Edward Beck is not your average priest. Four years ago he wrote the first draft of a play called Sweetened Water.

A Martha’s Vineyard & Chappy Sketchbook, published this summer by Vineyard Stories. Gail Rodney’s voice is soft as she tells its story.

The Aquinnah Cultural Center is hosting the exhibit Captured: 1614 curated by Plymouth 400, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower and the settlers’ relationship with the native populations.

The 13th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival opened on Monday night with Mavis!, the story of Mavis Staples, and the audience was roaring, crying, laughing and singing along with the film.

On Sunday, Andrew Moore’s paintings were reintroduced at the Granary Gallery on Old County Road in West Tisbury. The artist decided to join the Granary Gallery so he could spend less time marketing and selling, and more time holding a paintbrush.

On Saturday artist Ashley Medowski celebrated her annual art reception at her Lambert’s Cove gallery, housed in what was once her great-grandfather's barn.