There’s a coyote about town. Several, in fact. One is the shadow you see disappearing into the dunes off Route 6, gone in such an acute flash you wonder if […]
Arts & Minds
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 20, 2024 through June 27, 2024
A Musical Trip to Planet Bitch In the late 1990s, Bitch and Animal, a self-styled punk dyke duo with what Bitch says was an “otherworldly connection,” played a summer of […]
BEYOND REASON
In Amy Arbus’s Latest Images, Glimpses of Life Before the Fall
The unseen motions between moments in circus and burlesque
Amy Arbus did not take photographs of circus performers until a year ago. But as soon as she started, she thought, “I know that I can do something interesting here.” […]
THEATER
Vaguely Creepy Things
At WHAT, Smart asks why one would choose machines as caregivers
It’s so annoying, isn’t it? Aging parents, needing help, expecting you to just drop everything and take care of them when you’ve got so much going on. What’s an American […]
FILMMAKER ON THE EDGE
Lonely Are the Brave
Andrew Haigh, director of All of Us Strangers, is coming to Provincetown
Queer cinema has been an important presence at the Provincetown International Film Festival since it began in 1999. Several past Filmmaker on the Edge award winners, such as Christine Vachon […]
FILM FESTIVAL
Joel Kim Booster Knows How the World Works
The winner of PIFF’s Next Wave Award takes superficiality seriously
Joel Kim Booster was squatting on the corner of Carver and Bradford in Provincetown, wearing just a jockstrap. He held his phone to his ear. He had just been at […]
THEATER
Betrayal Comes Back to Wellfleet
Harbor Stage opens season with a revival of the Harold Pinter play
Jonathan Fielding admits he was only a casual fan of Harold Pinter’s classic drama Betrayal when he took the role of Jerry, who’s having an affair with his best friend’s wife. […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 13, 2024 through June 20, 2024
Poet Laureate Ada Limón Can Imagine If you close your eyes to consider the bones, sinews, and arteries composing this flexed arm of sand and land, you might see the […]
ON JEANS
Extraordinary Stories Stitched in Relatable Cloth
Myra Kooy assembles a show that reflects queer Black women being themselves
When you walk into the Urvashi Vaid and Kate Clinton Community Room at the Provincetown Commons, you see a collection of jackets and shirts hanging on the walls. The 25 […]
RETROSPECTIVE
Through Andrew de Lory’s Viewfinder
The photographer’s 60-year career started at Nauset High School
If you were to flip through Andrew de Lory’s portrait photographs, you might come face to face with Prince Charles playing polo or Odetta, eyes closed, serenading an unseen crowd […]
MAXIMALIST
The Totality of Julia Salinger
A multidisciplinary artist who doesn’t hold back
A maximalist by nature, Julia Salinger indulges in all that she finds curious and delightful. She’s a voracious collector of paper ephemera and a compulsive creator. “I basically live inside […]
FILM FESTIVAL
Ahmed Ibrahim’s Work Refuses Categorization
The director’s A Chair for Her will premiere at the Provincetown Film Festival
Under the pergola of his friend’s house on Bangs Street in Provincetown, filmmaker Ahmed Ibrahim sits hunched over his MacBook typing an email to his manager. Bo, a border collie-black […]
FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
A Time for Shots in the Dark
Provincetown gears up for a big-screen celebration
These days, in the world of “theatrical” movies — films screened in theaters — surviving and thriving are challenging at best. That’s certainly true for the Provincetown International Film Festival, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 6, 2024 through June 13, 2024
Lee McColgan and A House Restored The first thing Lee McColgan wants you to know is that preserving an 18th-century New England house is not like an episode of HGTV’s […]
PRIDE
The Fantastical Spaces of Phil Jimenez
A comics artist pencils and inks a way out
Comics artist and writer Phil Jimenez was alone a lot when he was growing up in Long Beach, Calif. “Drawing was a way to entertain myself,” he says. Known for […]
