The Nauset Regional High School winter sports season is in full swing starting with nine varsity basketball, ice hockey, swimming, indoor track, and wrestling teams in action this week. Thursday, […]
Archives for 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, Dec. 7 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
The Lobster Pot Tree Cometh
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Dec. 9 […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town vs. Campground Settlement
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Truro are remote only. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 9 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
School Playground Update
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, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Unlocked
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
EXHIBITIONS
A Love Letter to Provincetown at the Cape Museum of Art
Cataloguing the ‘magnificent obsession’ of six artists
Anyone who’s spent time out on the tidal flats of Cape Cod Bay can attest to their allure. Stretching a mile or more at low tide, they can feel like […]
GLASS ART
John Best Takes Great Panes
A polymath and ‘glassaholic’
John Best has studied every stained-glass window made by prolific late-19th-century designer Louis C. Tiffany. But one forever changed his outlook: Mermaid With Goldfish. The design is based on the […]
MUSIC
The Outer Cape Chorale Gleefully Returns
The Chamber Singers perform for the first time since Covid hit
“I’m going to cry,” says an emotional Allison Beavan, director of the Outer Cape Chorale. “I’ve wanted to hear you for over two years.” The group’s Chamber Singers, standing arm-spans […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs to ‘Make It Through December’
Picks by the Independent’s staff and contributors
Between “Spotify Wrapped” and the omnipresence of holiday songs, the month of December is a busy time for listening. The staff at the Indie has some recommendations. Listen at tinyurl.com/47r387nk. […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Sagittarius Invites Expansiveness
Tilting toward cheer and opening the way to excess, too
The Sun is halfway through Sagittarius, also known as the Archer. Unlike emotional, internally focused Scorpio, Sagittarius rules expansion of the mind via travel, philosophy, and a voracity for new […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Dec 9 through Dec 15
Seasonal Finds at Bakker Auction Bakker Antiques is holding its winter live online auction on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. On the block are 148 lots representing over 100 […]
SKETCHBOOK
Pumpkin Spice
VIGNETTE
Lights
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Strong, Thin Line of Remembrance
On keeping watch in the dark
I am standing outside our beautiful town hall on a chilly, dark evening — late afternoon, actually, in this damnably short-day time of year. There are flickering candles all around […]
