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Archives for 2020
CURRENTS
This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take part remotely. Saturday, […]
THEATER
Tennessee Williams Fest Stays Live and Distant for 2020
The Municipal Abbatoir to be performed at parking lot drive-in
The view from the Grace Hall parking lot #3 of the dune and water tower above it would not be part of a Provincetown promotional flyer. But the sky was […]
PUBLIC ART
To Muralist Arnold Charnick, the World Is His Canvas
He just finished a new piece atop Provincetown’s Shop Therapy
Many visitors to Provincetown have admired the funky, colorful Bob Gasoi Memorial Alley beside Shop Therapy at 290 Commercial St. Few, however, are familiar with Arnold Charnick, the artist who […]
PROVINCETOWN 400
PAAM and Pilgrim Monument Host Art Exhibit
A show of 33 expressions of freedom
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum has joined forces with the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum for “Members’ Juried: Provincetown 400,” an exhibit of artwork by PAAM members that is […]
BOOK REVIEW
In x + y, Eugenia Cheng Envisions a World Without Gender
New terminology would prioritize ‘community over self’
Watch a video clip of mathematician Eugenia Cheng making puff pastry with Stephen Colbert, and you’ll quickly appreciate why her students at the Art Institute of Chicago surely consider themselves […]
INDIE SCREEN
Marco Calvani Finds a Haven in Provincetown
The Italian filmmaker is driven by social injustice
As residencies go, Marco Calvani’s time in Provincetown has been productive and reflective. It culminated with a fund-raiser at the Mary Heaton Vorse House on Thursday, Sept. 17, presented by […]
GOING LIVE
From a Distance, Trying to Connect
Outer Cape performers reflect on a muted summer and chilly times to come
The summer came and went. And against all odds, we had live music, cabaret, and drag. Performers and venues acclimated to an entirely new way of performing — outdoors and […]
JUSTICE
Remembering RBG
Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdo
“Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Justice, Justice you shall pursue. This quote hung in her office. I’ve given her a gold pin inscribed with it.”—Traci Harmon-Hay
SUNSET
R.B.G.
I stare at this photograph The setting of the sun Over the ocean the dunes My world Luminous So alive Without her body She pours her love Upon us Dare […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hope Is the Thing With Flowers
A blossom survives in the corner of a playground
I aspire to be a writer. My two young granddaughters, though, ages four and seven, would not care if I never wrote another word. They are staying with us now, […]
STEAMERS
Cheers?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Celebrating A Year Of The Independent
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 24, 2020
From Rebecca Johnson and Kevin Galligan
Playing With Space and Time To the editor: Marnie Crawford Samuelson’s interview with and portrait of my brother, Miah Nate Johnson, were sensitive and wonderful [“Laugh! Laugh Out Loud,” Sept. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Lot of Life Left
Things go wrong sometimes. That’s always of interest to reporters and editors. We’re tuned to ask what happened and tell the story of how things came apart. It’s good to […]
