Much of the efforts of the postwar civil rights and Black Power movements focused on restoring dignity to the Black male, who had been emasculated by slavery and the subsequent […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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ON THE EDGES
The Art of the Frame
Provincetown makers talk about an artwork’s ‘boundary with the world’
Beveled or square-edged, gold or chartreuse, deep-set or floater? Does a frame enhance a work of art? The frame is a statement, a declaration by the artist. Finding a suitable […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for January 25, 2024 through February 1, 2024
Documenting The Young Vote in American Politics “A lot of young people just feel like their vote doesn’t matter,” says Dariel Cruz Rodriguez, an 18-year-old political organizer from Florida, in […]
CROSSWORD #48
Pick Six
IN THE STUDIO
Sheryl Jaffe Explores Life’s Interconnectedness
The artist’s vision encompasses her birth story and the DNA of banana leaves
Sheryl Jaffe’s studio in her Wellfleet home feels equal parts science laboratory, industrial workshop, and cabinet of curiosities. Objects that she has collected on walks line the shelves and ledges: […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
A Joyful Shift
PETER GHERARDI AND MARK BOUCHER / AT HOME / PROVINCETOWN
Mark Boucher Peter Gherardi Peter Gherardi, a psychiatrist, and Mark Boucher, a lead patient service representative, retired in December 2023 from Outer Cape Health Services in Provincetown. I spoke with […]
POETRY
A Stranding
Before Dürer, dragons existed; after him, they did not. —Philip Hoare Two mola mola washed ashore last night during a full […]
POETRY
Cape Strata
How many people pass this place … every day and never see it! Once it is seen, painted, and put into a frame everyone will come to look at it. […]
BOOKS
Nick Flynn Searches for Lost Time
In Low, penetrating lyrics explore avenues of collaboration
Nick Flynn’s Low, his sixth volume of poems, is perfectly tuned to winter’s meditative months. Published in November by Graywolf Press, the collection consists of poems of varying lengths that […]
MLK DAY 2024
In Wellfleet, Walking, Chalking, and Singing for Racial Justice
WELLFLEET — Between two big winter storms, the sun came out long enough for townspeople of all ages to gather for reflection and action for racial justice on the Jan. […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for January 18, 2024 through January 25, 2024
Fred Magee and the BFD at Wellfleet Library Wellfleet musician Fred Magee will play a concert of original songs with his newly formed band, the BFD, at the Wellfleet Public […]
ART HISTORY
Clare Leighton’s Wellfleet Legacy
An engraver who brought light to our shores’ humble scenes
In her 1954 book about Cape Cod’s land and culture, Where Land Meets Sea, Clare Leighton describes herself as “a Britisher by birth” and a Cape Codder for a decade. […]
CELEBRATIONS
An Encyclopedic Mind for People
Jill Stauffer, the first executive director of the Provincetown Commons, will retire in February
After four years as the first executive director of the Provincetown Commons, Jill Stauffer is retiring, set to leave the organization in late February. “She is so hard-working,” says Rebecca […]
BIDDING
Deep Pockets and Egos: Behind the Scenes at Bakker
Advice on buying and selling art from Provincetown’s only auction house
There are 50 galleries listed on the Provincetown Office of Tourism’s website, and that list doesn’t include the walls of the town’s museums, artist studios, hotels, inns, and boutique shops […]
THEATER
Wellfleet’s Harbor Stage Heads North for January
The company revives Northside Hollow in Boston with the original cast
The two couples who run Wellfleet’s Harbor Stage Company — Robert Kropf and Stacy Fischer and Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding — are producing the company’s first winter show in […]
