Visionary Women (Thursday, Oct. 24)
Claude Kerven teaches a five-week Open University of Wellfleet class on film directors Greta Gerwig, Kathryn Bigelow, Sofia Coppola, Kimberly Pierce, and Kemi Adetiba as the first installment of a “20 Trailblazing Women Filmmakers” course at Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) beginning Thursday, Oct. 24, noon. $60. See openuniversityofwellfleet.org for more information and to register.
Call Your Mom (Thursday, Oct. 24)
Luxx Liaison presents “Mother!,” a new weekly “edgy, conceptual performance dinner showcase featuring drag, burlesque, dancing, live singing, and over-the-top costumes,” at the Governor Bradford (312 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Thursday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, plus fees. See thegovbradford.com for information.
Boo To-Do (Friday, Oct. 25)
Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) hosts an all-ages Halloween Party — featuring pumpkin decorating, a photo booth, arts and crafts, and music — on Friday, Oct. 25, 5 p.m. Free. See trurolibrary.org for information.
Community Voices (Friday, Oct. 25)
Ryan Landry leads “Everyone’s Forum,” a panel discussion on the history and future of Provincetown’s art community, at Provincetown Town Hall (260 Commercial St.) on Friday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. as the concluding event in the Forum 49 series. Tickets are $24-$49, plus fees, at eventbrite.com.
Revolutionary Music (Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 26-27)
Giocosa Chamber Music opens its new season with piano trios by Beethoven and Chausson at Dennis Union Church (713 Main St.) on Saturday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m. and at First Congregational Church of Chatham (650 Main St.) on Sunday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m. Tickets for each concert are $30 at the door. See giocosachambermusic.com for information.
Thrills and Chills (Saturday, Oct. 26)
Celebrate spooky season on the Outer Cape with two events on Saturday, Oct. 26: the annual Halloween Parade and Monster Bash on Main Street in Wellfleet at 1 p.m., and Eastham’s Halloween on the Green at Windmill Green (2515 Rt. 6) at 3 p.m. Both events are free. See wellfleetchamber.com and easthamchamber.com for information.
Ships Ahoy! (Saturday, Oct. 26)
Tom Verde discusses his book In a Class All Their Own, featuring nearly 40 profiles of classic and unique boats from Cape Cod and beyond, at Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Look Alive (Saturday, Oct. 26)
“Dress to impress as your favorite dead movie star” at “Dead Ringers,” a costume party at The Bradford (41 Bradford St., Provincetown) on Saturday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m. Tickets are $50 and benefit the Provincetown Film Society. See provincetownfilm.org for information.
Take a Gander (Sunday, Oct. 27)
Pastor Jon of the First Congregational Church of Wellfleet presents “Footprints,” a walking meditation on faith and spirituality focusing on the migration of wild geese and the work of George MacDonald and Mary Oliver, at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (291 Rt. 6) on Sunday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m. Free. See wellfleetchurch.org for information.
A Cautionary Tale (Sunday, Oct. 27)
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (2357 Rt. 6) presents an updated staged reading of It Can’t Happen Here, based on the prescient 1936 Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of fascism in America, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. Free. See what.org for information.
Class Act (Monday, Oct. 28)
Wellfleet Public Library screens The Teachers’ Lounge, İlker Çatak’s 2023 German drama about a teacher tasked with determining which of her students is responsible for a series of thefts, on Monday, Oct. 28. 6 p.m. as part of the Oktoberfest Movie Series. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
History at Sea (Wednesday, Oct. 30)
Members of the Nantucket Historical Association lead a live multimedia presentation about the tragedy of the 19th-century whale ship Essex, which was struck and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, at the Provincetown Senior Center (2 Mayflower St.) on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1:30 p.m. Free. Call 508-487-7080 for more information and to register.
Feed Me, Seymour! (Wednesday, Oct. 30)
Provincetown Public Library (356 Commercial St.) screens Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz’s 1986 musical horror comedy about a mild-mannered florist who discovers a carnivorous plant that feeds on human blood, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.org for information.
Knives Out (Wednesday, Oct. 30)
The Wave Bar at the Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) hosts a “Pumpkin Slut Pumpkin Carving Party” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. Free pumpkins and carving kits provided. See onlyatthecrown.com for information.
Lifting the Veil (Thursday, Oct. 31)
“Dress in whatever fantastical dimension your most extravagant ghoulish self dreams of” at the House of Spirit Townie Masquerade Ball at Gifford House (9 Carver St., Provincetown) on Thursday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., featuring a costume contest, tricks, treats, and music by DJ James Cerne. See @gifford.house on Instagram 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.
