The seventh annual Provincetown Book Festival concluded on Sunday with an event that might have given Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis an aneurysm. Titled “Banned Books, Banned People,” it featured local […]
HISTORY
Scrimshaw Was the Whalemen’s Art
A pastime for the homeward voyage
For much of Provincetown’s history, whales have been central to its economy and identity. The Wampanoag people used every part of the whale. The first entry made in Mourt’s Relation, […]
ARTISTS
When Winter Comes, the Artist Returns to His Studio
After three decades, Robert Adamcik still pursues his passion
Robert Adamcik has become a Provincetown local. With dry humor, he’ll give you his opinions on everything in town, from the best galleries, shows, and lobster rolls to the worst […]
EARS WIDE OPEN
Poetry for the People, by the People
A spontaneous evening at the People’s Poetry Parlor
On a mid-August night, amateur and published poets, locals and tourists, pour into the Somerset House Inn in downtown Provincetown and take seats on an array of couches and deep […]
ARTISTS
A Language of Dualities
Joe Diggs paints the many meanings of history
The painter Joe Diggs has had ancestors living on Cape Cod since the 1800s. His step-great-grandfather, Gideon Gomes, was a Cape Verdean free man of color who bought the large […]
FUNGI
Foraging as an Act of Stewardship
For Melany Kahn, mushrooming is a way to get to know your own back yard, cemetery, playground, or sidewalk
WELLFLEET — Laid out on two folding tables in a classroom at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a cornucopia of wild mushrooms, some edible, others not. Among the […]
WORKSHOP
‘Attention Is the Beginning of Devotion’
Experiencing ‘re-wilding’ in a Castle Hill workshop
TRURO — On a reed-covered stretch of sand jutting out into Pamet Harbor, five students and their instructor dip their natural brushes — a broken-in-half reed, a corner of a […]
ARTISTS
Conjuring a World Without Horizons
Bruce Ackerson’s paintings tell stories of cinematic scale
There are no horizon lines in many of Bruce Ackerson’s oil paintings. The artist’s point of view in these works floats high above crowded scenes, capturing an action-filled landscape that […]
UNSHELTERED
Sleeping in the Elements in Provincetown
The nearest homeless shelter is St. Joseph House in Hyannis, more than an hour away
PROVINCETOWN — Mackenzie Perry, the Provincetown community support liaison for the Homeless Prevention Council (HPC), says that she works with 35 to 40 clients per month who are actively struggling […]
THE FLEA
The Market Where Mermaids, Whales, and Birds Abound
Sunglasses and the sacred, for sale at the Wellfleet Drive-In
WELLFLEET — A cool wind blows across the drive-in parking lot, and the flea market is a frenzy of sellers simultaneously talking to customers, packing up, and glancing at the […]
INCIDENTALLY
Sushi Supervisor
It was late, around 9 p.m., when I walked out of Stop & Shop with my dinner: a crunchy shrimp sushi roll and a gingerberry kombucha. I sat right outside […]
FATAL ACCIDENT
Teacher Is Killed in Apparent Hit and Run on Route 6 in Wellfleet
Police seek information in the death of Jeffrey Richardson, 59
WELLFLEET — Jeffrey Richardson, 59, of Brookfield, Conn. died on July 11 at Cape Cod Hospital after what the Wellfleet police called “a possible hit and run accident” on Route […]
ON THE WATER
In a Kayak, Sitting Eye Level With Nature
Close encounters with fiddler crabs, marsh grasses, ocean waves, and lily pads
I found my used kayak in Deerfield, on the last leg of my drive to Provincetown from my college in Middletown, Conn. After helping me load the scratch-covered boat into […]
JUNETEENTH IN PROVINCETOWN
‘The Fight for Freedom and Equality Is Not Finished’
A celebration of history, a chance to face reality, a place for songs, poetry, and action
PROVINCETOWN — “Today we celebrate the emancipation of Black and brown people who were told they were free,” said David Wilson, a Provincetown community activist and plaintiff in the landmark […]
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
Peter Cook Tells Stories to Remember
Keeping a Provincetown heritage alive, one story at a time
Fishing hundreds of miles off the coast of Provincetown in 1979, the F/V Little Infant was caught in a raging tempest. Peter Cook, a crewman on the 90-foot scalloper, could […]
