Martha’s Vineyard has several notable mid-century modern houses built by recognized architects at a time when the island, and especially "up-island", was transitioning from a mostly agricultural community to a summer home destination.
A very welcome relief from the doldrums of winter is The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival which comes around again this weekend. In its 17th year the Festival has evolved to become one of the highlights of the Vineyard calendar and by the looks of this weekend’s schedule we have some treats in store!
MVYouth, a community fund founded in 2014, announced their 2017 Expansion Grant awards in January. They awarded $1,350,000 to two Island non-profits serving youth - the Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.
A vibrant contributor to Martha's Vineyard's winter social scene, is the Vineyard Haven Playhouse, which thankfully continues to entertain the islands year round residents through the off season. Here's as snippet of what February has to offer:
The Red Stocking Fund is Martha's Vineyard's answer to Santa and his elves. This entirely volunteer staffed non-profit was started during the Great Depression by two local women knitting stockings, and filling them with a few small toys as a way to give Island children in need of a Merry Christmas.
It's officially winter and Pathways is back at the Chilmark Tavern. We wrote about this cool Arts Collective here last year, and its back to get us through the next few months with more fun events.
Things are starting to get a little spooky around the Vineyard. There are signs of Halloween everywhere, from the jumbo bags of candy at Cronigs to the scarecrows popping up in front of Island businesses. An annual Halloween fund raising initiative by the MV Charter School, parents and children are asked to fashion a story book themed scarecrow, which local businesses sponsor to be displayed outside their premises.
October brings sweater weather! The leaves are turning and its feeling a little brisker out there. But when the sun shines it’s still really lovely and temperatures are lingering in the mid 60’s.
