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 […]
Archives for 2023
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Solar Enlightenment
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 […]
ALBUM REVIEW
The Parkingtons ‘Collide’ in a Celebration of Unity
Three sisters play and sing of ‘love, loss, heartache, hope’
When Daniel Parkington first saw his future wife, Cheryl, she was walking into a laundromat in Orleans carrying a guitar. This is according to Rose Parkington, one of Daniel and […]
THEATER
Less Stella, More Stellar
The Tennessee Williams Festival delves into the author’s obscure science fiction catalog
PROVINCETOWN — The Tennessee Williams Theater Festival blasts off next weekend, and this year, things are going to be a little extraterrestrial. Put your tray tables up and your expectations […]
ARTISTS
When Winter Comes, the Artist Returns to His Studio
After three decades, Robert Adamcik still pursues his passion
Robert Adamcik has become a Provincetown local. With dry humor, he’ll give you his opinions on everything in town, from the best galleries, shows, and lobster rolls to the worst […]
THE INTERVIEW
How Patti Hartigan Came to Write August Wilson’s Story
The longtime arts journalist finished her biography of the playwright in Provincetown
Eight years ago, the arts journalist and critic Patti Hartigan noticed something missing from the cultural landscape. August Wilson, a playwright whose works she cherished and had written about for […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
A Reef of One’s Own
CLINT AUSTIN / OYSTER FARMER / WELLFLEET Up in Blackfish Creek, Clint Austin’s shellfish farm looks like other aquaculture grants in Wellfleet. During the season, you see bags of oysters […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for September 14, 2023 through September 21, 2023
Christine Ernst Laughs Through the Pain Poet, storyteller, and metal artist Christine Ernst started writing more than two decades ago to cope with a cancer diagnosis she received when she […]
VIGNETTE
Collector’s Item
STEAMERS
The Wind Procrastinator
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hometown: An Ineffable Connection
Trying to put the inexpressible into words
We each tumble into birth somewhere on this planet, and many of us just stay put. In fact, for most of human history the vast majority of people lived and […]
NO-COMPLAINT DEPT.
The Ambient Music of Provincetown
From daybreak to late at night, the mixed-up sounds of a neighborhood
British composer and self-styled “nonmusician” Brian Eno has recorded several albums of “ambient music.” In the liner notes for his Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978), he wrote that ambient […]
INCIDENTALLY
Traffic Delay
Driving down Depot Road in Truro, I saw ahead a small boxlike shape in the road. Slowly pulling closer, I saw that it was a box turtle crossing the road. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Local News, Local Economy
Last week a group of 22 prominent funders, led by the MacArthur Foundation, announced “a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news” with grants totaling more […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 14, 2023
From Tom Ryan, Josiah Cole, and David Rowell
Correcting a Correction To the editor: I take exception to Art Autorino’s Sept. 7 letter in which he “corrects” my comments that were accurately quoted in “A Holdout Survives on […]
