For the artist Siân Robertson, physical borders are not a limit but an invitation to expand and play with perception. She works with old maps, carving up rivers, roads, bus […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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VOICES
May Erlewine Makes Music to Make a Difference
Singing to spread the power of love
May Erlewine’s songs speak of love, loss, and life’s dilemmas. Some have supported social causes, expressed the pain of women’s history, and voiced political worries about “being lost in the […]
FIBER ART
Monique Aimee’s Study of Slowness
The Somerville-based illustrator stitches a show of her own
If you’ve spent enough time driving around Massachusetts, you’ve probably seen road signs that say a neighborhood is “Thickly Settled.” It’s an exclusively New England expression, and though the signs […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 16, 2024 through May 23, 2024
Bring on the British Bops The British may be known, stereotypically at least, for keeping a stiff upper lip. But there’ll be no such signs of restraint when the Outer […]
CROSSWORD #52
Break Out the Sunscreen
ICONOGRAPHY
The Restaurant Sign That’s a Magnet for Artists
The neon lobster may say ‘P’town’ louder than any other landmark
It happens from time to time: Tim McNulty, the owner and executive chef at the Lobster Pot in downtown Provincetown, will step outside and find an artist peering up at […]
BOOKS
The Work of Art Is Worth the Effort
Adam Moss records his search for the secrets of creativity
In 2019, when Adam Moss left his powerful perch as top editor of New York magazine after 15 years, he decided to devote himself to painting. It didn’t go well. […]
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION
Rosalind Pace’s Mysteries on Display
The painter’s career has been guided by instinct and a ‘universal energy’
For three years in the late 1970s, Rosalind Pace worked on a series of paintings: eight large canvases in black and white that would read like a visual language. She […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Travelers and Townies
Michael Joseph photographs wanderers at home and on the road
Michael Joseph’s first visit to Provincetown left him underwhelmed. “I don’t understand it,” he thought. “Why do people love this town?” The photographer made the requisite stroll down Commercial Street […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 9, 2024 through May 16, 2024
Twenty Summers Expands Its Space and Season Every spring, the Twenty Summers cultural program extends over five weeks in Provincetown. This year, it seems program director Alice Gong doesn’t want […]
ROOMFUL OF ART
The Charmed Life of R.C. Patterson
With paint, cloth, and paper, an artist finds more in memories and moments
“My great-grandmother used to say, ‘Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,’ ” says Provincetown artist R.C. Patterson, “so I like to keep busy.” Patterson’s space at the Foley House on […]
PERSONAL HISTORY
Time Travel With Kurt Vonnegut and My Dad
Two prisoners of war and their linked stories
My father, PFC Arthur Kuttner, was in the Normandy invasion of June 1944. His unit, the 28th Infantry Division, was not in the first wave, so he survived that ordeal. […]
Once Again, Taylor Swift Exposes Herself
Fans often call Taylor Swift’s music “diaristic”: at their best, her lyrics feel like the delicate and sometimes ugly truths most of us don’t dare utter aloud. “And I hate […]
RENEGADE
Food, God, and Art According to Rossi
The WOMR host, writer, and chef on being The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews
At four years old, Slovah Davida Shana bas Hannah Rachel Ross — she prefers the simpler “Rossi” — was already irate about gender inequity in the synagogue, and she was […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 2, 2024 through May 9, 2024
Cold Chocolate at Wellfleet Preservation Hall Boston-based Americana band Cold Chocolate comes to Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Friday, May 3. The band is currently on tour for its latest album, […]
