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Archives for 2022
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. 6 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Mars, Venus, and Jupiter Walk Into a Galactic Bar
If you’re going to pick a fight, let your heart be light
In the tailwinds of the full Moon in Gemini on Dec. 7, you may have noticed it was a rockier lunation than usual. This full Moon was in a tight […]
CURB APPEAL
Six Businesses to Get Improvements Funded by ARPA
Eastham seeks to continue a strategy of focusing on business vitality
EASTHAM — Inn at the Oaks owner Melody Edson said if she had a dollar for every time a customer said they drove right by her business she would be […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Short-Term Rental Fee Increase
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Walsh Committee Seeks Input
Meetings Ahead 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, Dec. 8 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Maurice’s Planning Starts
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Truck Fire Spread to House
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]
IN THE STUDIO
Cole Barash’s Photographic Adventures, Near and Far
Exploring subcultures, communities, and the relationship between humans and the natural world
WELLFLEET — Last April, Cole Barash spent three days on the back shore making photographs to accompany a Thoreau-inspired essay by Eileen Myles called A Walk on Cape Cod. During […]
OPERA
Michael Cunningham’s ‘The Hours’ Unfolds on the Stage
The author discusses adaptation — and resurrection — in the Metropolitan Opera’s rendition of his novel
Michael Cunningham isn’t particularly interested in faithful adaptations of his work. His Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours, which was turned into an acclaimed film by Stephen Daldry, has now become […]
BOOKS
Going Out in Search of Identity
Jeremy Atherton Lin’s memoir looks back at the gay bars that made him who he is
Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Gay Bar: Why We Went Out is a memoir of a booze- and sex-soaked search for identity. Despite the subtitle, it’s really about why he went out: […]
INDIE SCREEN
Reporters Are the Heroes in ‘She Said’
Unearthing the truth about sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood
In the movie industry, nearly everyone knew that Harvey Weinstein was a monster. More accurately, they knew that he was an exceptionally brutal monster — because among the men (and […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Dec. 8 through Dec. 15, 2022
Nathan Tavares Explores Infinite Worlds Boston-based author Nathan Tavares will read from and sign his new book, A Fractured Infinity, at the Provincetown Bookshop (229 Commercial St.) on Sunday, Dec. […]
