CAMBRIDGE — Two days ago, while I sat on my bed talking on the phone, a rat scrambled across my bedcovers and slipped down between the mattress and the wall. […]
Arts & Minds
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Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Nov 4 through Nov 10
Workshops at 24PearlStreet The Fine Arts Work Center’s online writing program, 24PearlStreet, is hosting two workshops that run Nov. 8 through Dec. 2. June Sylvester Saraceno is teaching “Creating Unforgettable […]
IN THE STUDIO
Salvatore Del Deo: Routine and Ritual
A student of Hensche and Dickinson embodies their practices
Salvatore Del Deo first came to Provincetown in 1946 to study painting with Henry Hensche. “When I drove to the Cape the first time, it took six hours from Providence,” […]
Queer ‘I’
It’s Fun Being Trans
A Report from Provincetown’s Fan Fair 2021
In November 1980, a journalist named D. Keith Mano wrote an article for Playboy titled “It’s No Fun Being a Girl.” The article — which I read thanks to a […]
THE STORYTELLERS
Called Back by the Tide
The writer, aware of the menace below, learns to sail
I had sailed only twice before coming to Provincetown. I had always liked boating — I rowed in Central Park as a boy, and in time became a strong canoeist […]
DRAG SHOW
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Provincetown’s drag queens prepare for Halloween
Brightly colored makeup palettes are spread across the bathroom counter as Mackenzie Miller puckers her lips while contouring her cheekbones. “When the makeup is done, you look in the mirror […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
A Time for Revelry, and, Maybe, Moderation
The trick is in the interplay of form and transformation
Happy Halloween, witches and wanderers! In the ancient traditions of the Celts, the Hindus, and the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America, ahead is a night reserved for reverent […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Oct 28 through Nov 3
‘Bewitching’ Show at Bowersock Gallery “Bewitching Affairs” opens at Bowersock Gallery, 373 Commercial St. in Provincetown, on Saturday, Oct. 30 and runs through Nov. 2. There will be a reception […]
CROSSWORD #26
Round and Round
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PRINTING
Vladimir Schuster Aims to Make a Distinct Impression
A master electrician launches a fine art printmaking studio in Provincetown
When we picture artists at work, we typically imagine them creating with their hands — drawing a figure, sculpting in clay. Printmaking brings the mechanical into the mix. That doesn’t […]
OPERA
Seeing Fire in a Crowded Theater
The Met returns with Terence Blanchard’s work about race, sex, and coming of age
Being back at the Metropolitan Opera in New York last Wednesday had a surreal quality. Masked faces peered across balconies through opera glasses. The sound of the orchestra warming up […]
MUSICIANS
Midge Ure Never Left
The former Ultravox frontman is still fronting
The name on the screen for our Zoom call says “James Ure.” But Ure is better known as Midge, a phonetic reversal of the name Jim. The nickname was originally […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for Oct 21 through Oct 27
Fall Bakker Auction Bakker Antiques is holding its fall online auction on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. There are 148 lots with a selection of Provincetown art spanning over […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View this Week
The original three sisters lighthouses fell into the Atlantic in 1890. Their replacements ended up on Cable Road in Eastham. (Photo Nancy Bloom) A Danaus plexippus and a Buddleja davidii […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
A driftwood sculpture stands tall, face to the wind, at Newcomb Hollow Beach on Saturday, Oct. 9. (Photo Teresa Parker)
