I’ve always envied people who keep a journal. What a marvel — to be able to look back, hear your own voice of years ago, and know what mattered most […]
THE INTERVIEW
Cherie Mittenthal Expands a Tiny World
Managerial know-how turned a barn into a castle
Cherie Mittenthal arrived at the sedate Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 21 years ago. She’d left a job in Hartford heading up educational and arts programs for […]
THE INTERVIEW
Exhibit Designer David Perry Is Both Creator and Guide
The influencer just below the surface
David Perry flies under the radar. He’s an architect, designer, collector, and curator whose aesthetic decisions have made aquariums and zoos beautiful and more accessible. He now works backstage advising […]
THE INTERVIEW
Resurrecting Susan Dimock, a Shipwrecked Heroine
Susan Wilson’s story of a nearly forgotten pioneering woman surgeon
Susan Dimock was a celebrated surgeon in the 19th century who died in a shipwreck in 1875 at age 28. In her short life she’d become a light of her […]
THE INTERVIEW
The Provincetown Writer Who’s Watching You
Heidi Jon Schmidt draws universal truths from life in one small town
You may be checking out at the grocery store, strolling with a friend, or waiting in line for the ATM. You’re talking to the people around you or just staring […]
THE INTERVIEW
How Patti Hartigan Came to Write August Wilson’s Story
The longtime arts journalist finished her biography of the playwright in Provincetown
Eight years ago, the arts journalist and critic Patti Hartigan noticed something missing from the cultural landscape. August Wilson, a playwright whose works she cherished and had written about for […]
