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Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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GALLERIES
Forrest Williams Paints Poetic Images of Gay Life
He creates beautiful tableaux of yearning souls
“It sort of annoys me when people say, ‘I don’t want to be seen as a gay artist,’ ” Forrest Williams says. “There’s an incredible tradition of homoerotic art.” Williams […]
PAINTING
In Provincetown, Lorraine DeProspo Is ‘Enveloped by Blue’
Her luminous canvases capture the emotion of the sea
Since Lorraine DeProspo moved to Provincetown year-round almost two years ago — for nearly two decades, she split her time between here and Montclair, N.J. — she has noticed a […]
DRAG
Cacophony Daniels Celebrates Her Own Family Values
The show-tune belter returns to Provincetown
“Cacophony is all about enjoying the moments we have,” Courter Simmons says of his drag persona, Cacophony Daniels. “I’ve always wanted her to be the kind of person you get […]
MIXED MEDIA
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Trades in Words and Images
Her new book, Seeing the Body, turns loss into epiphany
Even before her mother, Michele Antoinette Pray-Griffiths, died in the summer of 2014, writer-photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths was shooting black-and-white self-portraits, positioning herself in locations that resonate with history, memory, […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Wild, Weird, Witty Way of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman finds reflections of ourselves at the edges of bird behavior
Long ago, my children and I celebrated at the library whenever we came across a favorite picture book by Arnold Lobel. No matter how many times we read it, The […]
ARTS DURING COVID
Chamber Music Ensembles Attune to the Pandemic
Breathing together, with and without a mask
Could this be a new age for chamber music? With small ensembles and limited audiences, chamber music certainly seems more Covid-friendly than, say, Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand.” But what […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for July 30 through August 5
Now Screening: ‘Clay,’ Short Film on Potter Steve Kemp Michael Cestaro was born and raised in Eastham, graduated from Nauset Regional High School in 2004, and left for college in […]
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
A Jersey Kid in Wellfleet
How to know when you are home
Legendary music agent Elliot Roberts, who died a little more than a year ago, was the best kind of friend, wickedly funny, warm and engaged, and always with the most […]
GALLERIES
Dave Laro Celebrates the Mystery of Found Objects
He returns to Provincetown with new pop constructions
“We’re here to communicate,” says Dave Laro. “We are all trying to make sense of this world we were born into.” As an artist, Laro tells stories by collecting old […]
Laura Shabott Finds Virtual Inspiration for Her Paintings
What would Hans Hofmann think of Zoom? That may sound like a silly question, but it’s one that is conjured up by Laura Shabott’s paintings at the Berta Walker Gallery […]
ARTISTS
William Ciccariello’s Paintings Play Ball With Lost Time
Archival photos are reborn as heroic portraits
If you’re a baseball fan, William Ciccariello’s paintings of players will soar like a home run sailing over the Green Monster, up into the light and then gone, into the […]
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Harvey Shines a Light on The Shadow System
Family stories reveal the ripple effects of incarceration in America
Sylvia A. Harvey, in her book The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family, offers a crash course on the gruesome realities of American prisons. Beginning with her own […]
GALLERIES
Angela Russo Sees Provincetown Through a Unique Lens
Her colorful photography and sensibility make her gallery a destination
“I love this place,” Angela Russo says of Provincetown. Russo is a photographer and the gallerist of Angela Russo Fine Art/Karilon Gallery, the cozy art-bedecked space at 447 Commercial St. […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for July 23 through July 29
Supremely Nostalgic Group Show at Albert Merola The Albert Merola Gallery will present a new group show, “Reflections of…,” opening Friday, July 24, and on view through Aug.12. Featured are […]
