TRURO — On a reed-covered stretch of sand jutting out into Pamet Harbor, five students and their instructor dip their natural brushes — a broken-in-half reed, a corner of a […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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JAZZ
A Voice That Can Bring Fever Dreams
Downbeat’s vocalist of the year Cécile McLorin Salvant comes to town
Cécile McLorin Salvant, a three-time winner of the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, will be performing at Payomet in Truro this weekend, and jazz fans on the Outer Cape […]
THE STROLL
Wellfleet, Saturday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery stroll
Jeff Soderbergh Gallery (11B West Main St.) Artist Lisa Barsumian of Jamestown, R.I. is showing some of her work in the Jeff Soderbergh Gallery. This Saturday-night stroll is great, she […]
DANCE
From Childhood Shuffles to Center Stage
Tap dancers Orlando Hernández and Khalid Hill return to Provincetown Dance Festival
Tap dancing ran in Orlando Hernández’s veins from the moment he could walk. “As a kid, I would always move my feet around a lot,” he says. “I later realized […]
ARTISTS
Bringing Miami to the Cape in Color and Coral
Nathalie Ferrier’s show at Farm Projects, “Mapping the Magic,” rejects two-dimensionality
For the French-born, Truro-based multimedia artist Nathalie Ferrier, artmaking is inextricable from place. She greeted me outside her home, barefoot, for a tour down the sandy path on which she […]
PORCHFEST PREVIEW
Jacqueline Schwab Improvises on a Theme
The pianist tries to create ‘music that welcomes everybody’
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab, who lives in Cambridge, describes growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa. surrounded by “a black shroud of dust” from the city’s steel mills. “It’s in my lungs, I’m […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 24, 2023 through August 31, 2023
The Glittering Art of Bob Mackie Cher, Tina, Liza, Diana, Beyoncé: Bob Mackie has dressed them all. Any time you think of one of those single-named superstars, you’re probably also […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Images That Capture What Is Almost Lost
Susan Mikula’s work illuminates moments just as they slip away
“I was raised in a family that loved art,” says photographer Susan Mikula. “When somebody opens that door and does not say, ‘Don’t go through it,’ that makes all the […]
THEATER REVIEW
In ‘The Thin Place,’ Believing Is Seeing
The Harbor Stage’s new production aims to lift your spirits
Do you believe in ghosts? In Lucas Hnath’s play The Thin Place, at the Harbor Stage Company in Wellfleet through Sept. 3, that question is equated with a theatergoer’s suspension […]
THEATER REVIEW
‘The Pickleball Wars’ Are Unleashed at WHAT
Big laughs are the collateral damage
They don’t come more homegrown than this. Kevin Rice’s The Pickleball Wars, which is having its world premiere at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater through Sept. 9, is a comedy […]
BOOKS
Escaping Virginia: The Education of Drew Gilpin Faust
Harvard’s first woman president talks about her about-to-be-published memoir
“Dear Mr. Eisenhower, I am nine years old and I am white.” These were the opening words of a letter protesting racism in American public education that Catharine Drew Gilpin […]
PERFORMANCE
Singer, Actor, and Activist LaChanze Is Coming to Town
The Tony Award winner will be at town hall with Seth Rudetsky
“She’s one of those rare people who is not only an incredible actress but there’s that shocking voice,” said Seth Rudetsky when asked to describe LaChanze. “Sure, there are records […]
MUSICIANS
The Gospel According to Suede
An Outer Cape legend has learned to get out of her own way
Suede the fabric is a velvety, pliable kind of leather made from the underside of animal skin. But Suede the musician is not so easily defined. An independent artist through […]
DISMANTLING FATPHOBIA
Anastasia Kidd Preaches Fat Liberation
The author of Fat Church sees the industrial diet complex as a system of oppression
Anastasia Kidd’s new book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation, fearlessly tackles the American industrial diet complex and unravels the threads of structural fatphobia. With persuasive data and […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 17, 2023 through August 24, 2023
Calexico Brings Desert Vibes to the Outer Cape The style of Tuscon, Ariz.-based indie rock band Calexico has been described as “desert noir” — their music is inspired by the […]
