Tiger King Streaming on Netflix; one season, seven episodes The documentary series Tiger King tells the stories of several exotic animal zoo owners, mainly focusing on one, Joe Exotic (real […]
Arts & Minds
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PUBLISHING
How Robert Winter Found His Happy Ending
Meet Provincetown’s gay romance writer and publisher
Of the billion-dollar romance novel publishing business, gay male romance books make up a small fraction — $20 million. But for a one-man imprint like Robert Winter Books, it’s a […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for April 9 through April 15
The Porkchop Express Does the Cooking at Home WOMR has asked its DJs to write to the Independent and describe the experience of recording at home, since Outermost Community Radio […]
THEATER
Terrence McNally, Fallen Giant of the Arts
To the community of theater lovers and performers, he was family
Last week brought the stunning news that Terrence McNally had become a victim of COVID-19 at age 81. This was a man who had survived decades of AIDS, as well […]
CREATIVE ISOLATION
The Scribble Game Is Not Just for Kids
Let imaginations lead the way, then listen
WELLFLEET — Lisa Palladino is an artist and an expressive art therapist who lives in Wellfleet with her husband and two children. Ten-year-old Sterling is in fourth grade and Poppy, […]
Dangerous Games for Dangerous Times
Lies and schemes in some new fiction films
For devoted movie buffs, the home screen has always been a bit of a compromise — films made for the big screen, shared in the dark with strangers, seem less […]
MUSIC
Virtual Concerts: The Next Best Thing to Being There
They’re a musical balm for social isolation
Ladies and gentlemen, the show is about to begin. Please leave your cell phones on full volume and unwrap the noisiest candies you have. Throw on some pajamas and pour […]
BOOK REVIEW
Four Reporters Who Shook the World
Nancy Cott’s Fighting Words recalls those who wrote history in the making
It is generally accepted that what news reporters write is consigned to obscurity. Journalism from long ago may be useful for documenting a certain time or place, but, otherwise, the […]
FICTION
Hanna Pylväinen Explores Her Northern Roots
The FAWC fellow returns to Provincetown to finish her second novel
Hanna Pylväinen’s research has taken her around the world, from the suburbs of Detroit to the wildest reaches of the Arctic Circle. A second-year fiction fellow at the Fine Arts […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Small-time Gangsters and World-class Wordplay
Which is better, the book or the movie? In this case, the jury is out about the movie Motherless Brooklyn, but the book, by Jonathan Lethem, is stunningly good. That’s […]
CREATIVE ISOLATION
Bridging Generations With a Memory Book
Questions, answers, and art tell a family story
Making a memory book is something like writing a memoir, but much more free-form. To make one, you gather stories and images that don’t have to fit together to recreate […]
Shelter in Place
The new mantra Find a shelter How easily demanded by those in power Stay there Open yourself to alone Become someone else now Someone who can live Without order Or […]
ARTISTS AT WORK
In His Art, Hiroyuki Hamada Seeks to Perfect, Not Provoke
Returning to FAWC as an artist in residence, he rediscovers himself
Hiroyuki Hamada arrived in Provincetown on March 1 to spend the month as a mid-career artist-in-residence at the Fine Arts Work Center. Now, though FAWC is closed to the public […]
BOOKS
Writing Is No Mystery to Christopher Bollen
The author of A Beautiful Crime talks about creating compelling gay characters
Christopher Bollen has written a seductive and cold-blooded tale of deception with his latest book, A Beautiful Crime, published by Harper Books in late January. As he did in The […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs for March 26 through April 1
Doors Are Closed, but Libraries Still Offer Services The library is a lifeline for people who need internet access, public information, books, movies, or social contact. So, with all four […]
