It was just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, 1977, when Mark Adams and four other firefighters from the National Forest Service spotted a lightning storm coming in off […]
Archives for 2023
POETRY
George Washington Frees the Slaves
Michael Ansara is cofounder of Mass Poetry. His most recent book of poems is What Remains, published in 2022 by Kelsay Books. Submit poems to [email protected]. Include your full name, […]
FEELIN’ VEGGIE
Turnip Love Brings Musicians Back Together
The Higher Ground String Band will play at art- and food-filled Eastham Turnip Festival
EASTHAM — Every November, the turnip becomes a rallying cry for four members of the Higher Ground String Band. They perform a little gospel, a little bluegrass, a little folk […]
SCREAMING COLOR
The Delicious Surrealism of Naya Bricher
The artist creates nostalgic, feel-good fictions from found imagery
On a rainy November morning, Naya Bricher arrived at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center wearing dangling cherry earrings, a pea-green shirt, and pants the same hue as Barney the purple […]
TV OR NOT TV
Another Season for Streaming
What to watch to get you through the holidays, again
Picks by Independent staff and contributors Thanksgiving might be all about tradition, but that doesn’t mean you need to get stuck in a viewing rut. If you’re looking for something […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 16, 2023 through November 23, 2023
The Best of Bach and Schubert The Chatham Chorale, accompanied by an orchestra, will present a concert featuring music by two titans of classical music — Johann Sebastian Bach and […]
VIGNETTE
Plein-Air Minuet
STEAMERS
Future Tourists
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Pilgrims Revisited
Current events ask us to explore the motivations of our ancestors
Nov. 11 was the 403rd anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor. For at least the last 120 years, the people of Provincetown have worked to correct […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Undesirable Attitudes
The acute labor shortage on the Outer Cape would likely become massively worse under a second Donald Trump presidency — which appears increasingly probable if you believe public opinion polls. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 16, 2023
From Linda Eramian, Bob Higgins-Steele, Christopher Lucy, and Russ Braun
The Need for Housing To the editor: We have a second home in Truro and spend as much time here as possible. My husband’s family has been here since the […]
OBITUARY
Police Matron Shirley Cabral Dies at 85
Police matron Shirley Cabral, who served departments from Provincetown to Eastham for 35 years, died on Nov. 4, 2023 at her home in Provincetown after a long illness. She was […]
OBITUARY
Former Shop Owner Robert Barrett Dies at 65
Longtime Provincetown resident Robert W. Barrett died on Nov. 6, 2023 in Homosassa, Fla., surrounded by his family. His death at 65 was caused by complications of lung cancer. Robert […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, November 16, - Thursday, November 23, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Nov. 6, 2023
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 6 to Nov. 10, 2023. PROVINCETOWN Nov. 8. George Tobin to KTG Trust (Kendyl Schaefer and Theresa Schaefer, trustees). 15 […]
