Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

Hebrew Center Hosts Scholar-in-Residence

The Hebrew Center is hosting a scholar-in-residence this weekend. Jacob Siegel is a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, an open and modern Orthodox rabbinical school.

Poetry Workshop

West Tisbury poet laureate Justen Ahren leads word explorers through a poetry mining expedition titled Mining Poems for the Resonant Image on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Tisbury library.

Building Peace

Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center hosts a discussion on Arab-Israeli Peacebuilding Projects in a Time of Conflict on Sunday, Nov. 2.

Where Vineyard Dead Waltz With the Living

Bill Eville

Perhaps this Halloween is the time to dig the grave just a bit deeper. It is time to walk hand in hand with the real dead. And if Holly Nadler is your guide, it could prove to be a very crowded walk.

Creative Wings Take Flight Thanks to Early Osprey Encounter

Olivia Hull

Suzanne Goldsmith's first novel, Washashore, features a main character inspired by Gus Ben David. The novel received the Green Earth Book Award which recognizes books that promote environmental stewardship.

Get Your Ghoul On

The Oak Bluffs library is offering more than pumpkin carving this fall. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., and just in time for Halloween, it hosts Dark Passages — Masters of Horror.