic was that music […]

“I think people come to Featherstone to learn a craft or see art, and yet they leave finding a community,” says Executive Director and CEO Ann Smith. Featherstone Center for the Arts has, in fact, been a major contributor to the Vineyard’s arts offerings for 30 years.

It’s been 80 years. Eighty years of the Martha’s Vineyard Polar Bears wading in the water and finding sustenance in fellowship with new and old friends. Every morning, from July 4 through Labor Day, the Polar Bears gather at Inkwell Beach for water aerobics, meditation, and socializing. This year, Zita Cousens will honor the anniversary at her gallery with a special exhibition inspired by the group, on view July 3 through 8.

Just when you think you know where writer-director Boots Riley is taking us in “I Love Boosters,” he throws in an extra twist … or two … or three. This surreal, anticapitalist crime comedy begins at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Friday, July 3. In a dark nightclub in the Bay Area, Corvette (Keke […]

Nôepe, this Island where we live or visit, has been part of the U.S. for 250 years, but it has been a Wôpanâak homeland since time immemorial. On June 23, Vineyard Haven library hosted Brad Lopes, an Aquinnah Wampanoag citizen and the Aquinnah Cultural Center education and public program manager and education director for the […]

For 15 years, fabulous photographers have graced Featherstone Center for the Arts’ Photographers Salon. Works by 28 of the 61 artists who have presented during the last decade and a half shine in the Francine Kelly Gallery. The germ of the salon began in 2010 with photographer Michael Johnson, who was attending informal artistic gatherings […]

Knowing the importance of D-Day will not spoil Anthony Maras’ suspenseful film “Pressure,” which centers on brainy science and the stress of leadership rather than traditional combat. Playing at the M.V. Film Center starting on July 10, “Pressure” is based on true events, and begins with a backstory. Shot from above, we look down on […]

To stand before Adam Guy’s large Vineyard landscapes is to feel nature’s very spirit. They are not an exact representation; rather, they are an elemental response to wonder. Guy walked the Island’s woods and shorelines this spring, gathering inspiration for his current show at Stillpoint, on view through July 22: “I took a couple of […]

“Power Ballad,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center starting July 17, touches on fame, love, family, friendship, self-respect, and the price of ambition. Co0-writer John Carney directs this feel-good film, which opens with Rick Power (Paul Rudd) crooning cover tunes with the wedding band “The Bride and Groove.” Rick is a middle-aged, Kansas City–born […]