As a child, David Pirro dreamed of being an artist. He then spent most of his adult life in a stable career in information technology. “I’m an ’80s gay,” he […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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INDIE SCREEN
Strange Journeys of the Child Within
Three new films track the price of wonderment
The key to Wonka is magic — movie magic. This new film, which recently played in local theaters, stars boy wonder Timothée Chalamet as young Willy Wonka. It’s the prequel […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for January 11, 2024 through January 18, 2024
Fortunate Daughter Tells Musical Stories Alex Sesenton and Heather Watson, who will perform as Fortunate Daughter at Wellfleet Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 3 p.m., describe their music […]
EXHIBITION
Stephanie Vevers Is a Connoisseur of Her Family’s Art
Tony Vevers’s daughter guides a visitor through a memorable 1960 picnic
There is a certain protective haze that encircles our early memories. Sometimes it is hard to discern whether what we remember is accurate or if the memory has been overlaid […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Eye on a Momentous Era
Eastham library showcases Rowland Scherman’s photographs of the civil rights movement
In the multipurpose room at the Eastham library, a small group of Nauset High School students are organizing a gift-wrapping station to raise money for their prom. Business is slow, […]
MUSIC
Indie Playlist: Songs for a Fresh Start
New Year’s picks from Independent staff and contributors
For this playlist, we asked Independent writers to pick a song for ringing in the new year. The result was songs across genres — NOLA jazz, Ukrainian folk, early aughts […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for January 4, 2024 through January 11, 2024
Mapping the Wind at Farm Projects The works in “Wind Maps,” an exhibition of drawings and video by artists Kai Potter and Eli Pasternak currently on view at Farm Projects […]
NEW YEAR'S CARD
2024: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Was everything better way back when? In the news pages of this end-of-year issue, we asked reporters to look closely at the towns they cover, delving into the sources of […]
1975
From ‘Midnights’
Cars were sometimes stolen in Provincetown, reported missing, and spotted in Wellfleet, and chases ensued. They were very stimulating affairs. Speaking of a highspeed chase, Paul said, “If it’s a […]
POETRY
Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982
2000
From ‘A Walk on Cape Cod’
Around the time of the millennium I lived on Cape Cod in Provincetown, in my girlfriend’s house, and I was glad to be back in my native state after twenty […]
INDIE SCREEN
What’s the Point of Telling Stories?
In three films, they’re a blend of true and false
Promising Young Woman is a film by a woman that ostensibly empowers its victimized female lead through acts of vengeance, and that’s probably why the British actor Emerald Fennell won […]
MOVIES
One Year In, Solo Artists Find Strength in the Ensemble
Outer Cape filmmakers gather for the sake of the craft and for each other
PROVINCETOWN — Early this year, Ernest Martin was invited to show a sample of his unfinished work to fellow local filmmakers, most of whom he’d never met. Martin was working […]
REMINISCENCE
Seeing Past the New Sidewalk
Our Writers Group recreates the old Provincetown every Tuesday
PROVINCETOWN — Dogs named Riches and Poverty. Ice houses. The time the harbor almost froze over. Kids sliding at night in midwinter. Dune skiing with cheap skis. Fires on the […]
TAKING BOWS
The Evolution of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas
Violinist Elizabeth Chang and pianist Jiayan Sun will play the full 10-sonata cycle in Wellfleet
Between the years 1797 and 1812, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 10 violin sonatas: pieces in three or four movements, composed for violin and pianoforte — each an endeavor of the […]
