“At the Table” by Traci Harmon Hay
Archives for November 2019
THE SEARCH
Town Manager Candidate Took $400K Buyout; Another Was Fired
PROVINCETOWN — There are times when consensus is impossible, according to Robin Leal Craver, who is one of three finalists for the town manager’s position. In her case, one of […]
graveyard shift
Three ‘Strangers’ Rest in the Cove Burying Ground
Eastham cemetery is the only known Cape Cod gravesite of Mayflower passengers
EASTHAM — We can probably thank Hollywood (and maybe Dickens) for the creepy reputation of burial grounds. What would a horror film be without a desolate graveyard overgrown with weeds, […]
HOLIDAY TABLE
Ecoprinting: Natural Dyes From Leaves and Flowers
Dyeing is a multi-step process. The first step is a visit with nature.
Even in these chilly gray days of November we find color everywhere on the Outer Cape. Marsh and beach grasses are golden fire. Junipers are deep green, their bright berries […]
cocktail hour
Holiday Fizz
For heading home, a French 75
From Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve (or Day for that matter), drinking Champagne really adds an extra dash of joy. The problem is many people are intimidated by it, seeing […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Thanksgivings Every Day
Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer Milkweed Editions: 2015 In Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, author Robin Wall Kimmerer asks readers to “imagine raising […]
SURFING
At Home in a Portuguese Surf Town
The tide and the wind are the same in any language
The sun is warm on my shoulders. The salt is starting to pinch the skin at the corners of my eyes as it dries. A small white cup of coffee […]
DEAR INDIE
A Bitter Halloween Candy Tax
Family conflict over a shrinking stash
Dear Indie, I put a lot of effort into my Halloween trick-or-treating and came home with a major haul of candy. Way more than my older sisters, who are now […]
COURSES
If It’s Thursday, It’s Clay With Paul Wisotzky
The former Truro Select Board chair fires away
“I started taking classes at Castle Hill when I was 15 years old,” Paul Wisotzky says in his comfortable Truro living room. “I’m 57, and now I’m teaching there in […]
PLAYERS
Spencer Keasey’s Lifelong Quest
From porn to Provincetown with the Bakker Gallery’s manager
When Spencer Keasey picked his porn name, Spencer Quest, it was because he felt as if he were actually on a quest — for sexual and spiritual freedom. For a […]
classifieds
Indie Classifieds November 27 – December 5, 2019
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
LOCAL COLOR Hopper House Tours Gift Certificates. A great holiday gift solution. $69 per person. Tour takes you to hidden places to see more than 50 locations painted by Edward […]
Arts Briefs & Listings for Nov. 27 through Dec. 5
Garrow Throop’s Painted Photographs “Garrow Throop: Vignettes From the Outer Cape,” is an art exhibit of photographs shot and painted by Garrow Throop, which will be on view at the […]
film
Movie Clock for November 28 through December 5
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: NOV. 28-DEC. 4 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas, daily: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m. Frozen II (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas, daily: 1:05 […]
our picks for the week of November 27 through December 5
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Wednesday, Nov. 27, 5-7 p.m. This year’s Lighting Ceremony of the Pilgrim Monument kicks off the one-year countdown to Provincetown 400’s fireworks show, which commemorates the anniversary […]
Teacake's Take
A Dog’s Thanksgiving
“A Dog’s Thanksgiving” by Ellen LeBow
