“You remember how to start?” Lauren Byrne asks a student. Byrne is giving a quick painting tutorial. “Start with the color note you see the best, and everything after that […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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PERFORMANCE ART
A Fairy Tale at Land’s End
In True Love’s Kiss, Miguel Braceli will create the queer procession he never had
For Miguel Braceli, Provincetown is at once extraordinarily real and as fantastic as a fairy tale. His studio space at the Fine Arts Work Center is more “gathering place” than […]
WRITERS
Adeniyi Ademoroti’s Characters Are Their Own Worst Enemies
A writer’s subconscious helps him find the voice he wants
When Adeniyi Ademoroti sits down to write a story, there are always two things in his head: the first sentence and the final scene. “If I don’t have anything I’m […]
SOUND AND VISION
Indie Playlist: The Art of the Music Video
Indie Playlist: The Art of the Music Video
Previously in these lists, we’ve featured some of our favorite songs and the streaming selections that have kept us parked in front of our televisions (and laptops) for hours on […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for March 14, 2024 through March 21, 2024
Student Art Celebrates Learning This year’s Provincetown IB Schools annual exhibition at the Commons (46 Bradford St., Provincetown) doubles as a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the school’s adoption […]
AN ACTIVATION
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Leah Dyjak’s queer inquiry into George Bryant’s hoarded art
To visit the lot between 471 Commercial St. and Angel Foods in Provincetown is to stand on a precipice of potential energy. Here, where Cape Cod Bay licks the sea […]
WRITERS
Grand Stories Told From the Periphery of Loss
In Grace Chao’s worlds, a single event can change the trajectory of a life
Something goes terribly wrong for one family in Grace Chao’s short story “Family Travel.” A train hits a couple’s small blue car — stopped on the train tracks going from […]
ARTISTS
In Dialogue With the Past
The cerebral meets the emotional in Micha Patiniott’s work
Micha Patiniott can find the sensuality in a contorted body just as easily as he finds it in the movement of planets. His dreamlike minimalist paintings are united by “this […]
QUEER ‘I’
The Shameless Plan for a ‘New Fire Island’
An idea for a ‘gay paradise’ provokes ire — and unflattering reflections
If you’ve heard of it, then you probably already hate it. You’ve groaned and eye-rolled about it. So has the Provincetown Business Guild: in an Instagram post, the Guild wrote, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for March 7, 2024 through March 14, 2024
Áine Minogue Plays Harp From the Heart Born and raised in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland, Áine Minogue says that she grew up surrounded by traditional Irish music. Scattered throughout her […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Decisive Moments of Constantine Manos
An exhibit looks at decades of work by one of the masters of the art
Two men kneel in prayer in a modest church, one shielding his face from a light perhaps only he can see. A single note played by a group of classical […]
SEEING DOUBLE
Zeinab Shahidi Marnani’s Tricks of the Light
At FAWC, art that makes us question what we see
Zeinab Shahidi Marnani’s studio on Pearl Street in Provincetown is dimly lit. In one corner sits a lounge chair with yellow pillows on it. A desk in the middle of […]
POETRY
Hopkins’ Tempests
I was living off turtles, birds, mollusks, and wild pigs and wanted to live on the Isle of Devils forever. The Governor sentenced me to death when I tried mutiny. […]
INDIE SCREEN
‘Barbenheimer’ Comes to the Academy Awards
How will the Oscars treat the movies that gave Hollywood back its mojo?
When Barbie and Oppenheimer, two big-budget Hollywood films, opened in theaters on the same day, July 21, 2023, they merged into a cultural phenomenon known by the portmanteau “Barbenheimer.” Finally, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for February 29, 2024 through March 7, 2024
‘Music for Peace’ Is Music Without Borders “Music for Peace” is the official title of a concert at the Christian Union Church (27 Shore Road, North Truro) at 3 p.m. […]