Island painter Kara Taylor is back at her Chilmark gallery after another productive off-season in South Africa. She hosts her first reception of the season on Sunday, July 11.

Dawn Porter’s career change from attorney to documentary filmmaker was not done for the reason most people leave their jobs.

Opening day at the Tisbury Amphitheatre is July 8 with Scott Barrow starring in the one-character play Every Brilliant Thing.

When the Black Eyed Susans take the stage the audience rises to the occasion, even if they don’t know exactly who is playing.

A rare show of neon artwork will light up the Workshop Gallery in Vineyard Haven for the first half of July, opening during the town’s First Friday celebration on July 2.

History buffs, fiction fanatics and those itching to learn the secret history of church ladies will get more than their fill this August when the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival Summer Series returns.