A sea-weathered, 70-year-old master-woodworker and shipwright named Ted Box is undertaking the ambitious project of a lifetime.

Weekly photographer’s salons at Featherstone showcase the work of one Island photographer. Ray Ewing kicked off this year’s series.

On July 18, Hamlet opens at the Tisbury Amphitheater, with jovial swordplay and playhouse veteran Scott Barrow playing the titular role. The show runs through August 11.

In a first, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Monday opened up a live auction Monday for 10 of its low-numbered vanity plates.

The director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy launched the Summer Institute speaker series with a riveting talk Thursday night.

Construction is set to finish in September on the new museum campus , the former 19th century marine hospital in Vineyard Haven.