Singer and songwriter Billy Hough estimates that, since his stage show Scream Along With Billy began its run in 2006, he and bassist Sue Goldberg have covered around 300 records. […]
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Fine Arts Work Center Welcomes Its 2021-2022 Fellows
20 visual artists and writers take up residence in Provincetown
Nineteen writing and visual arts fellows arrived last month at the Fine Arts Work Center for seven-month residencies in Provincetown. One more fellow, Ellen Akimoto, is in Germany dealing with […]
IN THE STUDIO
The Complete Works of Bert Yarborough
A look inside his overflowing, colorful Truro workspace
From the outside, Bert Yarborough’s Truro studio, located in an industrial complex, doesn’t look like much. It is housed in a row of identical rented units, each with a windowless […]
INDIE SCREEN
Midnight in the Cinema of Good and Evil
Three idiosyncratic new films explore human frailties and gumption
The 2016 movie Jackie, which stars Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and is directed by the Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín, was an unexpected gem. It delved into the mind […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Nov 25 through Dec 1
‘Gratitude’ at Addison Gallery Addison Gallery, 43 South Orleans Road in Orleans, is hosting “A Benefit Show of Gratitude,” running through Dec. 31, with work by Paul Batch, Paul Schulenburg, […]
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GALLERIES
Chris Firger Gives Cape Landscapes an Early Modern Flair
Inspired by Canadian masters, he makes paintings that ‘jump off the wall’
“The root of a lot of what I do is the Group of Seven,” Chris Firger says, speaking by phone from his Salem studio after a long day’s work preparing […]
ARTISTS
Frank Milby: Friend and Mentor
He and Katrina Walker share a retrospective at the Commons
Katrina Walker first met Frank Milby in 1983 at Provincetown’s Café Edwige, now closed, where Milby’s wife, Karen, worked. “Frank came up to our table,” recalls Walker. “He looked at […]
BOOKS
Lizabeth Cohen Takes a Long View of Urban Renewal
From her corner of the Truro woods, she writes of Saving America’s Cities
Urban renewal today conjures images of destruction and displacement. But in her most recent book, Saving America’s Cities, historian Lizabeth Cohen brings readers into the post-World War II mindset that […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Nov 18 through Nov 24
AMZehnder Gallery’s Holiday Show AMZehnder Gallery, 25 Bank St. #3 in Wellfleet, is mounting a holiday art show through Jan. 1. There are paintings and small works by gallery staples […]
SCULPTORS
For Susan Lyman, Art Doesn’t Just Grow on Trees
Her new show is a surreal reflection of the natural world in distress
“I’m not a city person,” says the artist Susan Lyman, chatting in the far East End Provincetown home she designed and built in 1987 with her late husband, Doug Trumbo, […]
CRAZY QUILT
The Provincetown History Preservation Project Lives On
A digital archive contains a treasure trove of documents and artifacts
“Listen, we have a long, rich history,” says Stephen Borkowski, sitting in the Provincetown library’s Cape Cod room. “Provincetown saw the founding of American democracy. The origins of American theater. […]
MEMOIR
Alexandra Marshall Puts Silence Into Words
A suicide and its aftermath
Alexandra Marshall was just 26 when her husband, Tim Buxton, normally joyous and enthusiastic in the face of challenges, committed suicide. It was 1970 and the couple was in Ghana […]
ARCHITECTURE
Meet Wellfleet’s Historic Preservation Consultant
Lynn Smiledge investigates the secret lives of houses
Lynn Smiledge began her career producing medical films in the pre-computer era of the late 1970s, creating educational animations and advertising for pharmaceutical companies. Back then, “It was all pen […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Nov 11 through Nov 17
Dennis Cunningham’s Poetic ‘Stations’ “Stations of the Peaked Hill Bars” is an installation by Wellfleet actor, filmmaker, and Renaissance man Dennis Cunningham. It’s based on the Roman Catholic tradition of […]
