The cottage, an Airbnb in Provincetown, with its faded floral-print couch, unreliable landline phone, and feebly locking doors, feels like the set of a horror film, says Jojo (Susan Lambert). […]
Archives for 2024
REVELATIONS
For a New Album, Women Are the Muse
In Silver City, Amy Helm turns secrets into songs
For her fourth solo album, Silver City, Amy Helm had a muse: a young fan. “The first time I met her, she was in the deepest, darkest throes of addiction,” […]
POETRY
Stillman’s Gym: Which Kelly Do Youse Want?
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who teaches my hands to battle and my fingers to fight. —Psalm 144 Phone call comes in: Lemme speak with Kelly. Which Kelly do […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 10, 2024 through October 17, 2024
Diane Robertson’s Ways of Seeing Diane Robertson’s watercolor paintings — almost all of which are based on her own photographs — are currently on view in the Great Pond Gallery […]
VIGNETTE
Cozy Cats
STEAMERS
Ding-A-Ling
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Robert Finch: An Appreciation
In his essays, the essence of the Cape Cod life
Walking with my dog on an East End beach one breezy, overcast afternoon, I encountered two young men engaged in a photo shoot, complete with props, just above the tide […]
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
Some Things I Know and Don’t Know
Questions about the West End’s dying salt marsh
I know that when I enter Provincetown’s West End salt marsh softly, without shoes, I feel certain that I am welcomed by something alive, something that wants to live. I […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Special Delivery
This week’s issue of the Independent includes our annual statement of ownership, management, and circulation (see page A19), which the U.S. Postal Service requires of all periodicals that are delivered […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 10, 2024
From Ellyn Weiss, Jennifer Wertkin, & Mike Rice
Truro’s Failures To the editor: The Independent has recently reported on matters falling into the black hole of Truro’s town administration for unconscionable periods of time, with consequences for the […]
OBITUARY
Susan Jackett, Who Cared Most for Family, Dies at 78
Susan Soults Jackett, known for her genius at caring for and connecting with others, died of cardiac arrest in her husband’s arms at her Wellfleet home in the early morning […]
OBITUARY
Lawrence Schuster, Who Lived 28 Years in a Dune Shack, Was 79
C. Lawrence Schuster, who spent almost three decades living in a dune shack on Provincetown’s back shore, died at his home in Steuben, Maine on May 18, 2024. He was […]
OBITUARY
Designer and Musician Douglas Slade Dies at 79
Artist and designer Douglas Totten Slade died peacefully at his home in Harvard on Sept. 15, 2024 after a brief struggle with bone cancer. He was 79. The son of […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Oct. 10 - Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Sept. 30, 2024
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2024. PROVINCETOWN Sept. 30. Melanie Black, Laura Anne Simmons, and Carl David Black to Patrick Joseph […]
