PROVINCETOWN — In the aftermath of the April 3 town meeting’s 90-minute dustup over Articles 18, 19, and 20 on short-term rental regulation, some of the 582 registered Provincetown voters […]
TOWN MEETING TACTICS
Advocacy on Warrant Is Not Subject to Campaign Law
A website and texts opposing short-term rental articles were anonymous but legal
PROVINCETOWN — Leading up to the April 3 annual town meeting, texting campaigns both for and against three controversial petitioned articles proposing short-term rental regulations landed in the phones of […]
WRITERS
Staking Out a New Lexicon
From Virginia to Kyoto, poet Jorrell Watkins writes the rhythms of an interdisciplinary world
Jorrell Watkins is a student of many disciplines: playwriting, teaching, music, conflict mediation, and martial arts, among others. He’s developed theater productions, taught writing workshops, and earned a black belt […]
ARTISTS
Experiments in Form and Speculation
Sichong Xie makes art ‘almost exploring something that’s impossible to reach’
In 1975, after driving east from Los Angeles, the Dutch conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat. The performance piece was never […]
TOWN MEETING
Housing Funds and Emergency Services Get OK
Controversial articles on short-term rental regulation are postponed
PROVINCETOWN — In the first 90 minutes of Monday night’s packed town meeting, voters passed Articles 1 through 16 on the 37-item warrant — including an unprecedented operating override to […]
PLANNING
Shank Painter Study Gets Go-Ahead at Town Meeting
A chance to build on the ‘gift’ of the future MassDOT redesign
PROVINCETOWN — A measure to start a community planning process for Shank Painter Road passed at town meeting on April 3, with some voters raising questions about its scope. Article […]
ARTISTS
Capturing Winter’s Turbulence on Canvas
Elizabeth Flood experiments with perspective in her second FAWC fellowship
Elizabeth Flood’s tempestuous paintings and ink drawings capture the striations of history, violence, extraction, and sublimity that accumulate in a landscape over time. So, it makes sense that after bearing […]
CORNER STORE
East End Market Reopens 10 Weeks After Flood
With help from the neighborhood, a local gathering spot is stronger than ever
PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape native Oriana Conklin opened the doors to her newly purchased East End Market at 212 Bradford St. on March 11, 2022.
DOCUMENTARIES
Remembering Boston’s Countercultural Radio Hub
A film about the heyday of WBCN tells the story of a station and a movement
Journalist and documentarian Bill Lichtenstein has uncovered major investigative scoops, won a Peabody Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and received a Special Recognition honor from the Mass. Association for Mental […]
HOUSING
Short-Term Rental Regulation Goes to Town Meeting
But the select board won’t go along
PROVINCETOWN — At the annual town meeting on April 3, voters will consider three citizen-petitioned articles proposing amendments to Provincetown’s general bylaw that would institute new regulations on short-term rentals […]
BASKETBALL
The Massachusetts Wolves Want to Go Far
Provincetown’s Jay Luster works to bring Cape Cod talent to a new ABA team
PROVINCETOWN — While Cape Cod and the Islands boast a strong culture of high school sports, the region has historically lacked a local college or professional team for residents to […]
TELEVISION
The Rhythmic Pleasures of ‘Poker Face’
Inspired by classic television crime procedurals, the Peacock original has been renewed for a second season
Rian Johnson specializes in satisfaction. The filmmaker behind Knives Out, Glass Onion, and the time-travel thriller Looper loves to construct narrative puzzle boxes where perfect solutions emerge in cathartic “aha!” […]
SCHOOLS
No Longer Interim: Goyette Named Superintendent in Provincetown
Search committee finds former principal ‘head and shoulders’ above other candidates
PROVINCETOWN — When Gerry Goyette was made interim superintendent in June 2022, the Provincetown School Committee had one major concern: Goyette, who was serving as the school’s principal, was just […]
LOCALS
Jim Zimmerman Connects Provincetown’s Past With Its Present
PAAM’s resident jack-of-all-trades is a fountain of institutional and community knowledge
Jim Zimmerman — camera around his neck — greeted me in the lobby of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and led us through the museum’s expansive galleries with the […]
ALBUM REVIEW
‘Terror’ Heralds a Towering Talent
Cape Cod’s Tianna Esperanza’s new album is a stunner
Anyone who was lucky enough to be at the Mews in Provincetown on March 9, 2020 may have witnessed the early stages of a supernova. When Tianna Esperanza performed at […]
