WELLFLEET — The last OysterFest celebrated here drew an estimated 23,000 people to town, where they ate some 125,000 oysters, drank quantities of beer perhaps best left unestimated, and stayed […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
All Those Retrogrades Will Be Behind Us Soon
It’s time to open up, go out, and move on
Cosmic cookies, star-grazers! Multiple planets that have been in retrograde are finally stationing direct this month, dropping even more celestial blessings from the busy October skies. First there’s Pluto, whose […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Oct 7 through Oct 13
ArtProvincetown Festival ArtProvincetown is a three-day-long festival running Friday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Oct. 10. The festival includes museum and gallery events along with live music. The first day will […]
ARTISTS
Finding Inspiration in Negative Space
Damion Silver’s show in Eastham is bold, bright, and graphic
Around the start of the pandemic, Damion Silver was working on a sculpture in his studio when he noticed that the shadows cast on the floor made interesting patterns. That […]
INDIE SCREEN
The Monstrous Cost of Art
Good, bad, or ugly — is it worth it?
Seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris is a less-than-contemplative experience. The Renaissance painting is housed in the high-ceilinged Salle des États, which is filled with […]
MUSIC
Boston Naturals Live for Lou
The funny thing about the Boston Naturals is that many of their gigs are on the Cape, not Boston. A lot are in Wellfleet. And that is where you will […]
BOOK REVIEW
Women Who Rocked the Boat
Siân Evans tells stories from above and below deck
In Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them, Siân Evans provides a lively account of the experiences of female workers and travelers aboard […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for Fall
Thieves, vampires, and ‘Lizard Wizards’
For this new edition of the Indie Playlist, contributors were asked to write about songs they can’t get out of their heads. The results: indie rock, Australian psychedelic rock, Halloween […]
LIVES
Richard Pickering, Man of Many Hats
The actor created the Plimoth Players, an all-male Shakespeare company
“Did you see that guy’s sombrero?” incredulous drivers ask as they speed by Richard Pickering. “It’s huge!” He has sat under an umbrella outside his family’s 1875 Wellfleet home on […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Sept 30 through Oct 6
Kat Edmonson at Payomet The New York Times has called jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson’s tone “fresh as a spring bouquet.” Accompanied by piano, she will perform at the Payomet Performing […]
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POSTCARDS
Lost on the Highway to Topeka
An Indie alum reports on her summer-long road trip
INTERSTATE 94 — Who knew there existed two Topekas? Certainly not I, fresh, in June, from my yearlong stint as the Independent’s crime-Dougie-dredging correspondent and 1,000 miles into a summer road […]
ARTISTS
Karen Cappotto Brings Back Some Souvenirs
‘Why do people save tokens?’ the Provincetown painter and collagist asks
“My artwork is about telling stories,” says the artist Karen Cappotto. “I always thought that I would become a writer, but I discovered that telling my story visually works better […]
THEATER
In the Woods, ‘The Witch’ Has Room to Fly
Director Megan Nussle takes it outdoors as part of the Tennessee Williams Fest
In a memorable scene from Thomas Middleton’s The Witch, three characters sing in a forest glade before flying off into the night. When audiences come to see the show as […]
MUSICIANS
Amythyst Kiah Bares Her Soul
For the singer-songwriter, ‘The sky’s the limit’
“Wary and Strange” isn’t just the title of Amythyst Kiah’s new Rounder Records album — it’s a description of how she felt growing up in Tennessee facing issues of race, […]
