Comedian and show host W. Kamau Bell will be the featured speaker during the second annual Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Summit on Martha’s Vineyard. The first CDO summit took place at Martha’s Vineyard Museum last year and it was an opportunity for these executives from various parts of the country and multiple industries to gather […]
Doc Week comes to the Film Center from Monday, July 31, to Friday, August 4, bringing five different and energetic documentaries. Included are “Common Ground,” about regenerative farming; “Going Varsity in Mariachi,” a look at Texas high school students who compete with mariachi music; “The Power of Stone,” on the work of Vineyard stonemason Lew […]
Leonard P. Butler, 74, of Gay Head, “the Man Who Moved the Lighthouse,” died peacefully at home, in the house he planned and built, on the morning of July 5, 2023. He was surrounded by his adoring family. Len was born in Bowling Green, Ky., and then moved with his parents to Newark, N.J. Their […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum awarded the Martha’s Vineyard Medal to three Island leaders at the museum’s 100th annual meeting on July 24. This year’s award recipients were Lisa Belcastro, Craig Dripps, and Richard Taylor. The MV Medal, created in 2009, goes to community leaders who work on preserving the history, arts, and culture of the […]