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 […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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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, […]
THE STORYTELLERS
Poet in Residence
The writer’s fantasy: that words can have an enormous effect
One spring morning, my wife, Valerie, found a column in the San Francisco paper about Weed, Calif., which was getting ready to capitalize on its merchantable name. I e-mailed my […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Landing in the Light of Libra
Let yourself be awash in the post-equinoctial glow
Now that fall has arrived, the light looks like liquid gold. There is a scientific explanation for this, of course, involving the tilt of the Earth’s axis and the increasing […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Sept 23 through Sept 29
Farm Pop-Up With Hinton and Lapointe Farm Projects presents “Menagerie,” a pop-up show by artists and friends Megan Hinton and Lyne Lapointe, at The Barn, 96 Castle Road in Truro, […]
LISTINGS
The Week Ahead in Provincetown Drag
Crown & Anchor Uptown Girls, “Illusions,” Sat. at 6 p.m., $39 Dina Martina, “Chariots of Failure,” Sat. at 7:30 p.m., $44 Pilgrim House Paige Turner, “Joy Ride,” Fri.-Sat. at 7:30 […]
ART HISTORY
Vernon Smith Returns to Provincetown
Bakker Gallery shows the late artist’s batiks, metalwork, and woodwork
“It’s the sensibility that people relate to — the design. It’s very clever,” says Jim Bakker, unfolding some of Vernon Smith’s famed batiks — fabrics dyed with a wax-resist method […]
WRITERS
Francine Prose Reads Your Amazon Reviews
Her new novel, The Vixen, is a comedy about the Rosenbergs
Simon Putnam, the young protagonist of Francine Prose’s newest novel, The Vixen, is still figuring out who he is. Fresh out of Harvard, having studied folklore and mythology, he has […]
THEATER
The Unsinkable Tennessee Williams Fest Returns
With a theme of censorship, shows explore forbidden desire and expression
Putting on a festival of live theater — both indoors and outdoors — while the pandemic continues to rage is a risky and frustrating process. Yet that’s exactly what the […]
GALLERIES
Room 68 Sets Up Shop in Wellfleet
Works by Katrine Hildebrandt and Tim McCool are on view
Brent Refsland and Eric Portnoy, who own Room 68 in Provincetown, and now in Wellfleet, too, are, in some ways, spur-of-the-moment people. Their Provincetown gallery started as a pop up. […]
MUSICIANS
Daniel Shevlin Shows His Versatility
The cellist from Well-Strung goes solo
Well-Strung, a string quartet known for its pop covers and hunky members, was founded in 2012 by second violinist Chris Marchant and producer Mark Cortale. Since the pandemic, with group […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Sept 16 through Sept 22
Cross-Country Art Berta Walker Gallery presents “Learning/Medium/Opportunity,” an online exhibit of works by Laura Shabott’s and Alana Barrett’s students from across the country. It opens Saturday, Sept. 18 and runs […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Zach Oren Gives Visibility to a Trans Nation
With a clear eye and open heart, he captures the ‘Ides of Gender’
Zach Oren is not cagey about who he is. Even though there’s little biographical information available about him online, he’s forthright in explaining how he got to be the person […]
