Women in Music Take the Outer Cape The 9th annual Cape Cod Women’s Music Festival takes the stage at Payomet Performing Arts Center (29 Old Dewline Road, North Truro) on […]
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Arts Briefs for August 24, 2023 through August 31, 2023
The Glittering Art of Bob Mackie Cher, Tina, Liza, Diana, Beyoncé: Bob Mackie has dressed them all. Any time you think of one of those single-named superstars, you’re probably also […]
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Arts Briefs for August 17, 2023 through August 24, 2023
Calexico Brings Desert Vibes to the Outer Cape The style of Tuscon, Ariz.-based indie rock band Calexico has been described as “desert noir” — their music is inspired by the […]
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Arts Briefs for August 10, 2023 through August 17, 2023
A Double Dose of Drag Superstars Drag fans know that Alaska Thunderfuck and Alyssa Edwards are among the most popular performers launched to fame by the juggernaut that is RuPaul’s […]
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Arts Briefs for August 3, 2023 through August 10, 2023
Ginger Minj Serves It Up The poster advertising Ginger Minj’s current show at the Art House (241 Commercial St., Provincetown) features only a photo of the RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar […]
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Arts Briefs for July 27, 2023 through August 3, 2023
Summer Camargo at Wellfleet Preservation Hall Among 21-year-old trumpet player Summer Camargo’s many accomplishments over the past year was becoming the youngest member of the Saturday Night Live house band […]
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Arts Briefs for July 20, 2023 through July 27, 2023
A Novel of a Family’s Tailspin Much of Andrew Ridker’s second novel, Hope, is set in Brookline, where the author grew up. The satiric novel follows the year-long implosion of […]
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Arts Briefs for July 13, 2023 through July 20, 2023
Acceptance and Art in A Man of No Importance Following their 1975 Broadway hit Ragtime, writer Terrence McNally, composer Stephen Flaherty, and lyricist Lynn Ahrens reunited in 2002 for A […]
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Arts Briefs for July 6, 2023 through July 13, 2023
Here Come the Bears Depending on your source, Bear Week in Provincetown — Saturday, July 8 to Saturday, July 15 this year — is either the largest event in the […]
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Arts Briefs for June 29, 2023 through July 6, 2023
Alfre Woodard’s New Role in Wellfleet Actress and activist Alfre Woodard has been named Wellfleet Preservation Hall’s inaugural artistic director. The goals for her part-time leadership position include advocating for […]
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Arts Briefs for June 22, 2023 through June 29, 2023
Celebrating Community at the Provincetown Commons In the relatively short time since its opening in February 2019, the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St.) has become an integral part of the […]
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Arts Briefs for June 15, 2023 through June 22, 2023
A Dance Performance Brings 1990s New York to Provincetown New York City nightlife in the 1990s (at least before then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s eventual crackdown) was a decadent world of avant-garde […]
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Arts Briefs for June 7, 2023 through June 14, 2023
16th Annual Encaustic Conference Makes a Mark To most nonartists, encaustic — a kind of painting in which pigments are mixed into hot wax — may seem like a relatively […]
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Arts Briefs for June 1, 2023 through June 7, 2023
The Art of Their Lives A current exhibition and upcoming book launch at the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St.) illustrate the often unexpected ways in which paintings and the written […]
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Arts Briefs for May 24, 2023 through May 31, 2023
A Mother’s Eye, a Daughter as Muse From Edward Weston’s portraits of his son Neil (who grew up to be a photographer) to Sally Mann’s sometimes controversial studies of her […]