Summer unfurls to reveal the Cape Cod most people imagine: sandy, sticky, hedonistic, salty. There’s a looseness to the air. Right now, the lush chestnut tree outside the window is […]
Arts & Minds
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BOOK REVIEW
Where the Seeds of Self-Doubt Are Sown
Matthew Clark Davison explores the mysteries of brotherhood and deficiencies of tolerance
Matthew Clark Davison has a reputation among Bay Area writers as one of those teachers you never forget — insightful, funny, immune to excuses, and with an uncanny talent to […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for July 28 through August 3, 2022
Peggy Flaum at Miriam Dretler Gallery The Miriam Dretler Gallery, one of Provincetown’s newest, at 283 Commercial St., presents an exhibition of Peggy Flaum’s drawings and paintings. The show, which […]
BACK DOOR ART
A Funny, Subversive Show Opens at PAAM
Zehra Khan reimagines art history with bedsheets, glue guns, and Sharpies
To reach Zehra Khan’s zany show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, one must walk through Philip Malicoat’s impressive exhibition of somber, formally astute paintings, rendered in a narrow […]
THE RECYCLER
Mike Wright Pieces Together Provincetown’s Past
The artist uncovers the town’s history in books, beaches, and dumpsters
In the back yard of her home in Provincetown, Mike Wright opens the doors to her studio. Pieces of wood crowd against the walls, loosely organized by color. A white […]
POETRY
Finding Freedom Through the Power of the Page
Poet, playwright, memoirist, and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts knows text is transformative
Reginald Dwayne Betts was a reader growing up, devouring Sherlock Holmes mysteries and scouring encyclopedias for basketball stats. But he didn’t give much thought to writers. “I thought books were […]
THEATER REVIEW
‘The Ballad of Bobby Botswain’ Takes Two to Cure All Ills
A world premiere at Wellfleet’s Harbor Stage
Pretty much anything can happen when two guys start chatting over flamingo-tinis at a bar in Fort Worth, Texas. Or so it might seem, in the marvelous two-hander The Ballad […]
ON TOUR
Graham Nash Brings Songs Old and New to Payomet
The 80-year-old singer says he’s still curious
Graham Nash is 80 years old now, and he’s still on tour. The singer-songwriter of Crosby, Stills & Nash fame has a new live album (and, because one art form […]
MUSIC
Dar Williams Comes to Our ‘Little Town’
Singing for the return of a diverse America
In the little town his family has called home for generations, a man holds onto the old ways — including xenophobia. But the fairy-godfather-esque mayor begins to welcome outsiders, and […]
REPETITION
Three Veterans of the Fine Arts Work Center
FAWC’s students and teachers keep coming back, year after year
PROVINCETOWN — Every summer the Fine Arts Work Center welcomes people from around the world to its visual art, photography, and writing workshops. Topics range from “The Intimate Portrait,” taught […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on Commercial Street on the weekly gallery ramble
Cortile Gallery, 230 Commercial St. At Cortile, Beth Donovan, a Provincetown local, admires Sunset Sail, painted by Ed Walsh. “I’m pretty sure it’s a rendition of the schooner Hindu,” she […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for July 21 through July 27, 2022
Chen Chen at FAWC Poet and author Chen Chen will speak in the summer faculty reading series at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown on Monday, July 25, 6 […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Peter Hujar Reveals the Truth Behind the Joke
A small show of the late photographer’s work exposes the valences of camp and drag
In the 1960s and ’70s, before they were a tragedy, gay men were a joke. Because gay men are tastemakers and cultural aristocrats, the joke was a good one — […]
CONTEMPORARY ART
Wendy White Puts Painting in Its Place
‘Sunset Drift’ challenges painting’s revered status in a show both playful and dark
Wendy White wants to know why painting is held in such high esteem compared to other art forms. “I’m a little skeptical about whether all those accolades are fair. It’s […]
STRING THEORY
Roseminna Watson Seeks ‘Weightlessness’ With Her Violin
In her aunt’s Truro studio, she practices the art of ease
On a dirt road in Truro, in a small, weathered house, the atmosphere spins with creative energy, says violinist Roseminna Watson. The house is her aunt Cammie Watson’s studio. Her […]
