Are you dreaming, as I am, of a bottomless martini with a side of regret? Clever lyrics wryly sung? Heartbreak delivered at 11 o’clock? If you answered yes to any […]
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Smoochie Takes a Bullet
If the cat knows who pulled the trigger, he’s not saying
PROVINCETOWN — Not long after Smoochie Chute set out on his morning walk April 13 around his East End neighborhood with his brother, Love Bug, he returned, screaming in pain. […]
DRAG DESK
Illusions — It’s Forever
A new and more intimate venue for Provincetown’s longest-running review
For all its fierce glamour and industrial-strength levels of hairspray, a drag show is a fragile thing. The delicate alchemy of performer, venue, and audience can be lost when an […]
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Lula at the Banquet of Life
A pig who loves a party is also an artist’s muse
Lula the Pig said she would buy the flowers herself. “We’re having a party,” she said in a startlingly deep voice, one you might expect from a bear rather than […]
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Lula at the Banquet of Life
A pig who loves a party is also an artist’s muse
Lula the Pig said she would buy the flowers herself. “We’re having a party,” she said in a startlingly deep voice, one you might expect from a bear rather than […]
NIGHTLIFE
It’s a Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed World
Mackenzie Miller headlines a weekend of cannabis celebrations
If you’re having trouble understanding the title of the three-night event at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown this weekend, a little explanation may be in order. CDXX is the […]
CIVICS
Provincetown Fights Back Against Anti-Drag Laws
Legislation in 15 states puts drag into same category as strip shows
PROVINCETOWN — Local performers are pushing back against a raft of anti-drag bills across the country that characterize their work as pornographic — or worse. According to a Feb. 12 […]
ON THE RUNWAY
Pets Parade at the Year Rounders Festival
Though some contestants stray due to excitement, curiosity, and smells
PROVINCETOWN — Paws strutted the runway at town hall on Saturday as the annual pet parade — a much-anticipated event of the Year Rounders Festival — got underway. But the […]
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Neptune Abelew Sees You
When warm summer sunshine wears a golden coat
I met up with Bonnie and Beth Abelew and their 14-month-old golden retriever, Neptune, at the benches outside Provincetown Town Hall. The sisters, who’d come in from North Truro, showed […]
THEATER
Thirty Years On, ‘Chicago’ Still Dazzles
A Broadway star is born as Jinkx Monsoon plays Matron ‘Mama’ Morton
NEW YORK CITY — At a recent performance of Chicago at the Ambassador Theater on West 49th Street, a rumble of anticipation preceded Jinkx Monsoon’s entrance on stage. The two-time […]
AN ACTOR’S LIFE
A Provincetown Actor Makes It Work
Joe MacDougall on the challenges and rewards of a theater life on the Outer Cape
“Doing the work” — actor-speak for whatever it takes to develop one’s talent into marketable skills — is a phrase that probably goes all the way back to the first […]
BOOKS
More ‘Less’ May Be Just What We Need Right Now
The sequel to Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is winter comfort reading
Escapism is a form of self-care, and self-care is a high priority right now for Provincetown residents facing months of winter. Good reads — like batteries, chocolate, moisturizer, and canned […]
RESOLUTIONS
Polar Bear Plunge Raises $17K for Coastal Studies
More than 200 turn out for the annual frigid dip in Provincetown Harbor
PROVINCETOWN — Bright sunshine and nearly warm weather greeted those who gathered at the beach below the Johnson Street parking lot in Provincetown on New Year’s Day to partake in […]
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Marcel, a Hamster Without Borders, Dreams Big
When your world is spinning, look forward, never up
“Tell me, good sir, have you ever seen a hawk?” Marcel asked. I’m the one who’s supposed to be asking questions as part of my ongoing investigation into the minds […]
SALUD
Coquito, Puerto Rico’s ‘Just Don’t Call It Eggnog’
For Navidades, rum, spices, and a little coconut suffonsify
Somewhere along the road, eggnog fell into a ditch. Exalted until the late ’70s, it got tossed out with all those avocado-green appliances. It’s all but disappeared now, save for […]
