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Arts & Minds
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DRAG REVIEW
Anne Hutchinson Is Provincetown’s Jezebel
Resurrected and fabulous, she leads an unconventional tour
In November 1637, Anne Hutchinson, pregnant with her 16th child, stood before an assemblage of 40 male judges. She was on trial — at the behest of Massachusetts Gov. John […]
STILL LIFE
Larry Collins Cures the Pandemic With a Pencil
A show of drawings reveals the art of isolation
When the Covid lockdown hit in March 2020, Provincetown artist Larry Collins was living alone in his small condo in the middle of town. “Here I was, in my 70s, […]
ARTISTS
Willie Little, the Alchemist
His oxidized paintings are encrusted with meaning
“I have always been moved by the structures of home,” says artist Willie Little, who grew up in North Carolina. “The metal tobacco barns, regular barns, things that are just […]
MUSICIANS
Ray Benson’s Back in the Swing
He and Asleep at the Wheel are making up for lost time
A semi-centennial is a long time coming, but Ray Benson had to wait a bit longer to start celebrating. Asleep at the Wheel — the Western swing band that Benson […]
DRAG REVIEW
Dina Martina’s Chaotic Spectacle
‘Chariots of Failure’ is a roaring, unzipped success
“It’s not really a drag show — it’s more like a train wreck,” says one audience member to another minutes before Dina Martina takes the stage at the Crown & […]
DEBAUCHED
A Walk on the Wild Side
Billy Hough’s tour, with tall tales, of Provincetown’s underbelly
For those of us who have not seen the seedier side of town in a while, a stroll with Billy Hough and his “Wild West of the East” tour is […]
LISTINGS
The Week Ahead in Provincetown Drag
Boatslip Beach Club and Resort Paige Turner hosts “Drag Bingo,” Sun. at 6 p.m., $40 Crown & Anchor Varla Jean Merman, “Little Prick,” Thurs.-Sat. & Tues.-Wed. at 9 p.m., $49 […]
GALLERIES
Previously Unseen Works by Knaths and Weinrich
A hoard, from the estate of John Hord, comes to light
One of the first works that you see upon stepping off Commercial Street into the Bakker Gallery is a graphite drawing by the artist Agnes Weinrich. It shows a woman, […]
WRITERS
A Zen Priest Retreats to the Dunes
Percussionist Douglass Fugan Dineen’s residency combines musicology and spirituality
Douglass Dineen received a new name in 2004: Fugan. It’s his “dharma name,” given by a Buddhist teacher to a newly ordained priest. In Zen teaching, fugan means “universal vow,” […]
THEATER REVIEW
Truth in the Eye of the Beholder
The joyfully incredible spectacle of Shipwrecked! at WHAT
As Louis de Rougemont, a real-life British adventurer of the Victorian era, Rodney Witherspoon II is an affable storyteller. He struts and frets for 90 minutes on the Garden Stage […]
IMPROVISATION
Finding the Balance
To come to an agreement with death, I had to make a new agreement with life
One day in June, my wife and I left our cottage to walk straight out the mouth of the Herring River in Eastham. Low tide had exposed acres of sand […]
LISTINGS
The Week Ahead in Provincetown Drag
The Art House Steven Brinberg, “Simply Barbra,” Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., $35 Boatslip Beach Club and Resort Paige Turner hosts “Drag Bingo,” Sun., 6 p.m., $40 Crown & Anchor Varla Jean […]
LATE SHIFT
When a Flea Market Find Is a New Direction
Old friends reflect on second acts, begun on the drive-in blacktop
“I love murdering people,” says Donna Walo Clancy in her Boston accent, letting out a slight giggle, twirling her ponytail with her left hand, wearing an apron. She is taking […]
THE HOUND
In View This Week
Capt. Josh Rowan’s dog, Admiral Finn, a Staffordshire Terrier, enjoys the Bloodhound’s 70-foot teak deck. The cutter, now in Provincetown, is a 1990’s replica of an 1874 racing yacht. Rowan […]
