In the book of Joshua, the ancient Israelites settle upon the land that God had promised them, a land called Canaan, and they do so without slaughtering any of the […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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PAINTING
Erna Partoll’s Art Distills the Brilliant Colors of Her Emotions
Provincetown has been her home and inspiration for 50 years
“I think of painting as capturing time,” says artist Erna Partoll. In the sunny kitchen of her Provincetown home, where she has been holed up during the pandemic, Partoll points […]
RADIO
Meet the Women DJs of WOMR
The station will host its annual International Women’s Day marathon
WOMR’s International Women’s Day celebration began in 1988, says Denya LeVine, one of its “founding mothers.” But only in the last 10 years has the station been doing it consistently, […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Mothers Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Anna Malaika Tubbs gives their story a Black feminist affirmation
It is easy to pan Anna Malaika Tubbs’s The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, released last month […]
Winter Illumination
METAPHYSICS: PERSONAL HISTORY
Ending Where You Began
A journey without travel: irony and contradictions
…I am waiting to get some intimations of immortality by recollecting my early childhood and I am waiting for the green mornings to come again youth’s dumb green fields come […]
PUBLISHING
Rob Phelps Doesn’t Let a Pandemic Change His Focus
As writer and editor, he keeps readers engaged and entertained
Provincetown was where you went to die. That was what everyone kept saying when Rob Phelps told them he was moving here in the mid ’90s. And, in fact, gay […]
ARTISTS
Marianne A. Kinzer Catches the Flow of Life
A vision ideally expressed in watercolor paint
“Water touches us in so many ways,” says painter Marianne A. Kinzer. “It travels around the globe in the form of oceans, clouds, and rain. It moves through the stems […]
MUSICIANS
The Secret of Ken Field’s Sax Appeal
His jazz improvisations will be featured in ‘Music Without Borders’
It starts with long drawn-out notes forming a simple melody. The sound of the alto saxophone is warm and reedy. At first, you might wonder, where is this going? But […]
AUTHORS
Remembrance of Serial Murders Past
The Babysitter is part memoir, part investigative report about Tony Costa
Sixteen years ago, a nightmare Liza Rodman had been having for months suddenly got real. She finally recognized the face of the man who approached her in the dream — […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Called to Surf
Dana Franchitto, Surfer, Pianist, Substitute Teacher / Wellfleet
Dana Franchitto loves going to work as a substitute teacher at the Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans. Even if he won $10 million in the lottery, he’d still want […]
FREE EXPRESSION
National Park Fees for Filming Struck Down
Federal judge finds rules ‘impose a chilling effect’ on free speech
PROVINCETOWN — A federal judge ruled on Jan. 22 that the collection of fees by the National Park Service (NPS) for commercial filming is a violation of free speech. This […]
MIXED MEDIA
SunMi Scheinler Is Inspired by the Outer Cape in Her Art and Life
She creates embroidered seascapes using traditional Japanese technique
On a sunny winter’s day, SunMi Scheinler leans against a weathered wood fence at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet. Behind her, a calm ocean stretches to the horizon. She takes […]
SELF-CONSTRUCTION
The Music of Sophie Is Transcendent
A tribute to the late queer icon
Sophie — self-styled in all capital letters — a trans DJ and producer who died on Jan. 30, 2021 at age 34 from an accidental fall in Greece, sculpted and […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Survivors Is Jane Harper at Her Criminal Best
An Aussie mystery with echoes of the Outer Cape
If you are in need of a particularly good escape that requires no travel this pandemic February, look no further than Australian crime writer Jane Harper’s latest whodunit, The Survivors, […]
