{"id":5151,"date":"2025-07-28T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomed4659.live-website.com\/?page_id=5151"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:27:37","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/?page_id=5151","title":{"rendered":"Black Face to Black Faces: The Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Comedy Fest Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomed4659.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-464x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Steve Capers Book Black Faces\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-464x600.jpeg 464w, https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-425x550.jpeg 425w, https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-768x994.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116-600x776.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1745970442116.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>Black Face to Black Faces: The Martha\u2019s Vineyard Comedy Fest Story\u00a0is more than a memoir\u2014it\u2019s a tribute to the cultural power of Black comedy. In this personal and powerful account, festival founder Steve Capers shares the untold story behind one of the nation\u2019s premier Black comedy events. From humble beginnings to a summer staple on Martha\u2019s Vineyard, this book captures the laughter, struggles, and triumphs of building a movement rooted in community and cultural pride. Standing on the shoulders of legendary comedians and trailblazing promoters who came before us,\u00a0Black Face to Black Faces\u00a0carries the torch forward\u2014preserving the legacy, honoring the craft, and proving that our stories deserve the spotlight. This is a celebration of the past, present, and future of Black comedy\u2014and a reminder that what we build today echoes for generations.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/iSSNqSC\">Buy Now<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Face to Black Faces: The Martha\u2019s Vineyard Comedy Fest Story\u00a0is more than a memoir\u2014it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5143,"parent":0,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5151","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5151"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5182,"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5151\/revisions\/5182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marthasvineyardcomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}