Though the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday is memorialized on a federal holiday on the third Monday in January each year. In 2020, that Monday is Jan. 20. On the Outer Cape, commemorative activities and exhibits throughout the weekend are mostly located in […]
Arts & Minds
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POETRY
The Poems of Oliver de la Paz Question Our Perceptions
He’ll share his vision at a Provincetown reading
“In the labyrinth,” writes Oliver de la Paz, “there is constantly the problem of proximity: how what is understood about where you stand depends on where you stand.” A poet for whom multiple possibility and “neurodiverse” perception of the “surface world” are core subjects, de la Paz is the author of five books, most recently […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Why Being ‘Not Racist’ Is Not Enough
And how we can be better
How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi One World/Penguin Random House: 2019 “There is no neutrality in racism.” That point is central to Ibram X. Kendi’s proposals in How to Be an Antiracist. The opposite of “racist” isn’t “not racist,” Kendi argues, but “antiracist.” That is, it is not enough to merely claim […]
MUSIC
The Many Styles of Susan Werner’s Music
An eclectic singer and songwriter comes to Eastham
But for a papal decree, singer-songwriter Susan Werner might not be who she came to be. “I owe my entire career to Pope John XXIII,” Werner says, “because Pope John XXIII gave the nuns permission to play guitars.” The effect was somewhat indirect. “I grew up in a big Catholic family on a farm in […]
QUEER ‘I’
Signs of Hope for the Methodist Church
The Outer Cape awaits the lifting of homophobic rules
After the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in February 2019 upheld the so-called Traditional Plan, which affirms the church’s ban on hosting and officiating same-sex marriages and on ordaining LGBTQ clergy, I had planned, as a writer, to take a look at how Methodists on the Outer Cape, straight and gay, were […]
film
Movie Clock for Jan. 16 through Jan. 22
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: JAN. 16-22 Dolittle (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 7 p.m.; Friday-Wednesday: 1, 4 & 7 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m. Just Mercy (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: daily: 1:05, 4:05 & 7:05 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m. Knives Out (PG13). Waters Edge Cinema: Friday-Sunday & Tuesday: 4 & 7 p.m.; Wednesday: 4 p.m. only; Saturday-Sunday: 1:30 p.m. Little […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs & Listings for Jan. 16 through Jan. 22
‘In a Quiet Time’ at Four Eleven Gallery Galleries in Provincetown are in winter mode during January, and new shows are few and far between. But Four Eleven Gallery, at 411 Commercial St. in Provincetown, is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m., and this Saturday, Jan. 18, from 3 to 6 p.m., […]
Crossword
2019 In Review
The January puzzle from Sophia Maymudes spotlights the year in review. Need some answers? We send out the solution in our Friday newsletter. You’ll find the signup for our newsletter right here on our home page!
MUSIC
Preservation Hall Serves Up Cold Chocolate
A sweet musical treat comes to Wellfleet
Americana music covers a lot of territory, and Ethan Robbins and Ariel Bernstein seem determined to explore it all. Known collectively as Cold Chocolate, the drum and guitar combo, who’ll be giving an afternoon performance on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, includes elements of folk, funk, bluegrass, and jazz in its musical mix. […]
BOOK REVIEW
‘The Hidden World of the Fox’ Is a Guide to Coexistence
Author Adele Brand prefers facts to unfounded fears
I enjoyed watching an adorable mother fox and kits last summer in my South Wellfleet neighborhood. I considered myself privileged to witness their antics and also to catch glimpses of male foxes while I’ve been out and about on long walks. Here on the Cape, I wasn’t thinking of the ways foxes frequently inspire anger […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Armchair Travel With Murder
Reading that takes you to sunny European climes
I read to escape. Not that I have the kind of life one would want to escape — I have a great job and I live in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Since childhood, however, I have been fascinated by the alternative realities I can enter by picking up a book. I […]
film
Movie Clock for January 9 through January 15
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: JAN. 9-15 Ford v Ferrari (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 1 & 4 p.m. Jumanji: The Next Level (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 1:05 (3D) & 4:05 p.m. (2D). Just Mercy (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 7:05 p.m.; Friday-Wednesday: 1:05, 4:05 & 7:05 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m. Little Women (PG). Waters Edge Cinema: Thursday: 4:30 & […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs & Listings for Jan. 9 through Jan. 15
Jim Rohrer Photographs at Wellfleet COA A show of work by photographer Jim Rohrer, “Cryin’ Holy!: Looking for Salvation,” will be at the Wellfleet Council on Aging at 715 Old King’s Highway through Feb. 7, with a reception on Saturday, Jan. 11, 3-5 p.m. “As a photographer, I’m drawn to expressions of faith as a […]
Art and Photography 2020 Special Edition
Art and Photography: 2020 Special Section
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL
Another Year in Nature
“Another Year in Nature” by Mark Adams
