Peter McMahon is not going to brag about his tables. They are what he calls “a Flintstones solution” to a practical problem. After McMahon founded the Cape Cod Modern House […]
The Tire Swing Grows Up
Jeff Soderbergh’s ring chair is made of history
The wood floors of Jeff Soderbergh’s furniture workshop in Portsmouth, R.I. were salvaged from the box cars of old freight trains. The beams that support the building, which sits right […]
TRADITIONS
A Last Minute Pisanki Party
Sometimes, putting your eggs in one basket is just fine
You don’t have to spend hours preparing for an Easter egg decorating party. On a rainy Saturday morning before the holiday weekend, Agata Storer puts 24 white-shelled eggs on to […]
IN THE MIDS
Demons on the Hour
Sara Martin is a death tourist, a mockumentarian, and a poet
Sara Martin takes a seat in the courtyard at the Fine Arts Work Center and turns her face toward the sun. It’s just past 2 p.m. “Two p.m. is a […]
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING
Sean Gardner’s Miniature Maximalism
In a small Provincetown apartment, the more you look, the more you see
Sean Gardner notices that a visitor is transfixed by the unfocused stare of a crayon drawing of Bob Dylan on the wall of the West End apartment he shares with […]
IN TUNE
Music of the People, for the People
Hildaland waltzes into the hidden corners of quietude and freedom
In the folklore of Orkney, the wind-and-rain-lashed, green-cliffed archipelago in the north of Scotland, “Hildaland” — meaning “hidden land” — is a paradisiacal island, invisible to most, that is the […]
EVERLASTING RIPPLES
There’s Plenty of Hope in the Sea
In paintings and mixed media, Nancy Jenner finds beauty, inspiration, and a sense of herself
In recent years, the world has seemed especially cacophonous to artist Nancy Jenner. In a loud room, says Jenner, “I get quiet.” Her impulse is to travel inward, she says, […]
DEEP ROOTS
Paying His Dues and Playing the Blues
Fred Clayton, the ‘Blues Man of Cape Cod,’ has something to say
Before Fred Clayton had a guitar, he played “a stick with a string on it” — a “giant twig” curved and strung like an archer’s bow. He strummed along to […]
LOGGING IN
Fungi Are Forever
Leo Parent’s carved wooden mushrooms spring from finds on forest walks
Leo Parent takes a hand torch to the top of a large wooden mushroom, and the smoke puffs up, gray and fragrant. The torching technique is called shou sugi ban, […]
STILL FRAME
An Artist Takes a Moment
Solitude provides Zeinab Shahidi Marnani with new perspectives
Zeinab Shahidi Marnani, a visual arts fellow at Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center, spends a lot of time in relative isolation. “Seven months is a long time,” she says. She’s […]
GOING DEEP
Straight Lines and Sharp Teeth
For novelist Clara Mallon, expressing what you mean is lifesaving
The first time Clara Mallon wrote a story, she wrote it only in her head. She was five years old, looking out the window at school. “I was narrating from […]
THE MANOSPHERE
Non-Toxic Is an Antidote to Joe Rogan
Daniel Waite Penny’s podcast looks at climate change and masculinity
Three years ago, Daniel Waite Penny, who lives in Provincetown, started a podcast called Non-Toxic: a play on the term “toxic masculinity” and the state of the environment. The podcast […]
TUNING UP
Breathing In and Playing Out
An Irish band sizzles with a signature sound
For Shane Hayes, playing traditional Irish music feels as natural as breathing. “You don’t think about it,” he says. “You just play.” Hayes was born and raised in Ennis, in […]
CULTIVATION
The Bold and Patient Art of Bonsai
David Gavelek teaches a class that’s part horticulture, part art, and part engineering
Six bonsai trees in clay pots stand in a lineup under the fluorescent lights of the cafeteria at the Truro Central School, awaiting critique. The bonsai, all larches and junipers, […]
RADIO
Traversing the Seas of Recollection
WOMR’s Erik the Red is a storytelling DJ
Eric Auger doesn’t always wear his horned helmet. On air, Auger is Erik the Red, the Viking skipper of his WOMR show, The Reminiscence Bump, every other Thursday from 9 […]
