David Kinney’s book The Big One: An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish delves into the nature of fishing on the Island as well as the annual, fall Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
By David Kinney
Island residents for close to forty years, Frank, Peter, and Heidi Dunkl are committed to nature and simple living, while working countless jobs. What they’ve done with the spring water on their Chilmark property and a bottling plant by the airport exemplifies their can-do spirit.
By Sam Bungey
Ag Fair's winning poster.
By Morgan Taylor Lucero
Founded in 1991, Sail Martha’s Vineyard continues to grow, offering programs for all ages. Its fundraising regatta, the Vineyard Cup, marks its fourth year July 17 to 19, offering the Island’s sailors a weekend of activities and races, as well as bringing in off-Island sailors and money.
By Jim Miller
When you live on an island, it’s inevitable that you’ll find yourself in unlikely relationships. Sure, there are the regulars in your life – family, friends, the people you work with – but then there are the others, the unexpecteds.
By Kate Feiffer
The Point Way Inn has become an oasis for visiting artists to live, work, and commune on the Island. The fact that it’s free is a gift to the bottom line of many an arts institution.
By Rachel Nava Rohr
A recent addition to the class schedule at The Workout gym gets an annual staging at the Built on Stilts dance festival.
By Meredith Downing
Why do so many artists include animals in their work? We explored the topic with six Island artists.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
An interview in three acts with Patricia Neal.
By Rebekah Blu
In my car aboard the freight deck of the Governor, headed over choppy waves to Woods Hole one fall morning, I couldn’t help but notice the large windshield sticker on the car in front of me: VINEYARDERS.
By Barbara Leham Smith
Simon Hickman puts up arbors with the same ease and frequency that I put up excuses. When you tour the grounds surrounding his home on Lambert’s Cove Road in West Tisbury, they’re as abundant as sparrows and each has its own distinct personality.
By Geoff Currier
