VPT Events
Leo Convery: A Lifetime of Carvings
Lifelong Edgartown resident, businessman, craftsman, and community figure, Leo Convery has spent more than nine decades carving out a remarkable life on Martha’s Vineyard. Explore his intricate carvings on exhibit in the Dickinson Room at the Carnegie Heritage Center.
Bass in the Grass
On view at the Carnegie Heritage Center, Bass in the Grass brings together an imaginative collection of wooden fish created by local artists in celebration of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby. A collaboration between the Vineyard Preservation Trust and the Edgartown Board of Trade, this annual Island tradition supports scholarships for local students.
Open Sundays, beginning September 27, 12–3 PM, during the Derby!
Edgartown Book Club at the Carnegie: Switzy by Emma Cline
Join Edgartown Books at The Carnegie for a discussion of Emma Cline’s just-released novel, Switzy. Cline, the bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest, turns her attention to an aging retired executive making a final journey to Zurich as his grasp on memory and the present begins to slip away.
Darkly funny and deeply moving, Switzy explores memory, mortality and what remains when the accomplishments and assumptions that have defined a life begin to disappear. The novel was longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize.
COFFEE & CONVERSATION Postcards from Edgartown: A History with Leo Convery
Part history, part personal recollection, Leo offers a rare chance to see the town through the postcards and his lived experience.
Take a trip through old Edgartown with Leo Convery, lifelong Edgartown resident and local historian, using historic postcards to bring the town’s people, places and changing landscape to life. Presented in conjunction with Leo Convery: A Lifetime of Carving at The Carnegie.
HAUNTED HISTORIC Edgartown Walking Tour with Seamus Rattigan
As darkness falls, step out from The Carnegie into the shadowy side of historic Edgartown the Island’s own with Seamus Rattigan.
As darkness falls, step out from The Carnegie and into the shadowy side of historic Edgartown. This special 90-minute Haunted Edgartown with the Island’s own Seamus Rattigan brings together ghost stories, Island legends, shipwrecks, restless spirits, and strange-but-true tales from one of Martha’s Vineyard’s oldest villages.
Equal parts history, mystery, and theatrical fun, this special evening benefits the Vineyard Preservation Trust and its stewardship of the Island’s historic landmarks and gathering places. Come for the ghosts – support the history. Learn more about Seamus Rattigan at hauntededgartown.com.