Allison Beavan stands on stage adjusting her microphone: “Check one, check two.” After a deep breath and a “haaa!” she flips the page and, facing the 118 members of the […]
CASTOFFS
The Scrap Heap Is His Palette
Terry Catalano’s graffiti-inspired assemblages are built to last
Terry Catalano moves one of his 50-pound found-wood sculptures across his Pearl Street apartment’s sunroom to make space for a six-foot Christmas tree, decorated with a collection of toys from […]
BUSINESS
The Wired Puppy Is Closing
The year-round gathering spot was not profitable enough, holding company says
PROVINCETOWN — The town’s only year-round sit-down coffee shop is closing. Green Hill Brands, the Delaware holding company behind Wired Puppy, announced on Nov. 16 that Sunday, Nov. 26 will […]
ARTISTS
Mark Adams Is Most at Home in the Dunes
Science and adventure color the artist’s vision of our place in the natural world
It was just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, 1977, when Mark Adams and four other firefighters from the National Forest Service spotted a lightning storm coming in off […]
ARTISTS
Through Romantic Dunescapes and Stormy Seas, Anne Packard Paints Nostalgia
Still painting at 90, the artist has put her gallery up for sale
PROVINCETOWN — The light still blazes in artist Anne Packard’s blue eyes as she fixes her gaze on Long Point. She can see it through the wide windows in the […]
DECADES
Jo Sandman Brings the Body to Bear
A master craftswoman’s experiments in abstraction find a home at PAAM
Jo Sandman wanted a more progressive art education than Boston could offer her. Born in Newton in 1931, she had studied art since she was a young girl, but it […]
WOMEN’S WEEK
Katherine Ann Power’s Story of Surrender and Redemption
Still looking to change the world, aware that ‘deep change takes time’
Katherine Ann Power is 74 years old and happily married to her wife of 15 years. She’s a proud grandmother. She has just gotten her hair cut, and on this […]
THE STROLL
As Season Winds Down, Gallerists Take Stock
A great year for some was a bad year for others
Although most art galleries in Provincetown will stay open through December, this Friday, Oct. 6, marks the last official gallery stroll of the season. The Independent asked a few gallery […]
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
Sofia Cabanas Is in Hyper Focus
Mastering the intricate fonts found on labels is ‘like solving a puzzle, only with shapes’
Sofia Cabanas was cooking for friends one night a couple of years ago when she pulled out a tin of nutmeg from 1987. Just before she tossed it in the […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
Berta Walker Gallery (208 Bradford St.) Last week there was a fishnet full of famous folk and local art lovers outside the East End galleries, but tonight it’s raining and […]
