While the January nor’easter brought challenges for some on the Island, it was a bonafide gift for photographer Michael Johnson. While he lived here year-round from 1981 to 1995, he now spends winters dividing his time between California and Arizona. But last fall he wanted to come back to enjoy a visit during the quiet […]
Grace Warnecke of New York City and Vineyard Haven is as familiar as anyone on the Island with the people and the culture of Ukraine. She spent four years in the country now under siege while running the organization she founded in 1999 called Women’s Economic Empowerment. While living in Kyiv, Warnecke got to know […]
Heard on Main Street: Laughter makes the world a happier place. Wishing everyone a happy Mother’s Day on Sunday. Celebrate all mothers, including your own. I remember as a child in Sunday school, we were each given a flower in a little pot to take home to our own mothers. And I probably shouldn’t admit […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse presents “The Need to Grow” on Monday, May 9, at 6 pm. It’s a documentary film that follows pioneers of cutting-edge technology as they fight to localize sustainable food systems and regenerate the essential microbiome in the Earth’s dying soils. Island Grown Initiative’s Noli Taylor and Andrew Woodruff will speak after […]
There are two things that Alexander Campbell is passionate about. One is keeping the Island streets, beaches, and wooded areas as trash-free as possible. The other is creating art. Results of the latter a series of whimsical drawings are currently on display at Mocha Mott’s in Vineyard Haven, with a percentage of the […]