Provincetown marked Veterans Day this year with a solemn gathering on MacMillan Pier, with Jim Keefe serving as master of ceremonies. It was the 103rd anniversary of the signing of […]
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, Nov. 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Geo
George Avery Downing, who is called “Geo,” was born on Oct. 26, 2021 at Cape Cod Hospital to elated parents Catherine Graciano and Vanessa Downing. The family lives in Brewster, […]
THE HALF SHELL
Eating Oysters, With Gratitude
Some variations on oysters the Pilgrims could not have imagined
I won’t blame you if you have your doubts when I tell you that your Thanksgiving dinner might be more authentic if you served fish instead of turkey. There’s not […]
BODY/MIND
To Prepare for the Holidays, Just Lie Down
Starting with the simplicity of a single pose, yoga’s explorations of quiet
In just four weeks, we’ll be celebrating the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Pre-pandemic, this time of year always felt frenetic. We were all […]
CROSSWORD #27
Pie Crust
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GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Amazing Grace: A Mother’s Legacy
The deathbed testament of Grace Smith in 1710 offers a timeless creed
A bronze tablet attached to a boulder in Eastham’s Cove Burial Ground is one of the few tangible reminders of the Ralph Smith (or Smythe) family, who arrived in Eastham […]
EQUITY
Diversity Audit Sets Direction for Future DEI Officer
Increasing diversity is difficult, so work toward inclusion, says Hinton
PROVINCETOWN — The results of a town diversity audit are in: Provincetown year-rounders are mostly white and older, on average, than the rest of the state, and the community is […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Turkeys Will Trot
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, Nov. 18 […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Zoning Board of Appeals
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, Nov. 18 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Offices Reopen
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 agenda. Thursday, […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Tiny Building, Big Cost
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 […]
GALLERIES
Chris Firger Gives Cape Landscapes an Early Modern Flair
Inspired by Canadian masters, he makes paintings that ‘jump off the wall’
“The root of a lot of what I do is the Group of Seven,” Chris Firger says, speaking by phone from his Salem studio after a long day’s work preparing […]
ARTISTS
Frank Milby: Friend and Mentor
He and Katrina Walker share a retrospective at the Commons
Katrina Walker first met Frank Milby in 1983 at Provincetown’s Café Edwige, now closed, where Milby’s wife, Karen, worked. “Frank came up to our table,” recalls Walker. “He looked at […]
BOOKS
Lizabeth Cohen Takes a Long View of Urban Renewal
From her corner of the Truro woods, she writes of Saving America’s Cities
Urban renewal today conjures images of destruction and displacement. But in her most recent book, Saving America’s Cities, historian Lizabeth Cohen brings readers into the post-World War II mindset that […]
