In a former life I oversaw a test kitchen for a food magazine. Given the long lead time needed for development, editing, and printing, that meant Christmas in July every […]
Archives for 2023
SUGAR AND SPICE
The Bossest Molasses Cookies
Sometimes I wish I lived in my friend Karrie Adamany’s neighborhood. That way I could go over to her place with my sketch pad and colored pencils for drawing night. […]
IDENTITY CRISIS
Not a Cedar. Not Berries, Either.
A female Eastern red cedar, exploding in fruit, stands at the harbor end of Commercial Street in Wellfleet. The species is dioecious, meaning it comes in two different sexes, so […]
MORNING FLIGHT
A Saw-Whet Owl, by Night
These smallest predatory birds are well adapted for darkness
As the sun sets on a late fall evening, an unfamiliar silence falls on the marshes of Wellfleet. The frogs, whose calls are inescapable all summer, are silent now, and […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Winter Sports Take Center Stage
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset High School sports.
EASTHAM — The Nauset High Warriors will field nine varsity sports teams in five winter sports: basketball, hockey, indoor track and field, swimming, and wrestling. After their heartbreaking loss in […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Calm and Bright
RIGHT JOLLY EARLY BIRD
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 5 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Put Connection, Here or Elsewhere, on Your Holiday Calendar
Let Saturn quell that urge for more, more, more
Things are bustling. In the background of this holiday season, there is a feeling of energy and adventure, thanks to the conjunction of the Sun and Mars. It will make […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Flooding Forum
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Governor’s Bill, Just in Case
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, Dec. 7 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Forgivable Loans for ADUs
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
Streaming for Seniors
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
IN PROGRESS
Jenny Humphreys Gets Away With It
Inside the painter’s winter of whimsy
In the center of a melancholy Norwegian landscape — with its brown mountain, cold sky, and rows of huddled evergreens — stands a massive chicken foot. It looks extraterrestrial, exploding […]
ENSEMBLE
Allison Beavan Keeps the Outer Cape ‘Together in This Music’
A chorale that strives for fun and excellence prepares for its holiday concert
Allison Beavan stands on stage adjusting her microphone: “Check one, check two.” After a deep breath and a “haaa!” she flips the page and, facing the 118 members of the […]
ALL AROUND
Eleanor and Dario’s Multilingual Repertoire
The husband-and-wife duo will perform songs from around the world
Eleanor Dubinsky met Dario Acosta Teich in 2019 while scoping out a Candombe jam at a Uruguayan restaurant on the Lower East Side. “Candombe is Afro-Uruguayan,” Dubinsky says. “It comes […]
