The year is 1923. The Irish Civil War is nearing its end, leading to the creation of the Irish Free State despite the violent objections of the Irish Republican Army. […]
Arts & Minds
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Jan. 19, 2023 through Jan. 26, 2023
A World of Animation Comes to Wellfleet After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 22nd annual Animation Show of Shows returns to Wellfleet Preservation Hall from Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, […]
ART HISTORY
Reconsidering the Artistic Legacy of Charles Heinz
His paintings of local landscapes reveal a bold and visionary artist
A fickle system determines which artists are remembered and which are forgotten. The Outer Cape has its canon of artists. Some are known internationally, like Edward Hopper, while others are […]
BOOKS
More ‘Less’ May Be Just What We Need Right Now
The sequel to Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is winter comfort reading
Escapism is a form of self-care, and self-care is a high priority right now for Provincetown residents facing months of winter. Good reads — like batteries, chocolate, moisturizer, and canned […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for New Beginnings
Picks by staff and contributors to get your New Year off to a smashing start
We begin every January thinking about resolutions, but we never hear anything about what music to listen to while we’re trying to accomplish them. So, we asked Independent staff and […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Jan. 12, 2023 through Jan. 19, 2023
Warm Sounds for a Cold Night Music wafting over the waves and sand on a Rio de Janeiro beach is about the farthest thing from the vibe on the Outer […]
AT THE MUSEUM
By Artists, for Artists (and Everyone Else)
The Members’ Juried Exhibition at PAAM highlights the continued excellence of working artists on the Outer Cape
I recently came across a digital copy of a bulletin for an exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 1935: a no-frills black-and-white publication filled with ads and […]
ART AND ACTIVISM
Arts of Renewal for Troubled Times
Jay Critchley’s 40th ‘post-consumption’ Re-Rooters Day ceremony is this weekend
Amidst the conflagration of World War II, William Carlos Williams — the 20th-century heir to Walt Whitman’s democratic American poetics — wrote a poem about destruction, creation, and the hope […]
LINE BREAK
Wind-Scoured and Gleaming
Marge Piercy’s instructions for living
Last month’s pre-Christmas storm is one we’ll be remembering for years. The damage to homes, businesses, and infrastructure is heartbreaking and terrifying. Wildlife, too, took a beating, with many sea […]
INDIE SCREEN
Coming of Age With the Help of Movies
Spielberg and del Toro look back with mixed feelings
There’s a scene near the end of The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his childhood and teenage years, where the budding filmmaker Sammy Fabelman is confronted by Logan, a […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Jan. 5, 2023 through Jan. 12, 2023
Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey’s Quiet Dimensions With an M.F.A. in sculpture, Boston-based artist Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey brings a three-dimensional sensibility to her two-dimensional pieces currently on view at Room 68 (377 Commercial St., […]
NEW YEAR'S CARD
Changing the Climate
2023 Art & Photography
When we settled on “Changing the Climate” as the theme of the Independent’s annual New Year’s art and photography issue for 2023, we told contributors that they could interpret the […]
INDIE SCREEN
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What’s the Greatest Film of All?
A once-a-decade list of the best films in the history of cinema contains several surprises
The esteemed film magazine Sight and Sound, which is published monthly by the British Film Institute, released its once-a-decade list of the 100 greatest films of all time on Dec. […]
TRASH AND TREASURE
From the Swap Shop to the Museum: Transforming Junk Into Art
Robert Rindler reflects on plastic, design, and making order out of chaos
WELLFLEET — When Robert Rindler was a young boy, he collected baseball cards. But unlike his brother, he wasn’t so concerned about the players: he was in it for the […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Dec. 29 through Jan. 5, 2022
The Art of Books Old books are getting new life as art pieces at the Eastham Public Library, which is gearing up for its annual Repurposed Art Book Contest and […]
