week’s worth of features, documentaries and short films are coming to the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center as part of the 23rd African American Film festival.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson headlines the Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival, which returns on August 9 for its second year on the Island.

Colored Television, the seventh book by Danzy Senna, was published in September of 2024 and won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, which focuses on books that make a contribution to the subjects of race and social justice. It was also nominated for a Pen/Faulkner Award.

West Tisbury resident Paul Karasik was awarded the Inkpot Award on Friday at the San Diego Comic Con.

The grazing program at Martha's Vineyard Land Bank properties has returned after the organization recently brought 10 Randall cattle to the Island.

Della Hardman Day is returning for its 20th anniversary this Saturday.