Sasha Chavchavadze approaches her family history with some ambivalence. At times she tries to stash it away. “All this heavy Russian history becomes too big,” she says. Still, she often […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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BOOKS
The Many-Splendored Loves of Older Gay Men
Zigzag is a short story collection for an uncertain age
Queer baby boomers are now elders, the first generation to grow old after Stonewall. They came of age in a world where it was possible to love openly, keep one’s […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for December 5, 2024 through December 12, 2024
Bringing the Bells and Singing for Change For 28 years, Reuben Reynolds has been the music director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, standing in front of its hundreds of […]
THEATER
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
A play of odd couplings makes a holiday treat
John Cariani’s Almost, Maine — a collection of nine playlets about love in an isolated small town in northeast Maine — is such a crowd-pleaser that it’s easy to overlook […]
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A Diva With a Heart of Gold Plays a Scrooge
Tina Burner brings a one-queen Christmas Carol to the cabaret stage
“We all know that we all hate the holidays,” says Tina Burner, the drag performer and comedian from New York City who starred in Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. […]
ART’S OBJECTS
Varujan Boghosian’s Poetry of Ordinary Things
Greek mythology, found objects, and play were an artist’s way with the pain of the past
The 35 pieces by Varujan Boghosian now on display at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit seem to suggest that to know the artist’s work is to know […]
OBSERVER
A Focus on Place
Photographer Edward Boches is committed to his subjects
At Wellfleet Harbor, Edward Boches wades in shallow water, photographing shellfishermen at low tide. He rides his fold-up bike along Ocean View Drive with a camera around his neck. He’s […]
MUSIC
Shannon Davis Sings Stories That Seem Real
A debut album weaves loneliness into love and betrayal and back again for more
When Shannon Davis was 16, she picked up her uncle’s jumbo acoustic Epiphone guitar. She had never known her uncle — he had died when she was a baby, but […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 28, 2024 through December 5, 2024
A Story of Survival Told Through Sculpture Gallery owner Anne-Marie Zehnder’s ceramic sculptures line the walls at AMZehnder Gallery in Wellfleet. The rectangular slabs of fired clay are coated in […]
ARTISTS’ BLOCKS
Japanese Woodblock Printing: A Workshop
Students learn the art under the watchful eye of Daniel Heyman
Daniel Heyman says woodblock printing is a skill that takes a while to hone. He first learned it in Japan during a two-month stay as an artist-in-residence in the village […]
PAINTING
An Artist on the Move
Caroline Carney records her passage through the world in lush, small-scale works
Painter Caroline Carney is out in L.A. now, but Provincetown is still on her mind. She moved out west with her partner, Sinan Papić, whose experience of living in the […]
CURVES
Cole Cook’s Sensual Low-Tide Sculptures
A previous life as a professional baseball player instilled a dedication to practice
At six foot six, sculptor Cole Cook’s head almost touches the ceiling of his garage studio in Truro. Two black lead pencils poke out of the chest pocket of his […]
THINGNESS
Seeing the Materiality of Everyday Life
At a gallery talk, ‘a group effort in perception’
Perception is an abiding interest for artist Sonita Singwi. “How do we see things and engage with the world around us?” she asked during a gallery talk at Farm Projects […]
NO FIDDLE FADDLE
A Trio Celebrates Onstage
A concert of ‘music for the eyes and dance for the ears’
Nic Gareiss turned 11 on the same day that he first laid eyes on his “dancestor” Liam Harney, two-time world champion Irish step dancer, performing solo at the 1997 Wheatland […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 21, 2024 through November 28, 2024
Remembering Eric Maul With a Concert Provincetown flutist Eric Maul, who died on Sept. 12, had an expansive music taste. “He especially loved French music,” says Brian Calhoon, who owns […]
