When it comes to recent queer cinema, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Take, for example, the raunchy high-school […]
Archives for 2023
LARGE SCALE
Murals That Expand Beyond the Walls
An exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art features paintings both indoors and out
DENNIS — When Samuel Tager was asked to curate a show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, he had been thinking a lot about mural projects in Boston, Lynn, […]
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FEST
A Mad Pilgrimage of the Weird
Philadelphia’s Die-Cast Ensemble takes on a less-known Williams legacy
The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is no stranger to the strange, but this year is something else. At the 18th annual festival this week, Williams’s lifelong love of science […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for September 14, 2023 through September 21, 2023
Encountering Folk Music With Antje Duvekot Singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot, who will be kicking off the season at First Encounter Coffee House (220 Samoset Road, Eastham) on Saturday, Sept. 23 at […]
VIGNETTE
Just Visiting
STEAMERS
Baggage
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Waiting for the Storm
Imagining what will happen when our turn comes
Do you remember that scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds when a flock of crows silently swoops into a deserted playground — first one, then a few more, and then many […]
HISTORY
Remembering the Hurricane of 1938
85 years ago, an unprecedented disaster hit New England
Sept. 21 is the 85th anniversary of the great Hurricane of 1938, considered the most destructive storm in the recorded history of New England. It followed a path that hurricanes […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Everyday Gay Stories
Two weeks ago, a contingent from the Independent made our first visit to the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association’s annual conference, which was held in Philadelphia the weekend after […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 21, 2023
From Pat Miller, John W. Tyler, Tony Schoener, and Madeleine Entel
‘Ignoring’ the Part-Timers To the editor: Last week’s front-page article “Town Meeting to Consider New Rental Measures” reported a Provincetown Select Board member’s concern over what was characterized as “misinformation” […]
OBITUARY
Poet and Photographer Georgia Coxe Dies at 92
Provincetown artist and poet Georgia Mattison Coxe died on Sept. 4, 2023 in Providence, R.I. She was 92. Born in Rome, Italy to artist parents, Georgia had art in her […]
OBITUARY
Skier, Rower, and Social Worker Margot Egan Was 68
Margot Tweedy Egan died peacefully at home on Sept. 4, 2023. The cause was pulmonary complications from Hodgkin’s disease, for which she had received radiation treatment many years earlier. She […]
OBITUARY
Marcia Medeiros of North Truro Dies at 85
Marcia Mary Medeiros’s last week began at her great-grandson’s first birthday party. The next day she was at a dinner party with her neighbors, and the day after that she […]
OBITUARY
Violinist and Mother of Six, Veronica Santos Was 92
Veronica (Taves) Santos, a violin prodigy and a former Miss Provincetown, died on Aug. 3, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis surrounded by her family. She was 92. The […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, September 21, - Thursday, September 28, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
