In the opening scene of the documentary Everything Moves, which is having its world premiere at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) next week, a ladybug finds its way from […]
Arts & Minds
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Look Once, Look Twice
William P. Hamlin conjures time, decay, and movement in his woven prints
Provincetown photographer William P. Hamlin uses weaving, an ancient artisan technique, to create his photographic prints. While studying at New York University in the 1980s, Hamlin had the idea to […]
MUSIC
Indie Playlist: Outer Cape Summer Edition
Music to get excited about during the best time of the year
Few places in the world have as high a residents-and-visitors-to-musical-performers ratio as does the Outer Cape between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But how best to plan your schedule with […]
FILM HISTORY
Censored, But Still Queer
In Sick and Dirty, Michael Koresky argues for a second look at Code-era movies
“Golden ages” are rarely golden for everyone, especially in film history. The era referred to as “classic Hollywood” roughly coincided with the Production Code, a set of guidelines developed by […]
RETREAT
Claiming the Right to Grieve
Geraldine Brooks reflects on her husband’s death in a new memoir
In her new memoir, Memorial Days (Viking, 2025), Geraldine Brooks with matter-of-fact and elegant prose delves into a universal experience that, as a culture, we try our best to push […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 5, 2025 through June 12, 2025
Diving Into a Summer of Free Movies The Provincetown Film Society is teaming up with the Crown & Anchor for free poolside movie screenings every Tuesday night this summer. The […]
PAINTING FROM LIFE
Maritime Portraits That Capture the Cape’s Spirit
Paul Schulenburg paints an optimistic picture for this year’s Portuguese Festival
When Paul Schulenburg was growing up in Schenectady, N.Y. his family came to Dennis Port in the summers, and that included an annual day trip to Provincetown. “I was always […]
PERFORMANCE
Grief and Laughter in Equal Measure
Sam Morrison found inspiration in Provincetown and catharsis in comedy
Six years ago, a chance meeting on Commercial Street changed the world of comedian Sam Morrison. The encounter marked the start of a relationship that Morrison recounts in his one-man […]
NATURE STUDIES
The Very Fabric of the Landscape
Alexa Elam is not making plaids today
The dirt road to Alexa Elam’s Truro studio is bumpy and surrounded by brush, with a few pullouts for oncoming cars to pass, and marked only by a hand-painted sign […]
FICTION
Fodder for the Old Ladies Gossip Militia
An excerpt from Hush Little Fire, a new novel set on the Outer Cape
Judith Newcomb Stiles is a potter, teacher, and writer whose family has lived in Wellfleet since the days of the Pilgrims. In her new novel, Hush Little Fire, published by […]
BIG PICTURE
Electric Purple
Diana Horowitz on Brenda Horowitz’s color vocabulary
Diana Horowitz grew up watching her mother, Brenda Horowitz, paint. Their family spent summers in Provincetown, where Brenda had studied with Hans Hofmann and Wolf Kahn. During the year, they […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 29, 2025 through June 5, 2025
A New Act Three in Provincetown There were no arts classes in the schools that Nan LeClaire-Hirst went to when she was growing up, she says, and she didn’t attend […]
ENLIGHTENED
An Artist Trades Illustration for Emotion
Rob DuToit’s recent work soars with energetic abandon
Last fall, Rob DuToit was walking in the Audubon sanctuary in Wellfleet when he approached a platform with a sweeping view of the marsh and Cape Cod Bay. The scene […]
ROCK AND SOUL
Lisa Fischer’s Buffet of Sound
The former backup singer will take center stage at Provincetown Town Hall with Grand Baton
When Lisa Fischer was growing up in Brooklyn, she was “like a sponge,” she says, “soaking up whatever syrup was around.” The syrup was music. Her grandparents listened to jazz […]
METANARRATIVE
Family Pictures
Thomas Allen Harris brings his documentary approach to the question of our queer ancestors
Photographer and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris founded Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) in 2009 as a vehicle for audio-visual events incorporating community organizing, performance, virtual gathering spaces, and storytelling. Ten […]
