SKETCHBOOK
Provincelands, Dune Shacks, Fall Day
AT THE LIBRARY
A Classic Dysfunctional Family Memoir
Tales of resilience as holidays loom
Educated Tara Westover New York: Random House, 2018 Family dynamics can range from quirky to full-blown dysfunctional even at the best of times, but holidays have a way of putting this drama on full display. So, if you’re feeling a little uneasy with Thanksgiving looming ominously on the calendar, take the time to unwind by […]
THEATER
Despite Real-Estate Challenges, Harbor Stage Sticks to Its Mission
But the founders of Wellfleet’s artist-run theater are still searching for a place to live
For their first seven years, the four actor-founders of the Harbor Stage Company — Robert Kropf and Stacy Fischer, Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding — who run the small Wellfleet theater at 15 Kendrick Ave. on their own without a board, had an affordable place in Wellfleet to live in year-round. “It’s really important in […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
An Exhibit at PAAM in Black and White and Color
The museum highlights photography from its permanent collection
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum is known for its collection and shows of work by world-renowned painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have lived and made art here. Oil painting, starting with Charles Webster Hawthorne as teacher at the turn of the century, has always been the medium most associated with the Provincetown art colony. […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Return of Henry Rios in Carved in Bone
Michael Nava’s gay mystery looks back in time
After a two-decade absence, author Michael Nava’s award-winning Henry Rios mystery series returns with its eighth installment, Carved in Bone. (This volume fits chronologically between the first and second books of the series, so it is identified in the sequence as No. 2.) Rios is a gay Latino criminal defense lawyer whom The New Yorker […]
INDIE SCREEN
To Live and Die in Hollywood
In a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times, Martin Scorsese bemoaned the Marvel Universe takeover of Hollywood. He’s right to do so, but it’s a process that has been going on for years. The fact that Scorsese’s new film, The Irishman, was funded by Netflix and will have a limited run in theaters […]
film
Movie Clock for November 14 through 20
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: NOV. 14-20 The Good Liar (R). Wellfleet Cinemas, Thursday-Wednesday 4 & 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m. Harriet (PG13). Waters Edge Cinemas, Thursday 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Friday-Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Last Christmas (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas, daily 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 1:15 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m. The Lighthouse (R). Wellfleet Cinemas: […]
this week
Arts Briefs & Listings for November 14 through 20
exhibitions, music, theater, and other happenings on the Outer Cape this week
BRIEFS Badland Film’s a Fund-raiser for HOW and PFS It’s an interesting idea for a Western: a bounty hunter who goes after Confederate war criminals. Badland, a feature film starring Kevin Makely, Mira Sorvino, Bruce Dern, Wes Studi, and James Russo, will be preview-screened on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 17, […]
economy
Rock Harbor Project to Begin in March
The parking lot and boat ramp will be upgraded before summer
EASTHAM — Rock Harbor is in line to receive additional upgrades starting in March. Shana Brogan, the town’s conservation agent, told the harbor planning committee on Oct. 17 that the state will begin with improvements to the parking area and boat ramp. Voters approved a $1.3 million Rock Harbor improvement plan at a 2018 town […]
Poetry
Selected Poem 3: ‘senzo’ by Evie Shockley
Lines pruned to bloom
“Senzo” is also the title of a Cape Jazz album by Abdullah Ibrahim, the anti-apartheid activist who once described improvisation as a life-preserving skill. Alluding already to ancestor in Japanese and to action in Zulu, Evie Shockley’s “senzo” soaks up another meaning: improvised poetic form. Pouring into rhymed stanzas (“rooms” in Italian), her dissonant […]
book review
‘Find Me’: The Return of Elio and Oliver
André Aciman writes a follow-up to 'Call Me by Your Name'
In the 2007 novel Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman created a beautiful and sensual love story about two young men — Elio, a 17-year-old American piano prodigy spending the summer of 1983 in Italy with his parents, and Oliver, a doctoral student working with Elio’s archeology professor father and living with the family. […]
steamers
“Ne Vape Pas”
this week
Arts Briefs & Listings for November 7 through 13
exhibitions, music, theater, and other happenings on the Outer Cape this week
BRIEFS Sparky and Rhonda Rucker Perform at First Encounter Sparky and Rhonda Rucker — musicians, authors, and teachers — will perform a variety of folk songs, spirituals, and historical ballads on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) at the First Encounter Coffeehouse at Chapel of the Pines, 220 Samoset Road […]
film
Movie Clock for November 7 through 13
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: NOV. 7-13 The Current War (PG-13). Wellfleet Cinemas, Thursday 4:15 & 7:15 p.m. Harriet (PG-13). Waters Edge Cinemas, Thursday 4 & 6:45 p.m.; Friday 4:30 & 7 p.m.; Saturday 2, 4:30 & 7 p.m.; Sunday 7 p.m.; Monday-Tuesday, 4:30 & 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. Last Christmas (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas, Friday-Wednesday 4:15 & […]
