Anyone who was lucky enough to be at the Mews in Provincetown on March 9, 2020 may have witnessed the early stages of a supernova. When Tianna Esperanza performed at […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for March 9, 2023 through March 16, 2023
Ellen Anthony Gets Physical On her way to see Meredith Monk’s last dance performance in New York City five years ago, Ellen Anthony slipped on the ice and injured her […]
HISTORIES
An Almost-Forgotten Story for Our Troubled Times
Rachel Maddow’s Ultra podcast tells a grim tale of Nazi-backed sedition in the U.S.
Rachel Maddow’s hit podcast Ultra is a tightly crafted work of historical research, a fable for our current fascism-tinged political landscape, and a love letter to the Library of Congress. […]
INDIE SCREEN
Oscar Contenders Fight the Good Fight
Three films take humanistic stances with uneven success
Canadian child actor turned writer-director Sarah Polley continues to prove she’s one of the great filmmaking talents of our time. Her four features — Away From Her (2006), starring Julie […]
IN THE STUDIO
Creating Worlds With Fiber and Glue
Carol Fitzsimons weaves together influences from painting and craft in her richly textured pictures
Carol Fitzsimons’s richly colored and textured works are painstakingly created by adhering small strips of string to canvas board with a toothpick and Elmer’s glue. “It’s like painting with fiber,” […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs for International Women’s Day
Our staff picks to celebrate the vision and power of women in music
For International Women’s Day this year, members of the Independent staff sat down with Denya LeVine of WOMR for a roundtable discussion about women and music. You can tune in […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for March 2, 2023 through March 9, 2023
What a Difference a Day Makes Think of what you’ve accomplished in the last 24 hours. Does it involve writing, rehearsing, directing, and performing an original play before a live […]
CROSSWORD #39
Transfer Station
On a Saturday in winter, as everyone on the Outer Cape knows, this is the place to be.
ARTISTS
Creating a System for the Nonsensical
Two FAWC fellows forge a partnership born of frustration with the status quo
Georgia Dickie, who is from Toronto, and Tinja Ruusuvuori, who lives and works in Tampere, Finland, had never met before arriving in Provincetown for their Fine Arts Work Center fellowships […]
LINE BREAK
A Brief History of the Whale Fishery
On Provincetown, whaling, people, and poetry
I recently saw an exhibit on the second floor of the Provincetown library: a case alongside the Rose Dorothea containing a whaling harpoon and line, a few images, and a […]
WRITERS
Stories of Tradition and Modernity
Gothataone Moeng explores the tensions between the past and the present
It’s an exciting time for Fine Arts Work Center writing fellow Gothataone Moeng. Her first book, a collection of short stories set in her home country, was published earlier this […]
BOOKS
Barbara Bosworth Keeps an Eye on The Sea
Finding beauty reflected in texts and objects
One of Barbara Bosworth’s most prized possessions is a collection of bird eggs she inherited from her great-grandfather, who collected them in the wild, blew out their interiors, and saved […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Feb. 23, 2023 through March 2, 2023
Floating New Ways of Collaboration For the throngs of visitors who come to Provincetown every August, Carnival is a time to let loose and enjoy the spectacle. For local businesses, […]
BOOKS
A Voyage Through the Ildarwood
A Provincetown writer creates a fantasy world for young adult readers
J.R.R. Tolkien grew up reading mythology and folk tales, which had a profound effect on the books he wrote as an adult. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has cited Michael Moorcock’s […]
ART HISTORIES
Provincetown’s Gallery Structure Is Challenged
Recent closings are a reminder of the art scene’s storied past and uncertain future
After 35 years in business, Albert Merola and Jim Balla announced last month that their gallery at 424 Commercial St. in Provincetown’s East End will not reopen for the 2023 […]
