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An outburst over a croissant shop in Chilmark
A Vineyard farmer stormed out of a recent public hearing, swearing at local officials, as members of the Chilmark select board gave their approval to a croissant shop to open in Menemsha. The contentious topic that elicited so much fervor: the approval of a common victualler’s license — required of...
Menemsha Bakery Stirs Debate About Chain Stores
An off-Island bakery’s application to open a location in Menemsha raised concerns about changes in the fishing village. The Chilmark select board voted Tuesday to allow Cambridge-based bakery Iggy’s Bread to begin selling coffee and pastries at the former location of The Bite, a restaurant that closed its doors in 2017. Iggy’s previously said it would sell pastries and breads baked on the mainland, similar to its outpost in Edgartown.
Dock Dance Returns to Rock Memorial Wharf
Some wore high heels, some wore cutoffs and others arrived in their bathing suits for the first Dock Dance of the season Tuesday night. The Dock Dance Band (made up of John Stanwood, Jamie Greene, Alex Karalekas, Niko Ewing, Adam Petkus and Rose Guerin) returned to their old stomping ground to open the season and play for a packed Memorial Wharf crowd. The band opened around 7 p.m. and within an hour crowds of young people began gathering, with all Edgartown roads seemingly leading to the wharf.
Enjoy afternoon tea while listening to Christian speaker at Camp Marion
MARION — Enjoy some tea while listening to an author. Camp Marion is hosting an afternoon tea Saturday, July 20 featuring guest speaker Bonnie W. Chung. The tea begins at 11:30 a.m. at Camp Marion, 45 Oakdale Ave. Chung is a Christian speaker and author whose “messages encourage and...
McGhee, Cook, Scott; All Together Now
A family of artists will display their work at the Chilmark Library from July 19 to August 8. Fine Lines: A Family of Artists features eight artists from three generations of the extended Scott and Cook family. Liz McGhee, whose abstract work will be on display, said she was surrounded...
Marion Concert Band to play movie and TV themes, Daniel Moniz to perform a clarinet solo
MARION – The Marion Concert Band will begin its Friday evening concert series with a program featuring music from movies and TV shows on Friday, July 12. Starting at 7 p.m., ‘A Night at the Movies That’s Out of This World!’ will feature soundtrack music from a variety of motion pictures and TV shows. The second half of the program will be feature movie music with a “space” theme.
Buzzards Bay Musicfest Swing Band to ‘pay homage to three jazz masters’
MARION — The Buzzards Bay Musicfest Swing Band has delighted audiences with jazz from different eras, genres, styles and origins since its inception in 2017. “The commonality is the energetic and experienced approach of the instrumentalists as they interpret the truly American art form that is not only historically significant, but deeply rooted in the souls of all who appreciate good music,” a press release said.
Dwight + Nicole, with Phil daRosa, Rose Guerin, and Isaac Taylor
M.V. Sound presents another electric night of local music on Saturday, July 6, at the Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs. The night will feature headliners Dwight + Nicole, with local Martha’s Vineyard musicians Phil daRosa, Rose Guerin, and Isaac Taylor. Dwight + Nicole, with singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Nicole Nelson...
Moms Unhinged comes to the Island
Looking for some laughs? Then head over to the Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday, July 9, at 7 pm and catch Moms Unhinged, a Colorado-based standup comedy group who have been selling out all over the country. Moms Unhinged is Andrea Marie, and Catherine Shea, and on July 9, their headliner for the evening is Janae Burris. Their act is described as clean(ish) comedy — perfect for gaggles of girlfriends, book club members, couples, throuples, your mom, men, aliens — pretty much anyone with opposable thumbs (and money for tickets).
Benefit reading for MV Playhouse
“Celebrity Autobiography,” a critically acclaimed comic reading of books by Suzanne Somers, Justin Bieber, the Kardashians, Hasselhoff and many others, is staged at the Performing Arts Center at MVRHS in Oak Bluffs. “Celebrity Autobiography” has played around the world, from Broadway to London’s West End, to Sydney Opera House to rave reviews. On July 6 this “Critics Pick” show, according to the NY Times, will be read by Brooke Adams, Tony Shalhoub, Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling, Tonye Patano, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and others to be announced. The benefit for Vineyard Playhouse is at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 6, at 7 pm. Tickets are $100, $50, $35. For more information and tickets, visit bit.ly/MVP_CelebAutobiography.
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