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12Events this week
4Free things to do
92New spots
87New stories

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This week in Martha's Vineyard

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 12 events, day by day →

In Harm’s Way: Martha’s Vineyard and the War at Sea

Tuesday 5pm · Martha’s Vineyard Museum

Friday Community Acupuncture Clinic

Friday 9am · Vineyard Complementary Medicine

Fire & Song Fundraiser Concert

Friday 7pm · Whaling Church

An Evening with Matt Nakoa

Friday 7pm · Martha's Vineyard Playhouse

Exploring Printmaking with Allison Doherty

Saturday 1pm · Featherstone Center for the Arts

New in Martha's Vineyard

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Farm Neck Golf Club

Entertainment

Island fairway fix: Since 1979, Farm Neck Golf Club has been the go-to for championship golf in an idyllic Vineyard setting, with public tee times, real shot-making tests, and practice that actually sticks.

farmneck.net ↗

La Strada

Shopping

Panini worth the detour: When your midday appetite wants the real Italian stuff, La Strada stacks panini with prosciutto, mortadella, stracciatella, and a little pistachio magic, pulls a proper espresso, and slips you a tiramisu that somehow never makes it home.

toasttab.com ↗

Woods Hole Historical Museum

Arts & Culture

Nautical nostalgia, alive: When you're on the Woods Hole side, Woods Hole Historical Museum is a low-key gem, with an 1895 village diorama in an old captain's home, the Small Boat Exhibit, and the recreated Yale Workshop.

woodsholemuseum.org ↗

Martha's Vineyard’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

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Most read in Martha's Vineyard

The five stories Martha's Vineyard readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. PFAS chemicals are in most Mass. rivers and waterways tested in new report

    A report by MASSPIRG Education Fund, Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center, and Frontier Group has revealed that most of Massachusetts rivers, ponds, and other waterways detected contamination from PFAS chemicals.

    Full story at wgbh.org ↗

  2. Before Martha's Vineyard Became A Black Summer Staple, The Inkwell Was Our Sanctuary

    Before Martha's Vineyard became a Black summer staple, The Inkwell Beach, a stretch of Martha’s Vineyard shoreline where Black Americans have gathered for generations.

    Full story at madamenoire.com ↗

  3. 6 MA Hotels Land On List Of Region's Best

    The publication's annual Top 20 Hotels in the Northeast has ranked six Massachusetts hotels, including those in Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires.

    Full story at patch.com ↗

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