The 20 winners of seven-month winter fellowships at Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center arrived in town on Oct. 1. As usual, the cohort includes 10 visual artists and 10 writers. […]
Archives for 2024
WOMEN’S WEEK
Rita Mae Brown Is Funny Even When She Fights
The activist and writer is a ‘sage’ whose work freed women to be themselves
Rita Mae Brown says she came into the world knowing exactly what she wanted: “Horses, hounds, and literature.” The activist and writer, who is also master of hounds at the […]
POETRY
We, the Non-7 Million
We giggled nervously at our good luck Moving up the half-empty jazz club to the best seats. It began in force the next morning Insinuating into air vents Broadcasting in […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 17, 2024 through October 24, 2024
Bringing Dracula Into the Light Since his childhood, Greg Williams has been interested in spooky things. He fondly remembers his mother taking him at eight to see Alex Nicols’s 1958 […]
VIGNETTE
PortaFest
STEAMERS
Wrong Point
ON THE BALLOT
A Question for the County
Amending the county charter to increase efficiency and transparency
Massachusetts voters will consider five statewide questions on the Nov. 5 ballot. Barnstable County voters will have a sixth question to consider in addition to the statewide questions. Question #6 […]
LISTENING
We and the Land
Learning from Wampanoag lifeways
It was a Native voice I heard say, “Settlers practice their religion by going inside and talking to God. Native people go outside and listen to God.” I like that. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Stormy Weather
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” sang Bob Dylan in 1965. Now, the weathermen are warning us about winds that would have been unimaginable […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 17, 2024
From Eric Loscher & Chuck Leigh
Support for Recovery To the editor: I was featured in your article “Working the Winter Shift” [Oct. 10, page B1], and I feel there was important information missing from the […]
OBITUARY
National Seashore Naturalist David Spang Dies at 86
David John Spang, one of the first three naturalists hired by the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1963, died at his home in Truro on Oct. 5, 2024 after a […]
OBITUARY
Florist Sheila Kelley, 63, Dies in Wellfleet Crash
Sheila J. Kelley, the longtime owner of Kelley’s Flowers on West Main Street next door to the Wellfleet Public Library, died on Oct. 10, 2024 when the Toyota Sienna van […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Oct. 17 - Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Oct. 7, 2024
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Oct. 7 to Oct. 11, 2024. PROVINCETOWN Oct. 9. John W. Tyler and Eric Ritter to John Huston Finley IV and […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds Oct. 17, 2024 – Oct.24, 2024
Whatever You Call It, Love Thy Neighbor
EVENTS Wampanoag Health Equity Symposium includes two panel discussions, a special Wampanoag lunch, film screening, and traditional hand drum songs. Pre-register at tinyurl.com/weandland. Info: [email protected]. Free, donations welcome. Saturday, Oct. […]
