In a waiting room at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Benji Weinryb Grohsgal sits, drawing on an iPad. It’s a new process. He’s used to using […]
Arts & Minds
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 26, 2023 through November 2, 2023
The Acoustic Nomads Pass Through Wellfleet The Acoustic Nomads have a unique vision: to bring together folkloric sounds from Appalachia to Argentina with contemporary improvisation, jazz, and newgrass. “We’re combining […]
AN ART LEGACY
Sal Del Deo Carries On
A solo exhibition at PAAM charts the development of an adventurous career
In one of Salvatore Del Deo’s paintings now at his solo exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the town is framed through a pair of binoculars — a […]
ARTISTS
Daniel Ranalli Records the Drama of Stranded Whales
A 31-year project culminates in an exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
NEW BEDFORD — The whaling museum here celebrates bigness. Two whale skeletons hang from the lobby ceiling. The centerpiece of the museum is a three-story replica of the whaling vessel […]
ARTISTS AND WRITERS
New Kids on the Block
20 fellows arrive at the Fine Arts Work Center
On Pearl Street in Provincetown, the Fine Arts Work Center’s new fellows are settling into their apartments and studios. For now, the spaces are all but empty. The white, unadorned […]
LOOKING BACK
Reflecting on Creativity and Community
An alumni show at FAWC this summer brought 22 former fellows back to Provincetown
Since its founding in 1968, the Fine Arts Work Center has hosted more than a thousand fellows. Twenty-two former fellows returned to Provincetown this summer for an alumni group show, […]
BOOKS
Charles Busch’s Life as a Leading Lady
Just don’t call him a drag queen
Charles Busch — the renowned “male actress” of stage and film, playwright of dozens of shows including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran for five years off-Broadway, and the Broadway […]
PORTRAITS
The Many Faces of Eastham
Smiling, smirking, in the open air, and in outer space
“The Faces of Eastham,” at the town’s public library (190 Samoset Road) through Oct. 31, consists of approximately 50 portraits, all of them by Eastham residents of other Eastham residents. […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 19, 2023 through October 26, 2023
Jefferey Clayton Teaches Through Music Jefferey Clayton served in the military for 21 years — three years active duty and the rest in the National Guard. He completed “all the […]
WRITING LIFE
Margaret Shepherd’s Approach to an Ancient Sensual Text
Her calligraphic treatment of the Song of Songs reveals a lifetime of devotion to the artform
Margaret Shepherd’s calligraphy, now on view at the Wellfleet Public Library through Nov. 3, looks like it was created with ease. The lines of text, which are taken from the […]
BOOKS
In ‘How to Live,’ Kelle Groom Investigates the Meaning of Home
A Provincetown poet’s new memoir is an odyssey toward compassion
The moment Kelle Groom opens the gray door to her second-floor Brewster Street apartment, a hold-onto-your-hats breeze marking the change in seasons sneaks through. Poetry collections by Nick Flynn, Marie […]
MUSIC
Indie Playlist: Songs for Fall
Staff picks to listen to while you’re watching the leaves change color
For this latest installment of our Indie Playlist, we asked Independent staffers to tell about a song that puts them in an autumnal state of mind: a tune to soundtrack […]
WOMEN’S WEEK
Katherine Ann Power’s Story of Surrender and Redemption
Still looking to change the world, aware that ‘deep change takes time’
Katherine Ann Power is 74 years old and happily married to her wife of 15 years. She’s a proud grandmother. She has just gotten her hair cut, and on this […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 12, 2023 through October 19, 2023
Photos and Stories of All Kinds of Families “Love Makes a Family,” an exhibition of photographs of LGBTQ families on view at the Provincetown United Methodist Church (20 Shank Painter […]
WOMEN’S WEEK
Zoë Lewis Believes in Magic
The singer-songwriter mounts four shows for her ‘different loves’
Singer, songwriter, and storyteller Zoë Lewis first came to Provincetown when she was 26. It was the early 1990s, and she’d been all around the world, and, in a spirit […]
