Meetings Ahead From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its agenda. That […]
Archives for 2020
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a particular meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take […]
THEATER
This All Happened
The indelible feeling of being part of something great
Wasn’t it a great summer? Like the others before? But this year! There was that first show — remember how thrilling it was to get back to the Harbor after […]
EXHIBITIONS
Alvin Ross, Provincetown’s Man for All Seasons
Stopped in his prime, the painter is celebrated in a new PAAM show
“Alvin Ross was a real bon vivant, whose life, loves, interests, and connections were complex and often intertwined,” says James Bakker. Bakker, a local gallerist, auctioneer, and art historian specializing […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Greg Salvatori Finds Joy in Unexpected Places
One man’s meat is another’s provocative beauty
“I like dramatic, show-stopping images,” says Greg Salvatori. “When I ask you to look at an artwork I created, I want to offer you something that is worthy of your […]
PROVINCETOWN 400
Berta Walker Show Honors Native American Artists
Exploring a troubled history and hopeful future
“Contemporary Cape Artists of Native American Heritage,” a new exhibit at Berta Walker Gallery, 208 Bradford St. in Provincetown, features artwork with local indigenous connections. Running concurrently (through Election Day) […]
BOOK REVIEW
Hugh Raffles’s Relentless Riffs in a Book of Unconformities
Exploring Earthly phenomena in a most encyclopedic way
A long sentence careens through Hugh Raffles’s The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time. At 458 words, the sentence zigzags from a description of a helicopter ride gone wrong […]
OPERA
Goethe’s Tortured Hero, Set to Massenet’s Music
Werther was originally rejected by the Paris Opera as too ‘gloomy’
Jules Massenet’s music has never moved me. It’s too thickly orchestrated, and his choice of dramas too extreme. Werther, easily Massenet’s best opera, filled with romantic melodies and dissonant outbursts, bears the […]
ON THE ROAD
Wild Turkeys
Wild Turkeys by Mary DeAngelis
VIGNETTE
Heading South
Heading South by Daniel Dejean
Dear Thomas Jefferson
Dear Thomas Jefferson by Linda Dujack
THE NEW OLD CAPE COD
You’re Sure to Fall in Love
Plan are underway to build a machine gun range at a Cape Cod base used for training by the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The proposal for Camp Edwards at Joint […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Globe Gets It Wrong
The Boston Globe published a disturbing piece this week about the experiences of urbanites going on vacation in rural New England this summer. It was titled “Dirty looks, threats, and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 10, 2020
From Laura Logue Rood, Michela Murphy, David A. Colton, and Mike Rice
The Town Manager Shuffle To the editor: Once again, the Outer Cape town manager shuffle occurs, this time in Truro [“Robert Wood and Truro Part Ways,” Sept. 3, page A4]. […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds September 10 – September 16, 2020
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
MUSIC Fiddler/singer ready to play and will travel. Live music for Covid-19-safe events including weddings, parties, memorial services. Celtic, Jewish, folk and world music. Performing solo or with accompanist. Contact: [email protected]. […]
