The Cowboy Junkies' latest album All That Reckoning continues a career defined by literate lyrics and minimalist atmospherics.

As part of the Summer Institute series, Marvin Kalb, former host of NBC's Meet the Press, shared insights and excerpts from his memoir, The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia,

The Mavericks arrive on the Vineyard this week to play at the Performing Arts Center. “There are 12 of us,” said lead singer Raul Malo. “Eight onstage, four to keep us together, and 30 pieces of luggage.”

“Everyone can see we’re together as we walk on by,” sang a roomful of campers and counselors at Camp Jabberwocky.

Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films for kids on Wednesday evening at the Chilmark Community Center.

In 1893, three Martha’s Vineyard women decided they would not go through another isolating Island winter.