The first piece of copper that Michael Marrinan sold didn’t have much paint on it. The sheet — a scrap from a copper bar top he’d built for the Underground […]
Archives for 2021
PURSUITS
During Covid, Michael Hartwig Turns to Writing Gay Romance Novels
It’s just another creative outlet for the Provincetown painter and professor of sexual ethics
Michael Hartwig is not one to let Covid cramp his style. During the pandemic, he and his partner, Steve Ridini, who split their time between Boston and Provincetown, chose to […]
OPERA
With Eurydice, the Met Doesn’t Look Back
Matthew Aucoin retells the myth with contemporary flair
In the third act of Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, the stony guardians of hell’s gates instruct Orpheus, “You can’t sing here unless you sing in a dead language.” The libretto, which […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Dec 2 through Dec 8
Birds and Beasts at Wellfleet Preservation Hall Ben Achtenberg, a documentary filmmaker — his 1984 film, Code Gray, was nominated for an Academy Award — has a show of photographs […]
JACK CHEESE
Mosquito Autumn
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Laughing Matters
A well-told joke is a lot like poetry
The old woman brought her toddler grandson to the beach and watched placidly as he played in the sand at the water’s edge. Suddenly, a huge wave washed the child […]
VIGNETTE
The One Percent
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 2, 2021
From Gerard J. Kinahan, Michael Fee, Bill “Birdie” Edwards, Alex Brewer, Madeleine Entel and Bruce Hurter
‘Let the Cloverleaf Proceed’ To the editor: In response to last week’s letter from Dan Katz [“Aggrieved by the Cloverleaf,” page A2]: Ted Malone does not build “monstrosities.” He builds […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Schoolyard Fantasy
The Wellfleet Elementary School has not had a playground since March 2020, as staff reporter Jasmine Lu wrote in the Oct. 7 issue of the Independent. First, it was off-limits […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds December 2 – December 8, 2021
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
FOR SALE Refills! Green Road Refill is a newly opened, Earth-friendly store on Route 6A in Brewster, in the Cumberland Farms Plaza. We offer refillable plant-based products for body, bath, […]
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of November 22, 2021
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 22 to Nov. 26, 2021. PROVINCETOWN Nov. 22. Timothy Alan Trani to Michael J. Bellante. 49 Commercial St. $2,100,000. Nov. […]
OBITUARY
Patricia Jackson, 93, Was a Teacher, Nurse, and Goat Handler
After a long and active life that ended in a sad decline of her physical and cognitive abilities, Patricia Jackson died at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Bolivia, N.C. […]
OBITUARY
Dan Wyatt, Psychiatrist Devoted to Patients, Dies at 63
Daniel Lynn Wyatt, who practiced psychiatry at Outer Cape Health Services for nine years, died suddenly but peacefully in his sleep at his home in Fayetteville, Ark. on Nov. 23, […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Know when to hit the flats.
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Cemetery Commission The Provincetown Cemetery Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 4:00pm in the Caucus Room, Town Hall, 260 Commercial […]
