Norma Bridwell has been an artist since childhood. Yet only this winter, on the verge of her 89th birthday, has the longtime Edgartown resident seen a public exhibition dedicated solely to her paintings.

When you look at an artwork by Washington Ledesma, it looks right back at you. The Martha’s Vineyard painter and ceramist has made eyes a central focus of his work.

For an actor the itch to do live theatre is always there. But the pandemic put scratching that itch in the dustbin for nearly two years.

Tuesday nights concert at the performing arts center was a big night for student musicians. and for the band ensemble’s director, Ray Fallon, who joined the school’s music faculty this fall.

There was an opening-night feeling in the air at the performing arts center in Oak Bluffs Tuesday night, as regional high school bands and choirs took the stage for the first time in nearly two years.