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 […]
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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 […]
HOLIDAY
Fuel for Love
Having returned to the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, the annual Yule for Fuel benefit concerts — host Stephen Russell and Chandler Travis, above, at last weekend’s jamboree — will have […]
The Outer Cape Chorale: Voices Carry
Local singers gear up for this weekend’s holiday concerts
Newcomers to the Outer Cape often ask year-rounders, “Don’t you get bored in the winter?” The answer is often no, because of all the volunteer groups and homegrown music, art, […]
MUSIC
Lisa Bastoni Makes the Most of Second Chances
Her folk music reflects how she wants to live
Lisa Bastoni is having a great year. The Northampton native, who’ll be the featured artist at Monday evening’s Coffeehouse at the Mews open mic in Provincetown, was one of six […]
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Harold López-Nussa’s Jazz Comes From the Heart of Havana
His quartet will perform at Wellfleet Preservation Hall
When, in the 1930s and ’40s, Cuban musicians such as trumpeter Mario Bauzá and percussionist Chano Pozo introduced the American jazz world to Afro-Cuban rhythms, they kicked off a cultural […]
THEATER REVIEW
In the Company of ‘Wrinkles’
A musical about older women braves the WHAT stage
When a work of theater focuses exclusively on the lives of older women — the things that pain them, humiliate them, terrify them, strengthen them, elate them, or amuse them […]
MUSIC
Joe Louis Walker Paints the Payomet Tent Blue
From San Francisco’s Fillmore district, a legendary guitarist
“I was sort of ordained to play music.” So says blues singer-guitarist Joe Louis Walker, who’ll be performing at the Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro on Saturday, Oct. […]
PROVINCETOWN WOMEN’S WEEK 2019
Women’s Week Highlights: Part 1
It’s Friday, Oct. 11 to Sunday, Oct. 20 this year
It officially starts on Columbus Day, doesn’t it? Women’s Week may have aged a bit over its 35 years, and there seem to be fewer lesbian inns and hangouts these […]
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PorchFest 2019 Draws a Crowd
Hundreds enjoy fifth annual downtown music festival
Photographs by Jacob Greenberg, taken on Saturday, August 24 The acoustic duo Cumberland, Jim Rohrer and Lynda Shuster, played bluegrass and traditional Appalachian tunes. Blue Dog brought jazz to […]
