The Sun moves from Virgo into the sign of Libra this week. The scales offer encouragement to strive for balance. Libra understands the virtue of decision-making, and now’s the time […]
Archives for 2024
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Napiville Owners
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Housing Trust How-To
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. Thursday, Sept. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Where to Put the Pantry
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
Wellness Walking
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 […]
TAKING SHAPE
An Artist’s First Language Is a Colorful One
For Barbara Cohen, practice makes imperfect
In Provincetown, the tide’s comings and goings are always in view. But in a small fishing village on Paros Island in Greece, where Barbara Cohen had an artist residency this […]
THEATER
There’s Nothing Statuesque About Lady Liberty
Fermín Rojas’s new play disrobes an icon
Even today, as Donald Trump recklessly exploits the xenophobia of American voters, the Statue of Liberty, rising majestically in New York Harbor, is a powerful symbol of New World freedom […]
LITTLE PEOPLE
Fairies Live Here — Believe It or Not
A new book by Andrew Warburton chronicles stories and sightings from across New England
If you want to see a fairy, says Andrew Warburton, all you have to do is find a four-leaf clover and place it on your forehead. He’s never found a […]
BOOK FESTIVAL
The Way We Teach Ourselves to See
Vinson Cunningham’s novel is set in Obama’s campaign for president
While New Yorker theater critic Vinson Cunningham’s Great Expectations is an autobiographical novel based on his experiences as a young staffer on Barack Obama’s first presidential run, it is not […]
BOOKS
Indie Reads: Back to School Edition
Nonfiction selections that will expand your horizons
For this installment of Indie Reads, we asked members of the Independent staff to offer some book recommendations now that summer is over and the transition from frothy beach reads […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for September 19, 2024 through September 26, 2024
Immigrants’ Stories at Cape Rep Nina Zoie Lam was drawn to direct Lloyd Suh’s 2023 play The Heart Sellers at the Cape Rep Theatre in part because it reminds her of her […]
VIGNETTE
Flight of the Drinking Birds
STEAMERS
Art Supply Desert
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Honor at the End
A couple of weeks ago a reader wrote to say that he was “uplifted” by an obituary we had published. He said he would like to read more about the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 19, 2024
From Jim Vesper, Ronald A. Gabel, Salvatore Del Deo, Dan Katz, Frank Barringer, Mariah Bradford, Rhonda Skloff, and Sally Deane
The Cape Air Surprise To the editor: Cape Air’s discontinuation of air service between Provincetown and Boston [“Cape Air Drops 6 Months of P’town Flights,” Sept. 12, front page] was […]
