This week’s planetary whodunit begins with Uranus in Taurus. The planet of change has been drifting idly in the most material of signs for nearly three and a half years. […]
Archives for April 2022
ANIMAL CLINIC
A Veterinarian’s White Whale
On being obsessed with finding one oddball ailment
What strikes one person as gross can be another person’s lunchtime entertainment. That’s certainly true for veterinarians, whose social media news feeds are filled with X-rays of bizarre things animals […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Lacrosse Stays Hot
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys lacrosse team cruised through April vacation with two overpowering shutout wins over St. John Paul II and Bristol Plymouth Vocational Technical High School. The scores […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Equity Director
Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Shellfish Report
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 28 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Administrator, Day 1
Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
First Encounter, With Trucks
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 […]
IN THE STACKS
First a Church, Then a Museum, Now a Library
Hanging beside bookshelves, paintings tell of Provincetown’s cultural history
If you’ve walked down Commercial Street in Provincetown, you’ve likely met the tourists standing outside the public library. Immortalized in bronze by sculptor Chaim Gross, the couple — a large-chested […]
BOOK REVIEW
Why Writing About Writing Matters
Nicholas Delbanco shares wisdom from his literary life
You, reader of the Independent, grasping a newspaper or squinting at your laptop, probably already believe that writing matters. But not everyone does. Defending the written word’s worth is exactly […]
READING ROOM
Family Trees
Around the world on a story walk in Eastham
Vanessa Van Ryswood, who lives in Eastham, recommends We Planted a Tree, a poem by Diane Muldrow. The illustrations are by Bob Staake, who lives in Chatham. In the book, […]
LINE BREAK
Mad Libs Poetry: Getting Lost in the Making
Sim Fidel shares a shift drink with Pablo Neruda
One thing I love about the Outer Cape is how, more often than not, the person working at the grocery store, gas station, library, restaurant, hardware store, or coffee shop […]
QUEER ‘I’
A Town Two Streets Wide
Reflecting on identity, connection, and Mary Heaton Vorse
“If Provincetown were wiped out — my house and my town gone — I would be as vulnerable as a hermit crab without its shell,” writes Mary Heaton Vorse in […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for April 28 through May 4, 2022
Artists of ‘Exquisite Core’ Unite for Ukraine Relief Watching the war in Ukraine unfold, Eugene Zhukau was struck by how everyday people, including artists, were having to turn into soldiers. […]
VIGNETTE
This One’s Affordable
TRURO TOWN MEETING
For an Appointed Planning Board
The current elected board continues to advance an anti-housing agenda
As a lifelong Cape Codder striving to make a life in this community, I believe Truro must take bold steps to stem the housing crisis. That starts with fostering a […]
