🤱 Weekend Update: 5/12-5/14

Mother's Day Events, Bird-A-Thon, Spring Receptions

Happy Mother’s Day! The Blufords are expecting a baby this weekend, so it’s a special occasion for us especially :) Hopefully more details to come in next week’s newsletter!

ICYMI: Our New Business Roundup for 2023 was published this week!

What To Do This Weekend

Thursday (5/11)

• Love Your Mother Fun Run & Walk at Bad Martha, 5:30

Friday (5/12)

• Author Reception and Book Signing: Bill Eville, Washed Ashore at Vineyard Gazette, 5:30p

• 40th Annual Bird-a-Thon 6pm Friday through Sunday

  • Our annual fundraiser, where teams of birders and boosters set out to spot the most species of birds in 24 hours in Massachusetts and raise money for Felix Neck. Interested in birding? Call us at 508-627-4850!

• Minnesingers Spring Show at MV Performing Arts Center, 7p on Fri, 4 on Sat

Saturday (5/13)

• Love Your Mother: Brunch Basics for Kids, Make and Take with Chef Jenny Devivo at FARM Institute, 10a

• Mother's Day Tea and Craft at OB Library, 10a

• Spring Open House at Edgartown Library, 11a

• Mother's Day Card Crafting at Aquinnah Library, 11a

• Petals & Prosecco at Plan it MV, 15 Winter Street Unit 9, 2-3p

• Live Music: BlueSwitch Blues Band at PA Club, 7:30p

Sunday (5/14)

• Special Mother’s Day Luncheons: The Dunes, Bettini, Alchemy, S+S Kitchenette

• Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides at HarborView, 10a

• Exhibit Opening Reception: The Art of Flowers at Featherstone, 4p

Save The Date

• May 15 - Martha’s Party Wedding and Event Conference

• May 18 - Wine dinner at Little House Cafe, OB Steamship terminal re-opens

• May 19 - Whitney Houston Fundraising Concert at the Strand

• May 20 - MV Marathon + Half Marathon, Fly Rod Striped Bass Catch & Release Tournament

• May 21 - MV BIG Golf Fore Kids Tournament at Mink Meadows

• May 25-28 - Martha's Vineyard Environmental Film Festival

• May 27 - Flying Horses Restoration Reveal 2023

• May 27-28 - Vineyard Artisans Memorial Day Festival

• May 28 - 5k Road Race, MV Soundfest

• June 10 - Jorma Kaukonen in MV Concert Series

• June 2–4: MV Flavors: A Food History Symposium, MV Museum

• June 3: Annual Cross-Island Island Hike, Birds, Beers and Queers at Felix Neck

• June 10: Oak Bluffs' Pride Parade and Events

• June 15: Vineyard Preservation Trust's Taste of the Vineyard

• June 15-17 - Edgartown Race Weekend

• June 17: Oak Bluffs Harborfest

• June 15–17: Edgartown Yacht Club Race Weekend Sailing Regatta

• June 17-19: Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration of Joy and Culture

For Save the Dates for July and Beyond, check out the full list in our App.

Restaurant News

• Recently Opened:

  • This past week - Pawnee House, The Alley, Detente, Chilmark General Store, Behind the Bookstore, Big Dipper, Noman’s, Giordano’s, Bad Martha

  • Recently - Farm Neck Cafe, Back Door Donuts, Orange Peel Bakery, State Road, 19 Raw Oyster, Atlantic, Jimmy Seas, Red Cat, Lookout, Tigerhawk, Aalia’s Coffee, Murdick’s Edgartown, Fat Ronnie’s, Lilikoi Cafe (new), Black Sheep, Pie Chicks, Coop De Ville, Dairy Queen, Aquila, Beach Road, John’s Fish Market, Fish House MV, Among the Flowers, Larsens, Biscuits, Lucky Hank’s, Mad Martha’s, Fish MV, Edgartown Seafood

• Opening Soon

  • 5/14 - S+S Kitchenette

  • 5/16 - Atria