We have compiled some of our favorite films and TV series, new and old, comfort shows or tension-inducing thrillers, that feature powerful women. Politicians, police chiefs, orchestra conductors, fight clubs, […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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Flash Fiction: An Invitation
The Provincetown Independent has never published fiction, but we’re thinking about it. We regularly publish poems (email submissions to [email protected]). What about short stories — specifically flash fiction (that is, […]
POETRY
Oh, the men, the men
I had a love And then another love And then that other love Went away And still Love remains Jeremy Bearer-Friend teaches tax law in Washington, D.C. Submit poems to […]
POETRY
Kindness
Our friend Zehra is back for an exhibition of her work at the museum. Gone the grunge look and her dark hair is blond, cropped, dramatic. She’s wearing nice clothes […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 7, 2024 through November 14, 2024
Is AI the Way to Write? Full disclosure: Artificial intelligence software was used to transcribe this interview with Jennifer Jean, senior program manager at the Fine Arts Works Center, who […]
ART AND POLITICS
With Anthems and Auctions, Artists Confront the Political Moment
There’s hope, but also a sense that ‘the work’s not going to be done in November’
This election season had Jeff Zinn “burning up” with an idea to write a futuristic drama about the stakes of this year’s vote. “In a way, I wrote it for […]
MONUMENTS
Immortal Works
Cataloging Conrad Malicoat’s cemetery sculptures
A sculpture by Conrad Malicoat adorns the grave of Dr. Clara Thompson in the Provincetown Cemetery. It’s not a likeness of the woman it honors, but it’s figure-like, tall, sensuous, […]
ADVENTURES IN PAINTING
The Magical Travels of Ann Purcell
Her ‘Caravan’ paintings find the mystical in this sea, sky, and land
While many artists of earlier generations came to Provincetown to capture its unique light, Ann Purcell arrived 40 years ago with more experiential interests. What she found, it seems, was […]
INTUITION AND INTENTION
A Collective’s Creative Impulse
Experimentation shapes members’ identities as artists
A conversation with a friend pushed Karma Kitaj to consider the narrative quality of her own artwork. “Why do you paint what you paint?” her friend had asked. It was […]
INDIE SCREEN
Passions Swell in Provincetown During High Tide
In Marco Calvani’s new film, the town is faithfully brought to life
At long last, Provincetown has gotten the stylish and thoughtful cinematic representation it deserves. You can forget the trashy and formulaic law-and-order series Hightown and chuck the mean-spirited and woolly […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 31, 2024 through November 7, 2024
Ginger Minj Resurrects Hokus Pokus Live! Drag performer and RuPaul’s Drag Race regular Ginger Minj says she became “obsessed” with the movie Hocus Pocus as a child and would use […]
REVISION
A Fresh Angle on an Old Collection
The current exhibition at PAAM brings the scars of history into view
A broken fence post juts into the foreground in a painting of Corn Hill by George Yater. It’s a framing device that functions both formally and conceptually. The post’s prominent […]
GENDER EXPRESSION
Trans Week Has Its Golden Jubilee
A shift over 50 years from spectacle to personal development and politics
It’s the 50th year of Provincetown’s Trans Week, formerly known as Fantasia Fair, and tickets are all sold out, although some events including keynote talks and the annual Follies! fashion […]
FELLOWSHIP
Ten Poets, Writers, and Translators Welcomed at FAWC
Winter fellows are also visiting artists in the Provincetown Schools
The Fine Arts Work Center’s 2024-25 fellows have been in Provincetown since Oct. 1 — their orientation wrapped up last week with a thrift-shopping expedition, bonfire, potluck, and the board […]
BOOKS
The Makings of a Sally Rooney Novel
Intermezzo, the author’s fourth, follows a pair of brothers in the aftermath of their father’s death
A book. How quaint. An anachronism, really. How do you turn this thing on? Not just a book, a novel. You know, like Jane Austen, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf. Who? […]
