There is something wonderfully primitive about foraging food. It feels like the way it should always be. There are no signs or sounds of civilization out in the dunes. Just […]
UNDER THE BIG TOP
At Circus Camp, Teamwork, Trust, and Human Pyramids
Payomet’s program will run after school through mid-October
Gabrielle “Teddy” Ment’s passion for circus goes beyond physical skills and performances: “While we are teaching circus skills,” Ment says, “what we really want to impart is the essence of […]
TRADITIONS
A Polish Grandma’s Pickles
In this family recipe, ‘there can never be too much dill’
When I visit my grandma in Poland, she always prepares a meal that’s more than I can eat. Saying no to her cooking is not an option, though: food is […]
FOURTH OF JULY
A Sweet Glimpse of Wellfleet’s Parade
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Young People Revel in the Blessings of the Day
PROVINCETOWN — MacMillan Pier was busy on the misty morning of the Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday as our family rushed past the twirling skirts of dancers in Lopes […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
School’s Out for Summer
Tradition has it that students from Wellfleet Elementary School head to Newcomb Hollow Beach on the last day of school for good times and a beach picnic. This year’s excursion […]
EARTH BENDERS
‘You Can Make Anything You Want With Clay’
Ceramic artist Isabel Souza comes full circle in the studio at Castle Hill
TRURO — Teaching a pottery class to young artists at Castle Hill took Isabel Souza “full circle,” she says. “I was eight or nine when I got the scholarship to […]
JAM SESSION
Crushing on the Hidden Fruit of the Autumn Olive
An invasive plant’s inconspicuous berries make a gorgeous, tangy jam
Each year, Katie Emond tries to make jam from something she forages from the local landscape. This time, she had her eye on the autumn olives growing along a dirt […]
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
Provincetown Celebrates the 76th Annual Blessing of the Fleet
Photos by Agata Storer
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Leap of Faith
STREET FASHION
Rainbow Roller Skates
PROVINCETOWN — Kelly Drew drove to Provincetown from her home in Greenfield for a weekend-long celebration of a friend’s birthday and a chance to be out on the town. “I […]
THE SCHOOL MUSICAL
Provincetown Packs the House for Once Upon This Island, Jr.
Students chose this year’s show, a Caribbean coming-of-age story
Students at the Provincetown Schools wrapped up their theater season last weekend with sold-out performances of Once Upon This Island, Jr. The musical is an adaptation of the show that […]
READING ROOM
Choosing Brave: A Biography of Mamie Till-Mobley
At the Provincetown Schools library, Natoya Hermitt reads about Emmett Till’s mother
When she first picked up Choosing Brave in her school library in Provincetown, Natoya Hermitt thought it was going to be “about a mother and her son, living in the […]
MEET THE MAKER
Justine Ives Gives Up the Funk With Spray Paint
An illustrator takes on a winter job turning out brightly colored party buses
Photos and Text by Agata Storer TRURO — During the summer, Justine Ives is a manager of logistics at Cape Cab; in the off season, she’s the Funk Bus painter. […]
READING ROOM
Big Feelings Find Their Way Out of a Jar
Readers choose the Outer Cape Mock Caldecott winner
Beau Silva, age four, listened with interest as his father, Ross Silva, read to him from Out of a Jar during a recent Friday’s “Read & Play,” a weekly gathering […]
