Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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MUSES
Behind the Lens
Blair Resika’s decades photographing her husband, painter Paul Resika
As I approach Blair Resika’s North Truro home on a blistering Wednesday afternoon, she leans out the door and says, “You must be a musician, because you have perfect timing!” […]
CONNECTING STRINGS
Roads and Bridges Through Landscapes of Sound
Indian classical musicians Kunal Gunjal and Amit Kavthekar traverse a multicultural geography
More than 1,500 years ago, the santoor, a trapezoidal instrument with 100 metal strings tightly stretched over 25 wooden bridges, made its way along the Silk Road, carried from Iran […]
THEATER
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Despair
Christopher Durang gives Chekhov a hilarious spin
Anton Chekhov was not a happy camper. He wallowed in the unfulfilled dreams and unrequited loves of the bourgeoisie in czarist Russia. His dramatically sophisticated and heart-wrenching plays — Three […]
ARTISTS
Paintings of Observation and Experience
In ‘Heirloom,’ Liz Carney demonstrates a dance between body and brush
In early April, Liz Carney visited Italy for the first time on a trip organized by Provincetown yoga teacher Beth Goldstein. Her plan was to combine travel, yoga, and plein […]
THEATER
Shattered Illusions
In Harbor Stage’s stark Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is crashing
The Harbor Stage Company’s second offering of the summer is Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1949 tragedy, Death of a Salesman, in a stark, audacious, and emotionally searing production directed by […]
BOOKS
The Inner World of an Outer Cape Childhood
Cynthia Blakeley writes of memories lost, found, and reconsidered
Cynthia Blakeley’s account of growing up in a working-class, chaotic household in 1960s Wellfleet is a memoir. But categorizing The Innermost House that way is as inadequate as calling Wellfleet […]
GEORGIE AND BARNACLE
The Calming Counting of Carrots
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for July 24, 2025 through July 31, 2025
A Treasure Trove of Queer History When historian Alice Friedman learned about Max Ewing — a musician, visual artist, photographer, and habitué of queer nightlife New York City in the […]
MYSTICISM
Altered States
Donald Saaf travels to Mexico to paint worlds both real and imagined
The paintings by Donald Saaf now on view at Rice Polak Gallery in Provincetown depict a man watering a garden, a couple seated at a kitchen table, a woman selling […]
ELEMENTAL ART
An Ode to Nature
Ginny Zanger’s botanical monotype paintings yield beauty and mystery
In a bright, high-ceilinged studio at the end of a dirt road in Truro, artist Ginny Zanger stands at a bench, working on her latest print. She’s surrounded by fresh-picked […]
‘CUMBIA IS LOVE’
The Heartbeat of Colombia
Yeison Landero, grandson of a master folk musician, keeps the legacy alive
Yeison Landero says he had “a beautiful childhood” in the green mountains of San Jacinto, Bolívar, in northern Colombia. Famous musicians came to his house: accordion players Alfredo Gutiérrez, Lizandro […]
DRAG DESK
Joey Arias Sings in the Key of Life
The chanteuse brings a lifetime of heart and soul to the stage
It’s nearly impossible to describe a Joey Arias performance to someone who hasn’t seen one. It’s not just a show. It’s an experience: seductive, surreal, unfiltered, and always authentic. It’s […]
A CASE OF YOU
Paul Lisicky Loves Joni Mitchell
In a singer’s magic and mourning, a writer finds a bond
When Paul Lisicky happened upon the online video of Joni Mitchell singing at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, he watched through tears of amazement and gratitude. That’s probably not so […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery stroll
Rice Polak Gallery (430 Commercial St.) Greg Durio and Fred Klinker, from The Woodlands, Texas, are making their way down Commercial Street on Friday evening for the weekly gallery stroll. […]
