“This is not political,” the painting proclaims. Its flowing script, on an orangey background, is surrounded by a rectangular black frame, anchored by a vertical post. At first glance, the […]
TALKS
Lili Taylor on the Craft of Empathy
A star of film and television turns the lens on herself
Provincetown first welcomed critically acclaimed actor Lili Taylor, best known for her work in independent films and on TV in Six Feet Under and American Crime, in the 1990s, when […]
EXHIBITIONS
Mimi Gross Reframes the Mayflower Story
Her PAAM installation depicts the Pilgrims’ arrival from the Wampanoags’ point of view
“It’s historical; it’s interactive; you walk through it,” Mimi Gross says. She is describing how museum-goers will experience The Arrival, 1620, her site-specific installation that is opening on Friday, Oct. […]
EXHIBITIONS
Alvin Ross, Provincetown’s Man for All Seasons
Stopped in his prime, the painter is celebrated in a new PAAM show
“Alvin Ross was a real bon vivant, whose life, loves, interests, and connections were complex and often intertwined,” says James Bakker. Bakker, a local gallerist, auctioneer, and art historian specializing […]
POETRY
Gail Mazur’s Ode to Provincetown
A new collection of poems balances loss with renewal
“I knew it was going to make a person uncomfortable the minute they heard I was a poet,” Gail Mazur says. “I was really quite modest in my ambitions. I […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Francis Olschafskie Develops Antique Negatives to Surreal Effect
An exhibit of vintage black-and-white photographs meets its moment
“I loved the darkroom, but the world changes,” photographer Francis Olschafskie says, a light wind scattering his raspy voice. “These prints were sort of an end for me.” Olschafskie, whose […]
GALLERIES
Paul Bowen Washes Back Ashore in Provincetown
A show of new work reflects his roots here and abroad
“The beach used to smell like hell,” sculptor Paul Bowen says. He is seated at a workbench in his studio on the top floor of a rugged barn that was […]
MIXED MEDIA
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Trades in Words and Images
Her new book, Seeing the Body, turns loss into epiphany
Even before her mother, Michele Antoinette Pray-Griffiths, died in the summer of 2014, writer-photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths was shooting black-and-white self-portraits, positioning herself in locations that resonate with history, memory, […]
TOWN SPIRIT
Mischa Richter Has Provincetown on His Mind
A new show features photographs of past and present
“I Am a Town” would sound like a boast from almost anyone but photographer Mischa Richter. Modest and soft-spoken, Richter has long regarded Provincetown as his home. The subjects of […]
BOOKS
Artistic Collaborations Illuminate Nick Flynn’s Stay
He probes his personal history in spare, elegant poetry and prose
The writer Nick Flynn, whose work has been published in the New Yorker, Esquire, Paris Review, and a dozen books, came of age as a poet in Provincetown. He was […]
EXPEDITIONS
From Truro to Antarctica With Poet-Naturalist Liz Bradfield
Join her for a guided walk in wintry Hatches Harbor
Longtime Truro resident Elizabeth Bradfield travels in far-reaching yet compatible directions. She’s a published poet, photographer, environmentalist, and associate professor of English and co-director of the creative writing program at […]
books
Joel Meyerowitz’s Provincetown Through a Local Lens
Photographs in search of a lost time
Eighty-one-year-old Joel Meyerowitz, éminence grise among Provincetown photographers, was in Manhattan in late October. The occasion was a narrated slide show and book signing hosted by Aperture, his publisher, […]
