I’ve been shamed by more bartenders than I can count for ordering a Cosmopolitan. Most of the time, it’s been done with a quick but telling glance, though at my […]
QUEER ‘I’
Ta-Ta for Now to All That
A writer reflects on returning to Provincetown after a year away
It is a showy move to begin a personal essay with a Virginia Woolf quote, but I am a showy person. So, here is Woolf: “What does it mean, then? […]
WRITING THROUGH THE PAIN
Cookie Mueller’s Carefree Misadventures, Carefully Told
In a new edition, a collection becomes a memoir of a life lived without hesitation
Cookie Mueller and her friends were cold. They were in Provincetown, it was the winter of 1970, and Mueller, who is best known for acting in John Waters’s films, and […]
SAVED SPACE
A Crowdsourcing Campaign to Preserve a Book Store
The owner of Womencrafts is raising money to purchase the shop’s building
PROVINCETOWN — Soon after Michelle Axelson got the bad news — the building that houses Womencrafts, her business at 376 Commercial St., was to be put on the market — […]
YES, HONEY!
Group Therapy With Varla Jean Merman
In ‘Ready to Blow,’ Varla Jean tracks the source of her anxiety and yours
Steve and Joey, a couple from Philadelphia who have been married for seven years, are sitting in the front row of drag queen Varla Jean Merman’s show. They’re a young […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Peter Hujar Reveals the Truth Behind the Joke
A small show of the late photographer’s work exposes the valences of camp and drag
In the 1960s and ’70s, before they were a tragedy, gay men were a joke. Because gay men are tastemakers and cultural aristocrats, the joke was a good one — […]
DRAG REVIEW
Qya Cristál Brings Art to Artifice
A performance that’s part autobiography, part political statement, and completely spellbinding
In the same way that the groom shouldn’t see the bride before the wedding, the audience probably shouldn’t see the drag queen before the show. It’s not about superstition — […]
QUEER ‘I’
The View From Five-Foot-Five
At Tea Dance, finding the upside of being short
I’m five-foot-five, and I’m never as aware of this fact as when I’m at Tea Dance. Before I say more, I want to clear up a misunderstanding: I like being […]
SPEAKING OUT
Music and Calls to Action Mingle at This Block Party
Performance, poetry, and food made this year’s Juneteenth a celebration
PROVINCETOWN — “If we can’t undo the mistakes of the past, then we have a responsibility to acknowledge those mistakes,” said Ngina Lythcott of Provincetown, speaking to a crowd of […]
JUNETEENTH
For Queer Men of Color, a Homecoming in Provincetown
Lamb Rahming has designed a weekend of coming together
PROVINCETOWN — “Queer people of color deserve nice things,” says Lamb Rahming, the man behind Men of Color Weekend, which happens this year from June 16 to 20. It coincides […]
TUNE IN
‘Welcome to Provincetown’ Asks You to Listen Closely
Mitra Kaboli’s podcast follows five young queer people trying to make life work
Your 20s and early 30s are supposed to be the best years of your life, brimming with booze, love, sex. Less talked about is that they are also laced with […]
CO-OP KITCHEN
At Home With the Vegans
Salty, smoky, subtly sweet tempeh ‘bacon’ makes a meatless brunch less naked
The first time I ever cooked, I cooked for 25 people. I made a borscht that stained my hands purple for a week. During the school year, I live with […]
VOICES BIG AND LITTLE
The Sweet, Absurd, Yet Serious World of Jenny Slate
A Next Wave Award winner at this year’s film festival
After a wedding one night over a decade ago, Jenny Slate, the actress, comedian, and writer, packed into a hotel room with a bunch of friends and her now ex-husband […]
STITCHES
The Surprising Feminism of Men Who Knit
A show at Bowersock invites a look back at knitting’s nuanced history
John Crane answered the phone to find a friend in crisis — before you get too alarmed, it was a knitting crisis. Beth Brown-Reinsel, a celebrity within the insular world […]
COURT REPORT
Stewart Trial, Set for September, Probably Won’t Take Place
The sexual assault case has already been delayed 11 times
ORLEANS — The jury trial of William Stewart, the former Eastham restaurant owner accused of harassing and threatening his female employees, is scheduled for Sept. 28 in Orleans District Court, […]
