Imagine traveling in a Cinderella carriage made of crystalized rock sugar. Or dancing under a translucent silicone chandelier, nine feet wide, in the shape of an enormous glowing jellyfish. These […]
LIGHTS FANTASTIC
Provincetown DJ Chris Racine Wants to Wow You
Designing light shows has been his lifelong passion
“I’ve liked playing with lights since I was a kid,” says Chris Racine, one of Provincetown’s most sought after DJs and lighting-effect designers. Racine and his collaborator, Shelley Jennings, are […]
AUTHORS
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer
Sarah Anne Johnson's love of Cape Cod inspires a historical tale of loss
Sarah Anne Johnson’s new novel, The Last Sailor, explores the profoundly personal ways we deal with — or avoid — mourning, and the struggles we go through as we piece […]
INTO THE WOODS
Rich Blundell Connects the Cosmos to Art on Cape Cod
The Castle Hill resident explores the natural history of surfboards
“Everything I do, I do because I love nature, because I want to be connected to nature. That guides every decision in my life,” says Rich Blundell. He has come […]
HOMESTEADING
Bad Feather Days for the Birds
Molting is not pretty, but it’s how chickens grow a new winter coat
The weather is getting colder, the days shorter, and your chickens are laying fewer and fewer eggs. Soon there will be none at all for your breakfast table. (That’s because […]
MIXED MEDIA
Eco-inspired Artist Jamie Levine Was Hit Hard by Covid
Now a resident at Castle Hill in Truro, she’s reconnecting with nature
“I came to Truro to create cremation urns,” says sculptor Jamie Lehrhoff Levine, one of five resident artists who recently arrived at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Wood-look Plank Tile Flooring
A durable option for homes where humidity and sand are factors
If you are considering renovating your worn wood floor, upgrading from vinyl, or installing flooring in a new home, you might have seen something new since the last time you […]
BOOKS
Jane Fleishman’s Stonewall Generation Gives Voice to LGBTQ Elders
A look at everything from a legacy of activism to sexual intimacy
“I have been an activist and organizer from my teenage years onwards,” says Jane Fleishman, author of The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging. “As Mandy Carter, […]
PERFORMANCES
Genie Morrow Sings of the Past and of Renewal
Her Payomet concert with Sputnik the Band features songs about James Dean
Sitting at the top of a set of weathered wooden stairs overlooking the ocean, Genie Morrow seems to belong in Wellfleet’s wild, windswept landscape. “I believe we can access creativity […]
IF I HAD A HAMMER
Going Against the Grain Has Its Rewards
How three Outer Cape women found their strengths in construction
With Women’s Week in view, the Independent asked three Outer Cape women to tell us what it’s like to make themselves at home working in what is still seen as […]
CERAMICS
How Truro’s Isabel Souza Cultivates a Life in Art
Her pottery grows out of her personal story
“The Cape is where I want to be as an artist,” says ceramicist Isabel Souza. “The direction of my art is very influenced by my roots and my family history […]
ARTISTS
A Show of Bill Evaul’s ‘Expressions of Life’
The Cape Cod Museum of Art puts on a retrospective
“That’s the life force we get from being present in the moment, experiencing what is happening around us,” says Bill Evaul in his North Truro home, leaning forward in an […]
HOMESTEADING
Getting to Know Your Flock
Some chickens are social butterflies that like to be scratched behind their ears
WELLFLEET — Most chickens on the Outer Cape are, like the rest of us, among the fortunate on this Earth. Instead of inhabiting large-production poultry farms, our backyard babies live […]
PUBLIC ART
To Muralist Arnold Charnick, the World Is His Canvas
He just finished a new piece atop Provincetown’s Shop Therapy
Many visitors to Provincetown have admired the funky, colorful Bob Gasoi Memorial Alley beside Shop Therapy at 290 Commercial St. Few, however, are familiar with Arnold Charnick, the artist who […]
GALLERIES
Edie Vonnegut Paints to Elevate the Everyday
Giving Renaissance grace to portraits of essential workers
The painter Edith (“Edie”) Vonnegut sits in the sand on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, gazing at sailboats floating by in the sunshine. Her slender figure and natural beauty defy any […]
