The picture at right is a family photo. It was taken in 1898 in Kyiv, Ukraine and is the original cabinet card — a thin photograph mounted on a 4¼-by-6½-inch […]
Archives for April 2022
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for April 14 through April 20, 2022
A Book Full of Broadsides Poems seen on street signs and paintings posted on boardwalks — hundreds of these “broadsides” have been released “in the wild” since Truro poet Elizabeth […]
VIGNETTE
Love Nest
STEAMERS
It Just Keeps Going and Going…
TEACAKE'S TAKE
Divinity II
COUNTY LINE
Remembering Susan Quinones
An advocate for human rights who inspired by listening
Cape Cod lost a powerful leader last week, and I lost a dear friend and colleague. Susan L. Quinones, Esq., who was coordinator for the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory […]
HARD QUESTIONS
Existence and Nonexistence
A Four-Year-Old Considers Death and Rebirth
Around his fourth birthday, my son, Noah, started asking probing questions about life and death. It began innocently enough. He wanted to know if he would become a baby again. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 14, 2022
From Betsy Smith, Dan Katz, and Sheila McGuinness
Not the Wild West To the editor: When most of us hear the word “sheriff,” we are transported back to the films of the 1950s, where the sheriff kept order […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Cruelty and Truth
This issue of the Independent includes reflections on death and rebirth, street photos and interviews with people about faith and hope, and a holiday table reverie of spring vegetables — […]
OBITUARY
Janice Walk, 70, Artist and Social Worker
Janice Virginia Walk died peacefully at her home in North Truro on Feb. 28, 2021, with her spouse, Janis Sommers, by her side. She was 70. The cause was the […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, April 14, 2022 - Wednesday April 20, 2022
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of April 4, 2022
Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from April 4 to April 8, 2022. PROVINCETOWN April 8. Barry J. Golden to BateRockTN LLC. 15 Winthrop St., […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds April 14 – April 20, 2022
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
THE ARTS Monumental Art and the Figure. Online/in-person (hybrid) class M-F June 13-17, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Each day includes a presentation/demonstration, working from a model, and critiques within a compassionate and […]
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice for the Week of Thursday, April 14 to Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Contain Your Excitement (Thursday, April 14.) The Eastham Senior Center, 1405 Nauset Road, hosts a workshop on Creative Container Gardening with Donelle Denery on Thursday, April 14, 1:30 p.m. Call […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Invitation for Bids Public Works Annual Services Fiscal Year 2023 The Town of Provincetown is requesting bids for Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, […]
