WELLFLEET — When those perfectly shucked oysters show up at your table, and you lift the shell, tilt your head back, and let that sweet, briny bivalve slide between your […]
SHUCK OFF
Speed and Style Win the Day at the OysterFest
Bricault, Morgan, and Chea take the top prizes for shucking
WELLFLEET — The addition of two big screens brought the Bakers Field crowd closer than ever to the action on the stage at the finals of this year’s OysterFest Shuck […]
PHOTOSTORY
The Markets Are Alive With the Sound of Music
For some performers, it’s their first live gig since Covid
Covid kept music at bay at most of the Cape’s farmers markets last year. But this summer, guitars, fiddles, drums, and ukuleles — along with their beloved performers — were […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
A Quiet Carnival Week
Provincetown hosted a quiet but still colorful Carnival this year. Costumed cowardly lions and other characters from Oz roamed the streets throughout last week. (Photo Edward Boches)
BACKSTAGE
‘We Take a Step; the Audience Takes a Step With Us’
Brenda Withers reflects on the past year for Harbor Stage
During the height of the pandemic, writers could write. Painters could paint. And even if they couldn’t perform live, musicians could play. But theater actors? Without a live audience, there […]
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE
Beauty and Quirkiness in Full Bloom in Eastham
A garden tour that prides itself on being a little on the wild side
Nearly 400 garden lovers turned out for the Eastham Garden Tour on July 13, which benefits the town’s public library. Visitors roamed six gardens that fit the event’s theme: Creative […]
INDEPENDENCE
What We See in the Flag
Is America’s brand tarnished?
I remember a time before the Vietnam War when the American flag evoked only positive feelings in me. When JFK was president, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, I […]
CAPE LEAGUE
Summer Baseball Returns to the Cape
Fans, folding chairs, and the Firebirds make a Father’s Day comeback
OYSTERFEST RERUN
‘Chopper’ Young Takes Another Shuck Off Prize
Two dozen perfect oysters in under two minutes
The shuck off was the main event at the virtual version of the Wellfleet OysterFest on Saturday. In a production filmed on the stage at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater […]
CONTENDERS
Behind the Scenes at OysterFest 2020
Lights, cameras, masks: ‘The shuck must go on!’
There will be a shuck off at the 20th annual OysterFest. But there will be no competitive parking, no pressing through crowds on Main Street, and no lines under the […]
ALL-STAR
On Tap For OysterFest
Elle Simone Scott took delivery last week on 72 Wellfleet oysters at America’s Test Kitchen in Boston, where she is a test chef and stylist. The oysters were courtesy of […]
BEEKEEPING
Bee Yard Basics
What your neighbor’s boxes, stones, smoke, and other gear are all about
Deep into summer, beekeeping on the Outer Cape is mostly a waiting game. The queen has been laying since April; the hive population is perhaps 60,000. Though we’re in a […]
MASKED
All Eyes on Commercial Street
Sitting, strolling, and rolling through summer , behind a mask
On a hot Sunday in July, a walk down Commercial Street in Provincetown brought photographer Edward Boches mask-to-mask with a slow summer-paced wave of humanity. Whether seated in the shade, […]
FARMERS MARKET
Opening Day in Wellfleet
Shoppers and farmers reconnect in quiet joy
Photos and text by Edward Boches It was a windy but gloriously sunny opening day at the Wellfleet Farmers Market last Wednesday, May 13. Shoppers and vendors alike wore masks, […]
HEALTH
Walk Therapy
Being outdoors offers respite from inner worries
While we are all practicing social distancing, Gov. Baker has declared it’s okay for us to be outdoors for “necessary activities.” For many of us, what’s needed is a walk […]
