Singer, songwriter, and storyteller Zoë Lewis first came to Provincetown when she was 26. It was the early 1990s, and she’d been all around the world, and, in a spirit […]
Archives for 2023
WOMEN’S WEEK
Suzanne Westenhoefer, Better Now
The trailblazing comedian brings her funny stories back to Provincetown
Eight years had gone by since she graduated from college, and Suzanne Westenhoefer realized that, despite all the intention-setting, she had done almost nothing to get work as an actor. […]
THE STROLL
As Season Winds Down, Gallerists Take Stock
A great year for some was a bad year for others
Although most art galleries in Provincetown will stay open through December, this Friday, Oct. 6, marks the last official gallery stroll of the season. The Independent asked a few gallery […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 5, 2023 through October 12, 2023
To Hell and Back at the Eastham Library Gregory Williams wants you to go to hell — through art. Described as a “cheery and brisk” survey of visual depictions of […]
VIGNETTE
Mom, Dad, Please
STEAMERS
The Metamorphosis
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Old News: An Informal Study
The attitudes of the aging, from grumpy to giddy
It is often said that old age is not for sissies. Although I know quite a few old sissies, I generally agree. Old age is no joke. I firmly believe […]
INCIDENTALLY
Puppy Love
When I encountered some sunrise watchers who were not usually at Longnook Beach at 6 a.m. on a Sunday, I apologized for my nine-month-old Aussie, who was excitedly barking at […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Rural Radicals
Several of us at the Independent spent a couple of days last week in Keene, N.H. at the Radically Rural Summit, which I have mentioned in this column before. We […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 5, 2023
From Elizabeth (Lema) Perillo, Josiah Cole, Brendan Noonan, Ronald A. Gabel, and Jim King
Mooned and Distraught To the editor: I have always been proud of being a Provincetown native as well as an employee of the Cape Cod National Seashore and of the […]
IN MEMORIAM
Frank Milby Memorial
A celebration of the life of Provincetown painter Frank Milby, who died on Aug. 12, 2023, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Beachcombers, 465A […]
OBITUARY
Pianist and Organist Samuel Adams Jr. Was 84
Samuel H. Adams Jr. of North Truro died unexpectedly after a brief illness on June 5, 2023, eight days after his partner, Scott Ashley, died. Sam was 84. Born in […]
OBITUARY
Scott Ashley of North Truro Dies at 86
Scott Francis Ashley of North Truro died after a long illness on May 28, 2023. He was 86. His partner of over 60 years, Samuel Adams, died eight days later. […]
OBITUARY
Bayside Lobster Hutt’s David Francis Dies at 74
“My planned death will occur Thursday, September 7, 1:00 p.m. local time, Eugene, Or.,” wrote David P. Francis in a Sept. 5 email to his friend Deb Felix in Wellfleet. […]
OBITUARY
Elizabeth Yingling, Whose Life Was Art, Dies at 61
Elizabeth Maria De La Paz Lamadrid Yingling was nicknamed Titi at birth by her grandfather, Guillermo “Papito” Belt, who had wanted to name her Lisette. Or was it her father? […]
