History, Home, Heaven and Hell

In House of Bones, a young filmmaker casts a candid lens on a family beset by doubt, disarray and sadnesst in the wake of a matriarch’s death, as they face the inevitability of losing all that a familial figurehead holds together just by being there, including a rambling old West Chop summer home and the millions of moments and memories that have been born within its walls.

The Island Community Chorus has been rehearsing since before the ferry rates went down, since before the fall Derby began – in fact, since the week public schools opened on the Vineyard – in preparation for this weekend’s holiday concerts at the Whaling Church.

Singer-songwriter Nancy Jephcote will entertain at the Vineyard Playhouse’s second Spoon in the Moon Coffeehouse, on Friday night, Dec. 4 at the playhouse on Church street in downtown Vineyard Haven.

Ms. Jephcote will be featuring songs from her new solo album, Garland of Rain. With an exquisite voice, profound lyrics and imaginative instrumental arrangements, her delivery is always genuine. In her own words, “this is genre-bending, folk-imbued original music with heart and spirit. The lyrics carry my experience, strength and hope.”