There are no horizon lines in many of Bruce Ackerson’s oil paintings. The artist’s point of view in these works floats high above crowded scenes, capturing an action-filled landscape that […]
Arts & Minds
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SCULPTURE
The Art of Wind and Water
Roy Staab’s ephemeral structures float in and out of view
Artist Roy Staab created two ephemeral land art installations in the wetlands of Provincetown and Truro this summer. He completed the first one — the wide swirl of interconnected curves […]
DRAG DESK
Best Drag of the Summer So Far
Production values and pointed political messages are on the rise
As we approach the final weeks of the season, it seems fitting to assess the state of the drag on Commercial Street, given its outsize prominence among the town’s entertainment […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 10, 2023 through August 17, 2023
A Double Dose of Drag Superstars Drag fans know that Alaska Thunderfuck and Alyssa Edwards are among the most popular performers launched to fame by the juggernaut that is RuPaul’s […]
CROSSWORD #44
Message Transmitted
UNDER THE BIG TOP
Circus Performers Juggle Locations to Keep Flying
Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea takes its show to Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — A live scarecrow tumbles, sways, and hangs — precarious and loose-limbed — high above a field. Farmhands wildly flip ears of corn as crops “multiply.” A unicycle seems to […]
ARTISTS
A Painter Works From the Edge of Combustion
Dakota X turns muscle cars on rugged landscapes into objects of veneration
Dakota X ran a house painting business in Provincetown in the 1990s to support an artistic career. Back then, Dakota went by the name Deborah Martin, lived in town with […]
IN THE STUDIO
Joerg Dressler Mixes Things Up
Reflecting on Provincetown, personal narratives, and the natural world
On a summer morning in Provincetown, the door of Joerg Dressler’s Pleasant Street studio is wide open, easing the boundary between the controlled calm inside and the rhythms of pedestrians […]
IN TUNE
Harold López-Nussa Brings the Piano to Life
A new album, Timba a la Americana, reflects his move from Cuba to France
The Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa was born into music. His mother was a piano teacher and his father a professional drummer. His uncle and grandmother were both piano players. While […]
PLAY DAY
Bob Staake Does It His Way
The prolific illustrator’s bountiful retrospective is ‘not even one percent’ of his work
“I can tell you right now as a fact,” says Bob Staake, “that a six-year-old child has never walked into a bookstore and laid down $18.99 for a children’s picture […]
ART REVIEW
Like a Love Letter, FAWC Exhibition Is Full of Feeling
Heidi Hahn curates a selection of work from former FAWC fellows
In the curatorial statement for “Everyone We Know Is Here,” an exhibition of work by past Fine Arts Work Center visual arts fellows, Heidi Hahn writes about frustration, inspiration, heartache, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 3, 2023 through August 10, 2023
Ginger Minj Serves It Up The poster advertising Ginger Minj’s current show at the Art House (241 Commercial St., Provincetown) features only a photo of the RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar […]
TIME TRAVEL
Arnie Charnick Keeps on Boppin’
An epic-scale photomontage brings the Provincetown of four decades ago back to life
Over nearly two weeks in August 1982, Arnie Charnick and his then-girlfriend Cherie Nutting walked around Provincetown photographing the town and its inhabitants. “We didn’t make a list or anything,” […]
THEATER REVIEW
Water, Water Everywhere
Robert Kropf’s Liv at Sea premieres at the Harbor Stage
Although watery things are present in much of the dialogue in Robert Kropf’s new play, Liv at Sea, a world premiere at the Harbor Stage Company in Wellfleet, it’s not […]
CABARET
The Startling, Vulnerable, Wildly Theatrical Sandra Bernhard
She is bringing her new show, ‘A Spring Affair,’ to town hall
September 2012, somewhere south of Hell’s Kitchen and the end of my first night as a full-time citizen of New York City. I was crouched on a sidewalk corner cleaning […]
