James Taylor, the singer-songwriter who got his start as a teenager performing at cafes on the Vineyard, was celebrated Sunday as one of five 2016 Kennedy Center medal recipients.

Sandy Pimentel was born into a family of immigrants, Italian and Scottish, and generosity is a theme that runs through her life and memoir. It also informs the meaning behind the title of her book, Blind Acceptance.

A board of survey convened to assess the Island Theatre has determined that the building is dangerous, granting the Oak Bluffs building inspector license to order its demolition.

On Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the Old Whaling Church, the Island Community Chorus will be joined by younger voices as the Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Chorus makes its holiday debut.

Get the reindeer ready and the sleigh saddled up because Christmas in Edgartown begins Thursday, Dec. 8.

The Bang Group is back and, really, it’s no longer Christmas without them.