Now Playing (Thursday, Feb. 1)
Wellfleet Elementary School (100 Lawrence Road) hosts Youth Open Gym evening for students in grades 6 through 10 on Thursday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. Free. Students must be signed in and out by a parent. Email [email protected] for information.
Watch It Grow (Thursday, Feb. 1)
Provincetown Public Library (356 Commercial St.) presents “Think Ahead to Spring Gardening” — a presentation on soil, compost, mulch, and other topics — on Thursday, Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.org for information.
Funny Business (Thursday, Feb. 1)
Katie Pentedemos of IMPROVincetown! (“Provincetown’s most infamous comedy troupe”) hosts an improv workshop at Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) on Thursday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Participants will learn to create supportive, relationship-based, and emotionally driven scenes through one-on-one coaching and games. Open to those 18 and over of all backgrounds and experience. Registration required at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Creative Pursuits (Friday, Feb. 2)
Fine Arts Work Center (24 Pearl St., Provincetown) presents the last FAWC Friday of the season on Friday, Feb. 2, 5 p.m., featuring presentations by writer, artist, filmmaker, and curator Philip Hoare and painter Arghavan Khosravi; open art studios; printmaking activities; music; food and drink; and more. (Friday evening programs will resume with Fellow Fridays beginning Friday, Feb. 9.) Free; reservations encouraged. See fawc.org for information.
Local Talent (Friday, Feb. 2)
The Underground (293 Commercial St., Provincetown) hosts open mic night — for stand-up comics, musicians, poets, drag performers, and “anything you want to do and everything you want to see” — on Friday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m. No cover. See @theundergroundprovincetown on Instagram for information.
Good as New (Saturday, Feb. 3)
Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) hosts a Fix-It Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 3, noon. Bring your small household items in for repair, or learn how to fix them yourself. Free; email [email protected] in advance with information on items to be repaired. See wellfleetlibrary.org for more.
Justice for All (Saturday, Feb. 3)
Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown hosts a silent vigil for racial justice at Provincetown Town Hall (260 Commercial St.) on Saturday, Feb. 3, noon. Bring your own signs; signs will also be available at the gathering. See uumh.org for information.
Get Ready (Saturday, Feb. 3)
Chip Riley from the Barnstable County Dept. of Environment and Health discusses emergency preparedness for natural disasters at Eastham Public Library (190 Samoset Road) on Saturday, Feb. 3, 10:30 a.m. Free. See easthamlibrary.org for information.
The Winner Is … (Sunday, Feb. 4)
Jizzelle and Jake Glass host a 2024 Grammy Awards viewing party at the Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Sunday, Feb. 4. Red carpet photos begin at 7 p.m., and the evening will include door prizes, craft cocktails, ballot predictions, and a “Great Gowns, Beautiful Gowns” contest for attendees, who are invited to “come dressed to impress.” No cover. See onlyatthecrown.com for information.
Thar She Blows! (Sunday, Feb. 4)
The Cape Cod National Seashore’s “Maritime Movie Classics” winter film series continues with a screening of the 1937 adventure drama Captains Courageous, an adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling novel starring Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore, at Salt Pond Visitor Center (50 Nauset Road, Eastham) on Sunday, Feb. 4, 1:30 p.m. Free. See nps.gov for information.
Breathe In (Tuesday, Feb. 6)
Patricia van Dijkhuizen leads an Ecstatic Dancing and Breathwork/Meditation workshop — incorporating movement, nature immersion, and poetry — as part of the Winter Wednesdays series at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. Free. Register at winterwednesdays.org/register and see trurolibrary.org for information.
Mad Men (Tuesday, Feb. 6)
Wellfleet Public Library celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of director Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) with screenings of four of his acclaimed films starting with 12 Angry Men (1957), starring Henry Fonda, E.G. Marshall, and Jack Warden, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
A Better World (Wednesday, Feb. 7)
Wellfleet Public Library hosts the Racial Justice Study Group on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. Led by Pancheta Peterson and other facilitators, the group will read and discuss books and articles and share personal experiences in a wide-ranging discussion. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Musical Memories (Wednesday, Feb. 7)
Provincetown Public Library begins its Black History in Film series with a screening of the 2021 documentary Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), about the historically overlooked 1969 Harlem Music Festival that featured artists including Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, the 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Sly and the Family Stone, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.org for information.
Reel Film (Thursday, Feb. 8)
WOMR (494 Commercial St., Provincetown) continues its series of classic films screened with a reel-to-reel film projector with Lewis Milestone’s 1932 drama Rain, starring Joan Crawford, on Thursday, Feb. 8., 7:30 p.m. See womr.org for information.
Our Arts & Minds team curates a selection of Outer Cape events each week. Please email event information to [email protected] at least two weeks in advance for consideration.
