News across Dukes County
Rescue me
“Madam Prufrock”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Lucky”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Magnus the Magnificent”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “How Turtles were Made”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Just One Look”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Oh Rats”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Peter”. —Courtesy M.V. Museum “Chenalle”.…
Wild Side: Less is more … sometimes
Orphulella pelidna on a goldenrod leaf at Sunset Lake. —Matt Pelikan Female Colletes thoracicus in her concealed nest burrow. —Matt Pelikan Sickle-leaved golden aster is a common wildflower on the hillside. —Matt Pelikan Sunset Lake Park No-Mow Zone. —Courtesy Matt Pelikan In…
‘Rivals of Amziah King’: The underworld of beekeeping
Andrew Patterson’s genre-bending movie “The Rivals of Amziah King” plays at the M.V. Film Center starting Oct. 2, and is full of great music, humor, mystery, and adventure. . It can make you smile and, at times, keep you guessing about where the story will go next. Veteran actor…
Poet’s Corner: Lure Maker
Lure Maker By James Lowell For J.B.B.
Harvest, in Islander hands
October on this Island has a rhythm to it, and this year that rhythm runs through our historical buildings. On Oct. 10 and 11, from 10 am to 4 pm, the Grange Hall in West Tisbury fills up with tables of handmade goods for the Vineyard Artisans Fall Festival. On the 25th, the…
Richard North Patterson’s ‘Tripwires’
From his seasonal perch in a rural corner of West Tisbury, Richard North Patterson has spent more than 30 years writing 25 books. They include legal and political novels that traverse terrain that runs far from the Island, as well as a trilogy of novels that explore family…
It’s all exciting
Charlie Esposito has nearly completed building a modular synthesizer that he can play music on. —Dena Porter Charlie Esposito illustrates his stories and cooking recipes. —Dena Porter Charlie builds his modular synthesizer in his spare time. —Dena Porter Charlie plays many…
The funniest serious poet around
Billy Collins Featherstone Center for the Arts and Pathways Arts will present Billy Collins, reading his poems, at 6 pm on Saturday, Sept. 26 in Featherstone’s Francine Kelly Gallery. Collins will also be teaching a one-day poetry workshop on Friday, Sept. 25. This year marks the…
Art show: Susan Bienen Johnson
Catch the art show “Stone Walls, Graves, Fishing Shack Windows” by Susan Bienen Johnson at the West Tisbury library. A closing reception will be held Tuesday, Sept. 29, 12 to 2:30 pm. “This group of paintings celebrates lichen-covered landscapes and fishing shack windows, all of…
An Island respite
Val Leone, the protagonist in Maria Anne Lenihan’s new novel, “Morning Glory Girl,” has a bit of a problem. Actually, it’s a career-threatening one, so it weighs heavily on her life. After six years on the partner track at a New York corporate law firm, Val is under a lot of…
What it means to have your greatness recognized: ‘Late Fame’
“Late Fame,” by Kent Jones, playing at the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Sept. 25, is a quiet story adapted from an Arthur Schnitzler novella. It follows the aging Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe), a former poet working a humdrum Post Office job in New York City, who is “rediscovered”…