Wrap It Up! (Thursday, Nov. 14)
The annual Members’ Small Works Holiday Show & Sale opens at Cape Cod Museum of Art (60 Hope Lane, Dennis) on Thursday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. Free admission during museum hours. There will be a reception for the exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 5, and the show is on view until Sunday, Jan. 5. See ccmoa.org for information.
In Living Color (Thursday, Nov. 14)
Gordon Talley discusses the work of photographers Eliot Porter and Joel Meyerowitz, who expanded the significance of color in fine art photography, at Snow Library (67 Main St., Orleans) on Thursday, Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m. as part of the Lifetime Learning education series. Tickets are $10 at snowlibrary.org.
What Do You Know? (Thursday, Nov. 14)
Harrison and Evan host Trivia Game Night at Provincetown Brewing Co. (141 Bradford St.) on Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Free to enter, with prizes for the winning team. See ptownbrewingco.com for information.
Step It Up (Friday, Nov. 15)
Outermost Contra Dance at Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) on Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. features caller Erica Weiss and live music by Billy Hardy on fiddle and Beth Sweeney on guitar. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for a contra basics workshop at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 ($10 for 30 and under, $5 for students with I.D.). See outermostcontra.org and wellfleetpreservationhall.org for information.
Poker Faces (Friday, Nov. 15)
Learn how to play or show off your card shark skills at the weekly Texas Hold’Em tournament at the Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Friday, Nov. 15. Tutorials start at 6 p.m., and the competition begins at 7 p.m. Prizes are awarded for the top three players. Free. See onlyatthecrown.com for information.
Song Stylings (Saturday, Nov. 16)
Singer-songwriter Shannon Davis performs at Parish Park (44 Main St., Orleans) on Saturday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m. as part of the Pop-Up Practices performance series. Free. See orleanscapecod.org for information.
Visions of Sugarplums (Saturday, Nov. 16)
The West Harwich-based HeartStrings Dance Company performs excerpts from The Nutcracker at Provincetown Town Hall (260 Commercial St.) on Saturday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. (A full production will be performed at Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich on Dec. 7 and 8.) Free; donations accepted. See reachingheart.com for information.
Family Matters (Sunday, Nov. 17)
Chapel in the Pines (220 Samoset Road, Eastham) welcomes the Ntumba family — Tony, Joelle, and Pearl from the Democratic Republic of Congo and baby Faith, an American citizen — for a discussion of their journeys to the U.S. to escape danger and the challenges and successes of their lives on Cape Cod on Sunday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. Free. See nfuu.org for information.
Past, Present, and Future (Sunday, Nov. 17) Editor’s note: Time has changed from 2 to 4 p.m.
Wellfleet Preservation Hall holds a screening of A Cape Cod Christmas Carol, a new movie musical adaptation of the holiday classic with an emphasis on climate change and environmental issues, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. The film will be followed by a talkback discussion with Chris Powicki, chair of Sierra Club’s Cape Cod & Islands Group. Tickets are $15, plus fees, at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Riot Grrrl (Sunday, Nov. 17)
Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) screens The Punk Singer, Sini Anderson’s 2013 documentary profile of era-defining musician Kathleen Hanna, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
’Tis the Season (Tuesday, Nov. 19)
RuthE leads a holiday gift crafting session at the Provincetown Senior Center (2 Mayflower St.) on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m. Free; materials will be provided. Call 508-487-7080 to register.
Fostering Growth (Tuesday, Nov. 19)
Author Jill Mays discusses her new book Nurturing Nature: A Guide to Gardening for Special Needs — inspired by Sustainable CAPE’s Truro Children’s Community Garden — at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 5 p.m. Free. See trurolibrary.org for information.
Good Cheer (Wednesday, Nov. 20)
Home for the Holidays, Jodie Foster’s 1995 American family comedy-drama film starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, and Charles Durning, screens at Provincetown Public Library (356 Commercial St.) on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.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.
