The 2020 Broto Art-Climate-Science conference will take place virtually on Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17. This year’s theme is “Time Sensitive: Exploring the Nexus of Art-Climate-Science & Deep […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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MUSIC
Something New From the B.J.Q.
Bert Jackson and his jazz quartet release a soulful new album
One day a few years back, during a particularly snowy winter, jazz musician Bert Jackson sat on the couch in his Brewster home, picked up his guitar, and composed a […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for May 14 through May 20
When Sheltering Is Not So Safe Playwright Candace Perry writes that “a portion of the Clothesline Project has been hanging in our yard in Wellfleet. We take in the shirts […]
THIS THING CALLED LOVE
Love Is Good for Anything That Ails You
Jordan Ayres and Andrew Sottile’s bond crosses borders
EASTHAM — Most young couples start their journey together in excellent physical health. Making a promise to support each other “in sickness” comes at a time when serious illness feels […]
CREATIVE ISOLATION
They Brought Paris to Truro
Pack up for a pretend trip that’s plenty of fun
Sisters Violet and Hazel Yingling of Truro were going to go all the way to Paris, France, on an extra-special vacation this spring. They had to put their trip on […]
Picturing Mom
Local artists and their mothers — a Mother’s Day album
On the Outer Cape, Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday of May, is typically the time when stores and restaurants reopen and the spring thaw starts in earnest. Snowbirds, both […]
Science Meets Art in Dan Ranalli’s Compositions
The Wellfleet photographer takes Broto into the future
In the course of an artist’s lifetime, a recurrent theme may emerge almost of its own accord, with an urgency that cannot be ignored. That has certainly been the case […]
AUTHORS
Jamie Brenner Finds the Perfect Setting in Provincetown
Her newest book launches virtually this weekend
Provincetown takes center stage in Jamie Brenner’s latest novel, Summer Longing, a follow-up to The Forever Summer, which is also set here. Brenner writes novels about families and relationships, page-turners […]
DOING GOOD
An Artistic Haven for Essential Workers’ Children
The Cape Conservatory fills an urgent need
Among the institutions stepping up in the Covid-19 crisis, like hospitals, police and rescue squads, schools, and grocery stores, you might not think of a music conservatory. But the Cape […]
INDIE SCREEN
Real-life Moral Tales and Fantasies
A documentary, a courtroom drama, and a cartoon
The circus of ironies, secrets, revelations, redemptions, and moral victories in the documentary Circus of Books is dizzying, especially since it’s the story of a gay porn emporium that opened […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for May 7 through May 13
Virtual Drag Race With Mackenzie It’s become something of a Provincetown tradition: RuPaul’s Drag Race screened live on a big TV at Pilgrim House or the Crown & Anchor Cabaret, […]
BOOK REVIEW
Unearthing the Corporate Misdeeds Behind ‘Death in Mud Lick’
Eric Eyre’s intrepid reporting on the opioid epidemic has a timely message
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eric Eyre braids together two riveting stories in Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic. Numbers are […]
CHILDREN’S LIT
Nancy Burkert’s World of Wondrous Imagery
Her children helped inspire her illustrations
Picture yourself taking an unhurried walk through a wildflower garden with a small child. You slow down as the child examines the curve of a leaf, the shape of a […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for April 30 through May 6
Three Days of Virtual Love A three-day-long virtual arts festival, “Home Is Where the Art Is,” is a benefit for the Cape Cod Arts Relief Fund, hosted by the Arts […]
BOOK REVIEW
Diary of a Drag Queen Reveals a Year of Living Dangerously
Crystal a.k.a. Tom Rasmussen’s life is an open book
Drag queens are a familiar part of street life in Provincetown, and thanks to stars such as RuPaul and his Drag Race reality show, they’ve become a familiar part of […]
