The Barn Bowl and Bistro’s new takeout window will be about 15 square feet in area. But the small window had outsized implications for the commission.

Chad Verdi never painted houses. But as executive producer of the Oscar-nominated film, The Irishman, Mr. Verdi helped make it a household phrase.

Island grocer and entrepreneur Elio Silva has purchased Bobby B’s Seafood & Pizza and Bernie’s Ice Cream, adding the two Main street Vineyard Haven storefronts to his growing family of business enterprises.

Steve Maxner’s new exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum combines stunningly beautiful assemblages of shell and sea wrack with his experience in the Vietnam War to create an explosion of emotion.

Big Fish, opening Feb. 13 at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is a 21st-century musical inspired by the enduring tradition of heroic journeys.