Arts & Minds
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NEW VISIONS
Bridging a Generational Divide
The co-founders of an art collective on collaboration and combining complementary skills
“How can we use the element of contrast in our work?” asked Alana Barrett, one of the two founders of the art collective PROMPT at the beginning of last week’s […]
INDIE SCREEN
Tales of Impossible Romance and Great Longing
Streaming movies with storytelling prowess
Amid the torrent of news about Putin’s Russia and its corrupt imperial rampage into Ukraine comes the movie Firebird, now streaming on Amazon Prime. This Estonian-British coproduction recounts a tragic […]
LOCAL ROYALTY
Provincetown’s Sweetheart Signs Off for Now
The beloved star of Leggs Up and Dancing has retired from WOMR
Oh, Sweet Sarah, there have been good times. But for Lady Di and her fans all over the world, the times they are a-changin’. Lady Di, another part of Vernon […]
BOOK REVIEW
Resetting the Holy Atonement Button
A rabbi offers a way to find forgiveness in a difficult world
It is hard at the moment not to feel that there is no way out — individually, communally, or globally — of the shameful mess that is life. And yet […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for September 29 through October 6, 2022
Beth Malone Returns to Provincetown Beth Malone says she’s felt connected to Provincetown for decades. “It was the first place I ever walked down the street holding my wife’s hand […]
ART THERAPY
Paul Rizzo Is Searching for His Dream House
A new show explores the personal geography of memory
Here is a partial list of Paul Rizzo’s obsessions, in no particular order, based on a visual inventory of the works in progress (all his works are almost always “in […]
PROVINCETOWN BOOK FESTIVAL
Ruth Ozeki on Bringing Books to Life
The acclaimed novelist conjures a dreamscape in her latest book
Ruth Ozeki spoke about her latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, winner of the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction, at last weekend’s Provincetown Book Festival. It was her […]
ABOVE AND BELOW
Finding Beauty and Menace in the Natural World
Carrie Lederer discovers inspiration in nature’s extremes
Carrie Lederer has a table in her studio in Oakland, Calif. that she describes as “an artist statement in 3D.” It displays things she finds in nature, often from her […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
AMP: Art Market Provincetown 432 Commercial St. Nik Key of Norwalk, Conn. and Kate McLauchlan from Bergen County, N.J. are visiting Provincetown for the weekend. They are drawn to Rick […]
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL
What Makes a Man?
Gina Carmela drags masculinity through the heteronormative mud
The male leads in Tennessee Williams plays often embody a specific set of characteristics: sweaty T-shirt, chiseled chin, toxic masculinity. Drag king Gina Carmela will be taking on this archetype […]
BOOK REVIEW
Making Her Way in a Man’s World
Sally Cabot Gunning’s latest novel covers some satisfyingly familiar territory
Death, betrayals, hard times, violent storms, seemingly dead-end situations with a spark of hope: Sally Cabot Gunning’s new book, Painting the Light, has everything her readers have come to expect. […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for September 22 through September 29, 2022
Cowboy Junkies Make Their Own Kind of Music Is it country? “New” country? Country-rock? Folk? The sound of Cowboy Junkies is tough to pin down. In a world where so […]
PROVINCETOWN BOOK FESTIVAL
A Tale of Two Queer Artistic Partnerships
New biographies of two towering literary figures: Willa Cather and F.O. Matthiessen
What is the relationship between artistic vocation and sexual identity? Between creative and romantic partnerships? And how should we assess forms of same-sex union and choices about queer self-representation from […]
PROVINCETOWN BOOK FESTIVAL
Searching for Solutions to the Racial Divide in Health Care
Linda Villarosa’s Under the Skin addresses systemic injustices
Finding solutions to deep-rooted systemic injustices can seem impossible. But as Linda Villarosa writes in Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health […]
