Sculptor Breon Dunigan, sitting at her kitchen table in Truro, remembers the Christmastime haircuts well. She and her siblings and cousins — the six granddaughters of Provincetown artist Barbara Haven […]
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CONNECTIONS
Bringing Artists ‘Side by Side’ in Orleans
A joint effort by two galleries fosters new dialogues
An exhibition currently on view in Orleans combines works from two galleries: Orleans Modern Art and Garvey Rita Art & Antiques. Titled “Side by Side,” the show draws aesthetic connections […]
’TIS THE SEASON
Artists and Gallerists Deck the Halls
Small works shows offer holiday gifts
Inside his studio gallery tucked into Provincetown’s Whalers Wharf, artist Gaston Lacombe is embellishing a tree. Not a Christmas tree, but a tree painted on a large panel in bright […]
ART
Techspressionism Rocks the Boat
Cape and Canadian artists create moving images for an oceanic exhibition
Forty years ago, artist Karen LaFleur realized that she could make designs using a dot matrix printer. She painstakingly typed alternating Xs, Os, symbols, and blank spaces on her computer […]
MEMOIR
Sebastian Junger Considers the Inevitable Precipice
In My Time of Dying is an aneurysm-spurred trip through the cosmos
In My Time of Dying is like Schrödinger’s cat. Until you open the book, author Sebastian Junger is both alive and dead. But in the famous quantum theory thought experiment, […]
MEMOIR
Cher Tells Her Remarkable, Resilient Truth
Part one of the star’s story reveals the grit behind her reinventions
My mother was from Las Vegas. On one summer visit when I was 12, she took me to Ceasars Palace to see Cher in concert. During the encore, Cher ran […]
Arts Briefs Dec. 12 – 19, 2024
Catie Flynn Does What She Loves Catie Flynn makes her living “the Cape Cod way” — that is, she says, doing “whatever works.” Originally from Harwich, she now lives in […]
ICONOGRAPHY
Provincetown’s Wharves as Motif
Where artists as well as fishermen embarked on risky ventures
The wharf in all its stages — from bustling workplace to burnt timbers — has seen generations of artists setting up easels to capture the arrival and departure of schooners […]
STARTING OVER
A Family History Reconfigured in Artifacts and Enigmas
Sasha Chavchavadze composes works from shards of stories and found objects
Sasha Chavchavadze approaches her family history with some ambivalence. At times she tries to stash it away. “All this heavy Russian history becomes too big,” she says. Still, she often […]
BOOKS
The Many-Splendored Loves of Older Gay Men
Zigzag is a short story collection for an uncertain age
Queer baby boomers are now elders, the first generation to grow old after Stonewall. They came of age in a world where it was possible to love openly, keep one’s […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for December 5, 2024 through December 12, 2024
Bringing the Bells and Singing for Change For 28 years, Reuben Reynolds has been the music director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, standing in front of its hundreds of […]
THEATER
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
A play of odd couplings makes a holiday treat
John Cariani’s Almost, Maine — a collection of nine playlets about love in an isolated small town in northeast Maine — is such a crowd-pleaser that it’s easy to overlook […]
FA-LA-LA-LA-LA
A Diva With a Heart of Gold Plays a Scrooge
Tina Burner brings a one-queen Christmas Carol to the cabaret stage
“We all know that we all hate the holidays,” says Tina Burner, the drag performer and comedian from New York City who starred in Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. […]
ART’S OBJECTS
Varujan Boghosian’s Poetry of Ordinary Things
Greek mythology, found objects, and play were an artist’s way with the pain of the past
The 35 pieces by Varujan Boghosian now on display at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit seem to suggest that to know the artist’s work is to know […]
OBSERVER
A Focus on Place
Photographer Edward Boches is committed to his subjects
At Wellfleet Harbor, Edward Boches wades in shallow water, photographing shellfishermen at low tide. He rides his fold-up bike along Ocean View Drive with a camera around his neck. He’s […]
