Princess Buttercup, here in her birthing suite, is in good company, in spite of being separated by a fence from the other goats. Goldie Hen has stayed close by her […]
Archives for May 2021
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 4 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ANIMAL CLINIC
As Humans Venture Out, Pets Are Left With Separation Anxiety
Routines that include alone time will build your pet’s independence
Very slowly, our routines are becoming different from what they’ve been throughout this past year. We’re vaccinated, the summer season is approaching, and many of us are anticipating venturing out […]
This Week In Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Due to the pandemic, meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, May 6 Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m. Monday, May 10 […]
This Week In Truro
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and open its agenda for instructions on how to watch or take part online. Thursday, May 6 Climate […]
This Week In Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. 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 […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
COMIC STRIP ART
Karl Stevens Turns His Penny Strip Into a Graphic Memoir
The book’s peerlessly inked pages are on view in Provincetown
Most anyone who spends time with a cat will ask what goes on behind the impenetrable stare of its almond-shaped eyes. The Boston-based comic artist and painter Karl Stevens posits […]
TALK OF THE TOWN
Aziz Isham Leads Twenty Summers Into the Future
With a new director, the Provincetown arts program returns rejuvenated
When the lockdown hit in March 2020, Twenty Summers, the popular program of talks, concerts, workshops, and artist residencies based at the historic Hawthorne Barn at the end of Miller […]
ARTISTS
The Enchanting Art of Bunny Pearlman
Her understated works hint at a vibrant and roving life
Just inside the front door of Bunny Pearlman’s Provincetown apartment are stacks of small square fresco panels that she has been assembling in preparation for “The Last Leopard — Avoiding […]
STATE OF PERFORMANCE
As Live Performers Return, Covid Turns Venues Inside Out
Most expect indoor seating to happen, but aren’t sure how or when
The problem, as most producers of live entertainment will tell you, is planning. Though everyone is expecting indoor entertainment to return to the Outer Cape in the next few months, […]
TRANSITIONS
Maxwell Keller Is New Indie Arts Editor
Saskia Maxwell Keller will succeed Howard Karren as arts editor of the Provincetown Independent, beginning with the issue of May 13, Publisher Teresa Parker announced this week. Karren is retiring […]
VIGNETTE
Outdoor Dining
COUNTY LINE
We Need a Stronger, More Integrated Public Health System
Some powerful lessons learned from a year of pandemic
The daily Covid updates from the Barnstable County Health and Environment Dept. epidemiologist Vaira Harik continue to trend very favorably, with a few exceptions, and give us a genuine basis […]
ETCHING
Secret Garden
Viscosity etching by Linda Dujack.
