Updated 4:05 pm Almost two years ago, nearly 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers landed on Martha’s Vineyard via private planes chartered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Now, some of them are on the path to remain in the United States. Immigration attorney and Islander Rachel Self, who is a part of a legal effort to bring […]
The sold-out screening of A Passion for Oysters at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center a locally produced film that highlights the restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay illustrated Islanders’ own passion for, as well as the struggles in growing, the bivalves. Hosted by the Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI), the gathering attracted fishermen, conservationists, […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will show “In the Whale,” a documentary about the international news story of lobsterman Michael Packard, who was caught in a humpback whale’s mouth. Filmmaker David Abel will field questions after the film. In summer 2021, 56-year-old Michael Packard of Cape Cod, the region’s last remaining lobster […]
It was a blockbuster year for art in 2023. Just comb through the many archived articles, and you will see that each week offered wonderful new visual experiences. I’ve tried to capture just a few to give a sense of the breadth of what we saw this year. As usual, Featherstone Center for the Arts […]
The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society will present one showing only of the highly acclaimed new film “Rustin,” on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 pm at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, 79 Beach Road, Vineyard Haven. A discussion will follow the film. The architect of 1963’s momentous March […]