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 […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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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 […]
ARTISTS
Deb Mell Takes What She Knows and Spits It Out
Paintings and sculptures weave together stories and materials in an artist’s orbit
Deb Mell’s uncanny artwork often leaves one wondering. Her paintings are populated with recurring characters — half animal, half human — rendered in meticulous black-and-white marks. They float through spaces […]
WRITERS
John Murillo Makes Music of Translation
Fifteen years and two books later, a poet returns to the Fine Arts Work Center
When poet John Murillo arrived in Provincetown last October for his second fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center, he wasn’t quite sure where his work would take him. Since […]
TV OR NOT TV
Streaming Picks for a Soggy Springtime
What to watch while you’re waiting for the warmer weather to arrive
Picks by Independent staff and contributors The calendar says it’s springtime, but Outer Cape weather in April is a reminder of that old saw about what makes May flowers bloom. […]
ARTISTS
Experiments in Form and Speculation
Sichong Xie makes art ‘almost exploring something that’s impossible to reach’
In 1975, after driving east from Los Angeles, the Dutch conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat. The performance piece was never […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for April 13, 2023 through April 20, 2023
A Celebration of Spring at the Addison Gallery The Addison Art Gallery in Orleans (43 South Orleans Road) hosts a spring celebration on Saturday, April 15, 4 to 6 pm. […]
