The playwright and sometime actor Stephen Adly Guirgis (pronounced GEER-giss, with hard Gs) is a major theatrical talent who isn’t nearly as well known as David Mamet, although Guirgis’s rhythmic, […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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SCIENCE
Scientists Connect the Dots on Climate Change
A Twenty Summers panel looks at how fires anywhere become problems everywhere
The environmental challenges in the Amazon rainforest and Arctic permafrost may seem far removed from those in Provincetown, but what happens in one place can drastically affect the present and […]
STORYTELLING
Connecting Provincetown’s Queer Past and Present
The Generations Project’s twin objectives: ‘anthologizing’ and forging an intergenerational community
PROVINCETOWN — Tens of thousands of people descend on this queer haven at land’s end every summer to eat, drink, and be merry with chosen family. Adam Golub, the creative […]
ARTISTS
Heads of Strength and Autonomy
Alicia Henry’s portraits suggest experiences both unique to her community and universal in scope
The Fine Arts Work Center hosted a lush and virtuosic exhibition last summer titled “Glitch Aesthetics.” In it were two heads by Alicia Henry, crudely cut from stained fabric, their […]
PRIDE
The Lesbian Seagulls That Revealed a History of Suppressed Science
'Radiolab' host Lulu Miller brings same-sex pairing in nature to the fore
WNYC Studios’ Lulu Miller had an idea for Pride Month: “a fun little science story about same-sex mating and relationships in nature.” But “The Seagulls,” the episode of Radiolab, which […]
CABARET
Cabaret Fest Returns With a Celebration of Sondheim
Seven days, 24 performers: ‘Just you and the microphone’
Are you dreaming, as I am, of a bottomless martini with a side of regret? Clever lyrics wryly sung? Heartbreak delivered at 11 o’clock? If you answered yes to any […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 1, 2023 through June 7, 2023
The Art of Their Lives A current exhibition and upcoming book launch at the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St.) illustrate the often unexpected ways in which paintings and the written […]
CROSSWORD #42
Beachgrass
WOMEN’S WEEKEND
In Perpetual Pursuit of a Creative Life
Natalia Zukerman will lead a workshop on unlocking difficult stories for Women’s Weekend in Provincetown
Natalia Zukerman has taken a “long and winding road,” to where she is now, she says on the phone. Primarily known as a piercing singer-songwriter and stalwart touring musician, Zukerman […]
ART AND ACCESS
The Art of Buying and Selling Artists’ Work
A passion for art and a dedication to artists are often more important than profit
“I wanted this room to be quiet,” says Gail Bell, sitting in her Wellfleet living room. Outside the windows, traffic and pedestrians flow along Main Street, but she has created […]
LINE BREAK
Winging Into Season
Melanie Braverman’s ‘Cusp’ celebrates a month of change
Parking lots in Provincetown are charging. The Dolphin Fleet is taking people out, and the ferries are already bringing the clack of roller bags down the pier and into town. […]
MUSIC
The Oshima Brothers’ Big New Sound
The folk-pop duo brings multiple instruments, new songs, and video to Twenty Summers
Only two musicians will be playing at the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown on May 27. But the Oshima Brothers want the audience to feel like they’re experiencing the sound of […]
TRANSLATION
Liberating Kafka From the Myth of Kafka
Ross Benjamin’s translation of Kafka’s diaries is the first of its kind
EASTHAM — When the German-speaking Czech writer Franz Kafka died in 1924 from tuberculosis, he ordered his close friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his work. Brod, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for May 24, 2023 through May 31, 2023
A Mother’s Eye, a Daughter as Muse From Edward Weston’s portraits of his son Neil (who grew up to be a photographer) to Sally Mann’s sometimes controversial studies of her […]
MUSEUMS
Sky Power Paints With Abandon
The artist’s vibrant pictures reveal a lifelong pursuit of new horizons
Sky Power points to a loosely defined shape in her painting Interior of a Landscape. It could be a boat floating in water: an orange rectangle rising from a half-moon […]
