Woodman/Shimko Gallery, 346 Commercial St. Erin Long is an artist from Sharon. She gazes at a wall of paintings by Danielle Coenen. All are close-up portraits of faces. Long feels […]
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 25 through September 1, 2022
Secrets and Lines at AMZehnder Gallery There’s an elusive quality that connects the work of the three artists featured in a new group show at AMZehnder Gallery in Wellfleet. Gallery […]
GALLERIES
Jack Pierson Celebrates an Artist’s Life
A new show in Provincetown features words as images
A plumber’s son who grew up in Plymouth and made his way to extraordinary success in a variety of media, Jack Pierson always feels a bit defensive about the bona […]
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION
In Jeannie Motherwell’s Work, the Paint Is Moving
Her influences include Cape Cod Bay and the Hubble telescope
The Jeannie Motherwell paintings now on view at the Schoolhouse Gallery through Aug. 31 are a dramatic exploration of three-dimensional space in two dimensions. Experiencing them is like weighing anchor […]
GOSPEL TRUTH
The Blind Boys of Alabama Have a Vision
The celebrated gospel singers believe you can be what you want to be
Eric McKinnie, who is known as Ricky, has been a member of the Blind Boys of Alabama since 1989. But the renowned gospel group launched 50 years before that. Clarence […]
THEATER REVIEW
With Frozen, the Harbor Stage Serves Up Killer Performances
Bryony Lavery’s play explores the aftermath of a senseless murder
Are there crimes so heinous that their perpetrators are beyond redemption? Fritz Lang’s 1930 movie M, starring Peter Lorre as a kindermörder — “child murderer” — ends with doubts about […]
BOOK REVIEW
Everyone Is to Blame, But Blame Is Not the Point
Lindsey J. Palmer explores the shifting landscapes of friendship in Reservations for Six
The ritual of birthday dinners among old friends — the lengthy and indulgent courses, the observations of milestones met, missed, and anticipated — provides the structure of Eastham resident Lindsey […]
THAT’S ITALIAN
Connecting the Dots From Sicily to SpaghettiOs
Ian MacAllen savors the role of red sauce in the making of Italian-Americanism
I want to get this out of the way at the get-go: I was raised on SpaghettiOs, and I loved them. Surely you remember Chef Boyardee with his jaunty toque, […]
INNER VISION
Liz Dexheimer Embraces ‘Atmospheric Conditions’
At Rice Polak, an artist’s abstract paintings create a meditative space
It isn’t easy finding Liz Dexheimer’s studio if you haven’t been there before. Cellphone reception is spotty in this remote area of Connecticut, and even with detailed directions its gray […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for August 18 through August 25, 2022
Housing Awareness at Wellfleet Galleries The home group exhibit at Susie Nielsen’s Farm Projects in Wellfleet is intended to raise awareness of Cape Cod’s housing crisis. Thirteen artists will participate, […]
ASYLUM
Two Afghan Women Flee the Taliban and Land in Wellfleet
The sisters are safe but hoping to rescue the rest of their family
WELLFLEET — Maryam and Shabnam have been enjoying a typical Outer Cape summer — going to Newcomb Hollow Beach and the Fox and Crow Café and on whale watch excursions […]
READING ROOM
When the Big Bad Wolf Walks in the Door
A children’s book about domestic abuse might be best read in a supportive setting
The book was handed to me by my daughter’s friend with a request to read it aloud. We were at the Wellfleet Public Library, and as I started reading, I realized […]
CROSSWORD #34
Monster Mash-Up
Happy Carnival to all!
PRINTMAKING
Replacing Narrative With Feeling
Robert Shreefter’s layered prints grow lighter
Robert Shreefter is learning to lose the storyline in his printmaking. Until recently, he says, he didn’t allow himself that. “If I don’t have something to motivate me, like a […]
WRITING THROUGH THE PAIN
Cookie Mueller’s Carefree Misadventures, Carefully Told
In a new edition, a collection becomes a memoir of a life lived without hesitation
Cookie Mueller and her friends were cold. They were in Provincetown, it was the winter of 1970, and Mueller, who is best known for acting in John Waters’s films, and […]
