One of the sure signs of spring on the Island is the Martha’s Vineyard Film festival, which for the past 15 years has brightened up the days and nights of mid March.

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will host a special one-time screening of the film Patrick's Day on March 5.

A campaign to revive two historic movie theatres has raised more than a third of its $1 million goal. Mark Snider, who created a nonprofit to renovate and lease the Strand and Capawock cinemas, said he has collected $350,000 in pledges in one week.

Mark Snider, owner of the Winnetu Oceanside Resort and the founder of a new nonprofit, is finalizing an agreement with Benjamin Hall Jr. to lease the Capawock and Strand theatres for 10 years, and reopen them beginning this summer.

Martha’s Vineyard joins the list of major cities offering a free screening of the film Selma to students ages 18 and younger.

Passage at St. Augustine spotlights civil rights campaigns in the historic Florida city. Vineyarder Esther Burgess is featured in the film, which will be screened this weekend in West Tisbury.