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, Oct. […]
Archives for 2023
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Meeting Reflections
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
Water Resources Protection
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
AN ART LEGACY
Sal Del Deo Carries On
A solo exhibition at PAAM charts the development of an adventurous career
In one of Salvatore Del Deo’s paintings now at his solo exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the town is framed through a pair of binoculars — a […]
ARTISTS
Daniel Ranalli Records the Drama of Stranded Whales
A 31-year project culminates in an exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
NEW BEDFORD — The whaling museum here celebrates bigness. Two whale skeletons hang from the lobby ceiling. The centerpiece of the museum is a three-story replica of the whaling vessel […]
ARTISTS AND WRITERS
New Kids on the Block
20 fellows arrive at the Fine Arts Work Center
On Pearl Street in Provincetown, the Fine Arts Work Center’s new fellows are settling into their apartments and studios. For now, the spaces are all but empty. The white, unadorned […]
LOOKING BACK
Reflecting on Creativity and Community
An alumni show at FAWC this summer brought 22 former fellows back to Provincetown
Since its founding in 1968, the Fine Arts Work Center has hosted more than a thousand fellows. Twenty-two former fellows returned to Provincetown this summer for an alumni group show, […]
BOOKS
Charles Busch’s Life as a Leading Lady
Just don’t call him a drag queen
Charles Busch — the renowned “male actress” of stage and film, playwright of dozens of shows including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran for five years off-Broadway, and the Broadway […]
PORTRAITS
The Many Faces of Eastham
Smiling, smirking, in the open air, and in outer space
“The Faces of Eastham,” at the town’s public library (190 Samoset Road) through Oct. 31, consists of approximately 50 portraits, all of them by Eastham residents of other Eastham residents. […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 19, 2023 through October 26, 2023
Jefferey Clayton Teaches Through Music Jefferey Clayton served in the military for 21 years — three years active duty and the rest in the National Guard. He completed “all the […]
VIGNETTE
Out to Dinner
STEAMERS
Tofu-Fest
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Futility of Naming
Struggling to define evil and peace of mind
All of creation — everything around us — comes without labels. But there are people busy fixing that. I am one of them: I am a namer of things. We […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Indie at Four
Two weeks ago, in our Oct. 5 issue, we published our annual circulation statement, required of all newspapers delivered through the U.S. Postal Service. The numbers reflect the Independent’s continued […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 19, 2023
From Jane Corbin, Geoffrey Doherty, Kait Blehm, Amy Smith, Candace Perry, Jim Cornell, Brenda J. Boleyn, and Patricia B. Walsh
‘Time to Save Truro’ To the editor: In the run-up to the vote on the Walsh property proposal at this Saturday’s town meeting, I received a call from someone who […]
