Jennifer Christy’s paintings are at once primal and sophisticated. They are the edge of a shoreline, the ridge of a hill. They are molecular, artifacts, bones. They are whatever you think they are. And they will be shown at the Field Gallery beginning this weekend.

On Tuesday, Frederick Douglass came alive again as Islanders took turns reading his speech, The Meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro, at the Edgartown church.

Jeh Johnson, a member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet, distinguished attorney and summer visitor to the Vineyard for more than five decades, took the pulpit of Union Chapel Sunday.

Elijah Dunn-Feiner just finished seventh grade at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School. He plays Little League, basketball, likes to ski and build things. In his spare time he climbs mountains.

The Vineyard Conservation Society’s 51st annual meeting included a photo exhibit and the announcement of a $2 million capital campaign.

Fourth of July festivities kicked off with a patriotic start this morning with two children's parades — one in the Camp Ground and another in Aquinnah.