Cherie Mittenthal arrived at the sedate Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 21 years ago. She’d left a job in Hartford heading up educational and arts programs for […]
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 23, 2023 through November 30, 2023
‘Hope for the Holidays,’ a Zany Christmas Cabaret It’s 1962, and a clueless television hostess is surrounded by bigwigs and Christmas cocktails while competing with her friends for a lover. […]
ARTISTS
Mark Adams Is Most at Home in the Dunes
Science and adventure color the artist’s vision of our place in the natural world
It was just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, 1977, when Mark Adams and four other firefighters from the National Forest Service spotted a lightning storm coming in off […]
POETRY
George Washington Frees the Slaves
Michael Ansara is cofounder of Mass Poetry. His most recent book of poems is What Remains, published in 2022 by Kelsay Books. Submit poems to [email protected]. Include your full name, […]
FEELIN’ VEGGIE
Turnip Love Brings Musicians Back Together
The Higher Ground String Band will play at art- and food-filled Eastham Turnip Festival
EASTHAM — Every November, the turnip becomes a rallying cry for four members of the Higher Ground String Band. They perform a little gospel, a little bluegrass, a little folk […]
SCREAMING COLOR
The Delicious Surrealism of Naya Bricher
The artist creates nostalgic, feel-good fictions from found imagery
On a rainy November morning, Naya Bricher arrived at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center wearing dangling cherry earrings, a pea-green shirt, and pants the same hue as Barney the purple […]
TV OR NOT TV
Another Season for Streaming
What to watch to get you through the holidays, again
Picks by Independent staff and contributors Thanksgiving might be all about tradition, but that doesn’t mean you need to get stuck in a viewing rut. If you’re looking for something […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 16, 2023 through November 23, 2023
The Best of Bach and Schubert The Chatham Chorale, accompanied by an orchestra, will present a concert featuring music by two titans of classical music — Johann Sebastian Bach and […]
CROSSWORD #46
This Just In
ARTISTS
Through Romantic Dunescapes and Stormy Seas, Anne Packard Paints Nostalgia
Still painting at 90, the artist has put her gallery up for sale
PROVINCETOWN — The light still blazes in artist Anne Packard’s blue eyes as she fixes her gaze on Long Point. She can see it through the wide windows in the […]
IN THE STARS
KT Fitz Reminds Us of Our Shared Reality
This ‘shock jock’ chart reader is serious about your rising sign
Astrologer KT Fitz calls her podcast Miss Guided, but she’s not out to steer anybody wrong. She just thinks astrology can be funny. Over the course of an hour, Fitz […]
GUITAR HERO
Peter Donnelly’s Gentle Diatribes Are Back
The singer-songwriter heralds the 32nd season of the Coffeehouse at the Mews
It was Christmas night in Provincetown, 1990. The crowd was “gay and cheery” and Peter Donnelly, a 30-year-old musician from Watertown, had been invited to sing. All he had on […]
THE INTERVIEW
Exhibit Designer David Perry Is Both Creator and Guide
The influencer just below the surface
David Perry flies under the radar. He’s an architect, designer, collector, and curator whose aesthetic decisions have made aquariums and zoos beautiful and more accessible. He now works backstage advising […]
BATTLEGROUND
Britney Spears’s Search for Decency
The pop singer’s memoir is a graceful retelling of traumatic truths
People have always felt free to say whatever they want about Britney Spears’s personal life. This was true at the beginning of her career when she was in her teens […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 9, 2023 through November 16, 2023
‘Best of Summer’ at Schoolhouse Gallery For the “Best of Summer 2023” group show currently on view at Schoolhouse Gallery (494 Commercial St., Provincetown), gallery director and curator Michael Carroll […]
