TRURO — First, Bart Weisman and his group played George Gershwin’s 1934 tune “Summertime” slow and easy — just like it was in the original production of the musical Porgy […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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INDIE SCREEN
When Sex Is Beside the Point
Two new films explore the pain of loss in male friendships
At the beginning of the revelatory Belgian film Close, young Leo, whose parents own a flower farm, can think of nothing more than spending all his summer days with Remi, […]
ART AND ACCESS
Twenty Summers Holds the Past and the Future Together
Reimagining what creative community can look like on the Outer Cape
The tenth season of Twenty Summers, a program of artist residencies and cultural events held in the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown, begins this month. The barn’s history informs the organization’s […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 4, 2023 through May 11, 2023
Listening to a World of Creativity Since the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s Creative Exchange podcast was launched four years ago, it has spotlighted eminent Outer Cape artists and cultural […]
CROSSWORD #41
Unto the Breach
COVER STORY
Jane Rosenberg Captures History in the Courtroom
After her sketch of Donald Trump went viral, she reflects on being ‘part artist, part journalist’
Jane Rosenberg would probably rather not be talking to yet another reporter. “It’s been a lot of interviews since the Trump arraignment,” she told the Independent. As a courtroom sketch […]
MUSEUMS
Will Barnet’s Search for Meaning
An artist and teacher used form to evoke deep feeling in works inspired by the natural world
Far from the heroic scale and subject matter of works by many of his contemporaries, Will Barnet’s flat, crisp compositions often depicted women (and their cats) in domestic spaces. Born […]
LINE BREAK
In Praise of the Cormorant
Brendan Galvin’s poem honors the ‘shag rats’ of the Outer Cape ecosystem
Spring is in the air and on the water. These past few weeks, I’ve been watching a colony of double-crested cormorants, back after wintering south of here, remake their nests […]
MOVIES
Building Community One Movie and Cup of Coffee at a Time
A three-month internship aims to lure new audiences to Wellfleet Preservation Hall
On a recent Tuesday morning at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 20-year-old intern Mia Lima made sure the coffee and water were hot and plentiful and plates of donated homemade snacks were […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for April 27, 2023 through May 4, 2023
From the Pamet River to East 10th Street Many of Andrew W. Young’s minimal compositions are inspired by the Outer Cape landscape and by the artist William Holst (1912-1995), who […]
MUSEUMS
A Fresh Perspective on American Modernism
A Boston exhibit shows how Provincetown printmakers forged new creative territory
“The Provincetown Printmakers,” currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, makes a case for the significance of a group of mostly women artists who forged new directions […]
WRITERS
Staking Out a New Lexicon
From Virginia to Kyoto, poet Jorrell Watkins writes the rhythms of an interdisciplinary world
Jorrell Watkins is a student of many disciplines: playwriting, teaching, music, conflict mediation, and martial arts, among others. He’s developed theater productions, taught writing workshops, and earned a black belt […]
DOCUMENTARY FILM
Spinnaker Brings a Fatal Entanglement to the Screen
The documentary short will be shown in an environmental film series at Waters Edge Cinema
Nadine Licostie has been in Provincetown long enough to know that scientific observation of its environment is just as much a part of life here as Carnival celebrations and the […]
NIGHTLIFE
It’s a Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed World
Mackenzie Miller headlines a weekend of cannabis celebrations
If you’re having trouble understanding the title of the three-night event at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown this weekend, a little explanation may be in order. CDXX is the […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for April 20, 2023 through April 27, 2023
Black Artists, Black Lives Contemporary African American artists Amy Sherald, Kerry James Marshall, and Kehinde Wiley will be featured in a Zoom presentation by lecturer Bob Potter titled “Reclaiming Black […]
