Brian Vines first learned to watch television — not just passively, but in an intellectually engaged way — from his grandmother who was blind. “I was her eyes,” he says. […]
MUSICIANS
There’s No Stopping Anne Stott
Her revamped show at Pilgrim House combines harmony and drama
When actor and singer-songwriter Anne Stott first arrived in Provincetown in 2007, she wasn’t expecting to stay long. She had planned a four-month winter writing retreat as an escape from […]
GALLERY PREVIEW
Memorial Day Weekend Brings a Bonanza of Art
With Covid precautions eased, an array of openings to enjoy
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and, with it, the gallery season. Opening Friday, May 28 at AMP Gallery is “these past few years,” a show of […]
ARCHITECTURE
The Cultural Memory of Deaf Spaces
Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield, whose Twenty Summers talk is Saturday, encourages other architects to do better
When Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield was eight years old, he “lost” his hearing aids — much to the chagrin of his parents. “They constantly buzzed whenever the batteries ran low,” he […]
WRITERS
The Tarnished Legacy of the Sacklers
Patrick Radden Keefe takes on a dynastic family
“I like a well-turned story,” says Patrick Radden Keefe. “I try to write stories that are engaging, the kinds of stories that you might not have an interest in at […]
SYNESTHESIA
Painting in the Key of Blue, à la Judith Rothschild
Putting an Outer Cape painter’s ‘color-music analogy’ to work
Like Robert Motherwell, Judith Rothschild was a member of Provincetown’s legendary Long Point Gallery. She lived part of the year in Wellfleet and studied with the modernist masters Hans Hofmann […]
WRITERS
Hanif Abdurraqib Extols Black Performance
He joins a local reading and talk with Patricia Spears Jones
“I owe Provincetown a great creative debt,” says the poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. He wrote most of his second book, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, […]
LOCAL ICONS, PART 2
Updating the Outer Cape’s Town Seals
False images of Native Americans prompt revisions
Last December, the Independent published the first in a series of articles on town seals of the Outer Cape. The iconography on these seals, created more than a century ago, […]
ARTISTS
Jane Lincoln Has Had ‘Enough’ of Gun Violence
Her paper creations are powerful and visceral
“Enough is enough, and it’s time for us to take action,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse after the March 22 shooting at the King Soopers grocery in Boulder, Colo. At […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Wellfleet’s Susan Wilson Tells of Shooting Stars
A show of her work honors women musicians
If you were to walk down Tremont Street in Boston, you’d come upon a digital show of photographs of women musicians on the marquee of the Boch Center. They’re by […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Talented but Deplorable Patricia Highsmith
A new biography depicts a deeply flawed human being
In most biographies, the subject begins as a larger-than-life figure. Then, after we learn about imperfect relationships and personal quirks, he or she becomes more human. That’s not the case […]
PROVINCETOWN CLASSICS
The Bold, Fantastic Art of Dorothy Loeb
Reckoning with a woman artist’s local legacy
If you want to see Dorothy Loeb’s paintings, the best place to go is not a museum but the Residences at Seashore Point, at 100 Alden St. in Provincetown. Specifically, […]
RADIO
Meet the Women DJs of WOMR
The station will host its annual International Women’s Day marathon
WOMR’s International Women’s Day celebration began in 1988, says Denya LeVine, one of its “founding mothers.” But only in the last 10 years has the station been doing it consistently, […]
MUSICIANS
The Secret of Ken Field’s Sax Appeal
His jazz improvisations will be featured in ‘Music Without Borders’
It starts with long drawn-out notes forming a simple melody. The sound of the alto saxophone is warm and reedy. At first, you might wonder, where is this going? But […]
CABIN FEVER CURE #2
An Accidental Collage, in New Colors
It’s a Sunday morning and we’ve logged onto Zoom for “Using Color With the Figure,” taught by Laura Shabott and Alana Barrett, via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Introducing […]
