John Crane answered the phone to find a friend in crisis — before you get too alarmed, it was a knitting crisis. Beth Brown-Reinsel, a celebrity within the insular world […]
Arts & Minds
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PODCASTS
Painting Sound Into Stories
Sharon Mashihi’s audio narratives catch the intimacy of ‘real moments’
It seems as if everyone is a podcaster these days — everyone except maybe fiction writers. The format is perfectly suited to capturing comedians in conversation, delivering journalistic deep dives, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 2 through June 8, 2022
Prager and Bruder at 20 Summers With the protections offered by Roe v. Wade in peril, Twenty Summers offers a chance to reflect on how, almost a half century after […]
OUTSIDER ART
The Alternate Realities of Michael J. Andrews
The former town hall custodian explores local and celestial visions in his paintings
“I don’t claim to be an artist,” says Michael J. Andrews, sitting in an easy chair at his Provincetown condo. “There are artists out there, like Mrs. Packard, or all […]
THEATER REVIEW
Doing the Time Warp in Mae West’s ‘The Drag’
In the 1920s, having a gay old time was kind of complicated
“This side’s Friday,” vamp extraordinaire Mae West once quipped, pointing to her upper right thigh, then, pointing to her left thigh, “This side’s Sunday. Why don’t you come see me […]
LINE BREAK
Rereading History in Poetry
John Bonanni explores the truth of ‘Patient O’
When I was a kid, history class bored me. It was all dusty, musty dates, laws, and names. I have a hunch I’d have been more interested if I’d been […]
CLASSIC ALT
Bob Mould Brings His Howl to Town Hall
Raging from punk to alt-rock to club
The term legend can be bandied about a little too casually in the music world, but let’s just say it: Bob Mould, the legendary punk singer and guitarist, is coming […]
BUSKERS
Music in the Air
New acts and old tunes on Commercial Street
PROVINCETOWN — A walk down Commercial Street is a bit like traversing the paths of Coachella these days. Fashionable, semi-clad young people wander down the middle of the street in […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 26 through June 1, 2022
‘Density’s Glitch’ at FAWC The Fine Arts Work Center is hosting a group exhibition, “Density’s Glitch,” opening Saturday, May 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. and running until Aug. 28 […]
THEATER
Behind the Scenes at ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Musical theater brings Provincetown Schools students together again
PROVINCETOWN — Dress rehearsal is about to begin, and students are dancing around stage lights and props with all the giddiness of an ensemble that’s preparing to take the stage […]
RAZZLE DAZZLE
Screen Printing the Visual Zeitgeist
Chris Kelly’s paintings mine imagery from past and present
Pulling Through, the title of Chris Kelly’s show at Gallery 444 in Provincetown, is both a nod to his Provincetown debut — he’s pulling through town — and a reference […]
REAL ABSTRACTION
Works Built to Complicate Perspective
Quinn Gorbutt’s photographs are not ‘what your eyes are used to seeing’
It’s hard to know how to categorize Quinn Gorbutt’s artwork, hovering as it does in the space between photography, sculpture, and painting. In the artist’s statement accompanying his exhibition, Heart, […]
BOOK REVIEW
Discovering Hope in the Midst of Terror
In Vigil Harbor, Julia Glass’s characters face their own mistakes
Julia Glass has never set out to write a political novel. “But if I write about contemporary life,” she says, “my characters are going to intersect with politics. Something is […]
ARCHITECTURE
Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet World
The Hungarian emigré and his friends were driven to make something beautiful
WELLFLEET — Marcel Lajos Breuer — Lajkó to most people — was born in Pécs, Hungary into a cultured, middle-class family during the glory days of the Austro Hungarian Empire […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 19 through May 25, 2022
Trees of Courage Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown will present a sprawling group show, “Trees of Courage,” featuring works from gallery artists as well as a series of photographs of […]
