Rock on the Rock on the Rocks 8 years ago Geoff Currier Features, Music 4 ••• It was a pleasant evening last July, and the Grange Hall in West Tisbury was filling up with family and friends of high school and middle sc...
Les Woodcock, Sports Illustrated, and the Art of Sportswriting 8 years ago Frank Bergon Features, Writing and Poetry 3 ••• I have in my hands the first issue of Sports Illustrated, launched 62 years ago on August 16, 1954. The cover photo is titled “Night Basebal...
Doug Kent's Quantum Leap: Until recently, the evolution of the artist's work has been one slow-moving train 8 years ago Niki Patton Artist Profiles, Artists, Features, Painting 1 ••• Doug Kent, in his West Tisbury Gallery, with one of his Mind Series paintings. Photograph by Lynn Christoffers. Quantum leap: In physic...
Dan VanLandingham Paints the 21st Century Landscape 8 years ago Kelsey Perrett Artist Profiles, Artists 0 ••• Dan VanLandingham of West Tisbury was already an accomplished painter of Vineyard landscapes when he set out to advance his work with a M.F....
Living with Vietnam: Dick Iacovello Creates Art from Injury 8 years ago Jack Shea Artist Profiles, Artists, Quick Reads 2 ••• Dick Iacovello ended his U.S. Army tour of duty in Vietnam in the fall of 1963. He would spend the next 45 years exorcising the demons of h...
Nicholas Negroponte: Muse to the Future 8 years ago Nathaniel Horwitz Features, Interview 3 ••• Nicholas Negroponte has been a herald of the digital era, and authored the best-selling “Being Digital” (1995), about the growth and future ...
Art as Activism: Basia Jaworska Paints Modern-Day Heroes 8 years ago Kate Feiffer Artist Profiles, Artists, Quick Reads 1 ••• There’s nothing subtle about the work of artist Basia Jaworska. She creates poster-size paintings — larger-than-life portraits in vibrant co...
The Cabinet of Curiosities at Felix Neck 8 years ago Sam Moore Essay, Photography, Quick Reads 2 ••• I found a bone at Felix Neck in February. It was poking out of the cold earth at the base of a tree, so I dislodged it and took it to th...
Nature is Changing: What Should We Do? 8 years ago Matt Pelikan Features, Non Fiction, Writing and Poetry 1 ••• The urge to conserve the natural world originates in loss: Until something valued and familiar is perceived as dwindling, who has any need f...
Gallery Openings: What Are They Good For? 8 years ago Kate Feiffer Artists, Quick Reads 1 ••• “People were ballooning in from the Azores,” joked Chris Morse, owner of the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury. The word on the street was ...