Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
Archives for 2022
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Fund That Project
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 […]
BREATHING ROOM
Longing for a Place to Call Home
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez’s experience as an immigrant informs her multimedia art
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez, who was born in Peru and immigrated to Orleans when she was eight, makes multimedia art that is as much an exploration of identity and self as […]
IN THE GALLERIES
Portrait of the Artist as a Group Show
Megan Hinton explores a different mode of self-expression in ‘Together With’
End-of-season group shows can be an undemanding way for galleries to take a breather after a busy stretch of solo exhibitions and heavy visitor traffic. But for artist and curator […]
POETRY
Students and Vets Join Forces for Peace
Young poets reflect on loss, fear, and hope
In her poem “Peace,” Ana Maldacker, a seventh-grade student in the Provincetown Schools’ International Baccalaureate program, describes an image of loss: An empty carriage in a town square, as a […]
ARTISTS
Jack Coughlin Makes His Marks
A retrospective charts the artist’s 60-year fascination with people and animals
Jack Coughlin’s Golden Cod Gallery has been a Wellfleet mainstay since he and his wife Joan Hopkins took over the space in 1964. The low-lying shingled building stands near a […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 13 through October 20, 2022
Dyke Drag Brunch Redux For the first time in 22 years, Dyke Drag Brunch will return to Provincetown this Saturday, Oct. 15, produced by Kayla Manjarrez and I’m Baby, who […]
VIGNETTE
Start Small
SKETCHBOOK
A Field Trip to an Ancient Landscape
Imagining the Outer Cape of 6,000 years ago
What must it have been like to live on this landscape a thousand years ago, before the Europeans came here? I sketch objects in museums and map them onto the […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Errands: A Cure for Ennui
The necessity of getting together
Seasons come and go, but it is the same day always. Whatever the vagaries of weather, it is the same morning, noon, and night. The toothbrush in the mug on […]
FIRST LIGHT
‘Water Please’: A Timeless Harmony
Reflections on the continuity of life here
When Mashpee Wampanoag flautist Ej Mills Brennan told me she would be bringing her boom box along with her flutes to play on Sunday morning at Chapel in the Pines, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Docs for Deception
Two weeks ago in this column, I mentioned the “Truro eNewsletter” and its practice of purveying propaganda about wastewater, nitrogen in drinking water, and affordable housing. Brian Boyle, who was […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Oct. 13, 2022
From Betsy Smith, Mike Rice, Eric Shoen, Robert S Johnson, and Lady Di (Vernon Porter)
The Sheriff’s Attitude To the editor: Many thanks to K.C. Myers for her article “Mental Illness and Addiction at Heart of Sheriff Race” [Sept. 29, front page]. She makes clear […]
OBITUARY
After a Life of Service, Nina Opel Dies at 93
Nina Emerson Opel died peacefully at her longtime family home in Eastham on Sept. 18, 2022. She was 93. Nina was treasured for her love and devotion to family and friends […]
OBITUARY
Mary Alice Griffin, 87, Born in Ireland, Loved Eastham
Mary Alice (Soden) Griffin died peacefully at her home in North Eastham on Sept. 10, 2022. She was 87. The daughter of Bartholomew and Susan (Connolly) Soden, Mary was born […]
