Arts & Entertainment
The typically raucous chatter of seamen was more nervous than usual at the Allen's Tavern in old Holmes Hole (modern Vineyard Haven), where Islanders gathered to hear news of a restive colonial mainland.
George Bailey needs your help — again.
The Oak Bluffs select board voted Tuesday to adjust last call for town bars on four holidays or holiday weekends.
Mytoi — the Japanese-style garden on Chappaquiddick — will offer a peaceful, meditative space on Saturday, Dec. 9.
Production designer Joe Alves had planned to scout Nantucket for the movie Jaws when his ferry was turned around. He ended up on Martha's Vineyard instead, forever changing the Island.
The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center commemorates Hanukkah this weekend with two free public events celebrating the 2,000-year old festival of lights.

