From the origins of the banjo as an African instrument to the first country radio hits being sung by Black men, Alice Randall wants readers to know that country music would not exist without the Black people who shaped it.

Delita Martin invites Islanders to visit the space between the physical world and spiritual world in her new exhibit at Featherstone Center for the Arts.

Featherstone's first exhibition, Rising Up! A Multicultural Celebration of Stitched Fine Art, will feature a collection of paintings, sculptures, quilts and fiber arts, all united in their use of stitch.

Like a lead singer with two harmony vocalists, Fan Ogilvie took center stage at the Featherstone Center for the Arts for a three-way reading from her newly-published memoir Dust is the Only Secret: Assent to Life.

Unlike most Featherstone shows, which bring together the diverse viewpoints of visual artists, MVC@50 aims a focused lens at the commission’s half-century of planning authority over developments affecting the Vineyard as a whole.

For its latest community art show and sale, titled Love Laugh Leap Live!, Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs has cast a wide net and pulled in a brimming catch.