Some Provincetown meetings are in-person only, some are remote only, and some are a hybrid where you can choose to participate in person or through a remote link. Go to provincetown-ma.gov, […]
Archives for July 2021
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Water Oversight Committee Gets Flushed
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Truro are remote only and can be watched online. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Follow the instructions on the agenda. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
We Tell Ourselves Stories
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to Wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Follow the instructions on the agenda. […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Porta-Potties Need to Move
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are being held in person. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and any remote options that may be […]
STILL LIFE
Larry Collins Cures the Pandemic With a Pencil
A show of drawings reveals the art of isolation
When the Covid lockdown hit in March 2020, Provincetown artist Larry Collins was living alone in his small condo in the middle of town. “Here I was, in my 70s, […]
ARTISTS
Willie Little, the Alchemist
His oxidized paintings are encrusted with meaning
“I have always been moved by the structures of home,” says artist Willie Little, who grew up in North Carolina. “The metal tobacco barns, regular barns, things that are just […]
MUSICIANS
Ray Benson’s Back in the Swing
He and Asleep at the Wheel are making up for lost time
A semi-centennial is a long time coming, but Ray Benson had to wait a bit longer to start celebrating. Asleep at the Wheel — the Western swing band that Benson […]
DRAG REVIEW
Dina Martina’s Chaotic Spectacle
‘Chariots of Failure’ is a roaring, unzipped success
“It’s not really a drag show — it’s more like a train wreck,” says one audience member to another minutes before Dina Martina takes the stage at the Crown & […]
DEBAUCHED
A Walk on the Wild Side
Billy Hough’s tour, with tall tales, of Provincetown’s underbelly
For those of us who have not seen the seedier side of town in a while, a stroll with Billy Hough and his “Wild West of the East” tour is […]
SKETCHBOOK
Screen Door and Vine
STEAMERS
Jet Set
BACK SHORE JOURNAL
Tern on the Beach
An easy remedy for avoidable suffering and tragedy
We had just returned from voting in Wellfleet on the warmest day of the June heat wave. My wife and I voted for selectmen and for expensive new equipment for […]
Noisy Tribute to Annie Mahoney
A fireworks display in honor of Annie Mahoney of Truro and Cambridge, who would have been 60 years old this week, will take place in Provincetown at 9 p.m. on […]
OBITUARY
Michael Houghton, 80, Founder of Jasper’s Surf Shop
Michael C. Houghton of East Orleans died on July 12, 2021 at Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brewster. He was 80. Mike was born to Frances and Gerald […]
Diane Rose Memorial
A celebration of the life of Diane Alexis Brown Rose will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 25, 2021 at the Truro Community Center and Council on Aging, […]
