Archives for 2023
WARRIORS WATCH
D-Y Edges Nauset, 35-32, in 27th Chowder Cup
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Despite the adversity they faced this season, Nauset High’s football team competed until the end, and that was more than evident in the Warriors’ 35-32 loss to Dennis-Yarmouth […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Buoyed Spirits
HEY, YOU IT’S LIT
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. 28 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Did Somebody Put Something Extra in This Eggnog?
Industry, frippery, and a touch of blue spike the holiday season
As we turn the page to December and confront the traditions that celebrate light during winter’s darkest time, the Sun and Mars infuse us with an infectious enthusiasm: you may […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Chapter 91 Meeting
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Why Electrify?
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Nov. 30 School […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Assistant Administrator
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
Improving Exteriors
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham 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 […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
A House and Its Reflection
Robert S Johnson turns his focus on one house and the history of Blackfish Creek
Pleasant Point is a spit of land in Wellfleet that juts out into Blackfish Creek. It’s like Cape Cod or Provincetown in miniature: not a place you drive through, but […]
IN KIND
Paige Turner Is on the Nice List
Reclaiming Christmas with a songful show at the Post Office Café
Paige Turner, the bright, sassy songstress, promises that the true meaning of the Christmas season is to be greedy, to be a misfit, and to get your stocking stuffed. After […]
ENSEMBLE
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Sings Its Truth
For Holly Folly, a holiday concert both silly and profound
For three hours every Wednesday evening, Reuben Reynolds, the music director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC), leads more than 300 members in song. A self-described “mean queen” at […]
INDIE SCREEN
Portraits of Liberation in the ’60s and ’70s
Three films look back without prejudice
Bayard Rustin is an important yet obscure figure of the civil rights movement, and his time has come. A close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. — it was Rustin […]
EXPERIMENTS IN MUSIC
Twisted Pine’s Progressive Spin on Bluegrass
The band combines tradition and innovation — with a Whammy pedal
Chris Sartori, the bassist of the bluegrass band Twisted Pine, says the band’s success is due to the friendship they have cultivated on the road, traveling across the country in […]
POETRY
For My Girlfriend Sleeping In
The earliest sunrises of the year come in mid-June. Right before Father’s Day, right before schools let out, and turn the quiet Cape upside down with tourists. On these early […]
