Shining from the Piscean edge of Aquarius, Sunday’s full Moon is a seasonal “blue moon” — a phenomenon that occurs, well, once in a blue moon. Also known as the […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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LISTINGS
The Week Ahead in Provincetown Drag
The Art House Ginger Minj, Thurs.-Sat. & Wed. at 9 p.m., $40 Crown & Anchor Varla Jean Merman, “Little Prick,” Thurs.-Sat. & Tues.-Wed. at 9 p.m., $49 Dina Martina, “Chariots […]
ARTISTS
Han Feng’s Sculptural, Intimate Photographs
The pandemic gave her The Gift of time
Stories abound of artists hunkering down in their studios during the pandemic, creating uninterrupted, as they did when art wasn’t a business — before they knew about galleries, commissions, or […]
MUSICIANS
Adam Ezra Group Builds Community
A band that is greater than the sum of its parts
“There is nothing that can bring people together more effectively than music,” says Adam Ezra, who will be performing with his group at the Payomet Performing Arts Center on Friday, […]
CONCERT REVIEW
Chamber Music Festival Returns, Forte
The Escher Quartet expertly plays Schumann and Coleridge-Taylor
I’ve listened to the dirge-like second movement of Robert Schumann’s piano quintet in E-flat major — specifically, as played by the Beaux Arts Trio in their 1976 recording — so […]
THEATER REVIEW
Tennessee Williams Looks Back in Sorrow
A Provincetown homecoming for The Glass Menagerie
As a tale of family dysfunction, Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie is shrouded in the cloud of memory. The play, which opened on Broadway in 1945, was Williams’s first critical […]
INDIE PUNK
Mal Blum Returns to Live Music
Uncovering a new sound in passionate, grungy anthems
When Mal Blum performs at Truro Vineyards this Saturday, hosted by Twenty Summers, it will be their first concert since the start of the pandemic. “I turned down other gigs […]
ABSTRACTION
Rick Wrigley Has Entered Phase Three
In which the furniture maker and builder turns to sculpture
It has been said that if you let an artist work long enough, he’ll eventually start working abstractly. If true, this certainly applies to Rick Wrigley, who says his career […]
ARTISTS
At Just 24, Qualeasha Wood Brings Textiles Into 2021
But her art is not all soft and fuzzy
“I spent most of my early art practice and young adult life trying to escape from the inherited social constraints of Blackness,” says textile artist Qualeasha Wood. “My perception of […]
ARTISTS
René Romero Schuler Goes Beneath the Surface
Voguish paintings that are more than meets the eye
From a distance, René Romero Schuler’s paintings might be written off as decorative, fashionable, or pretty. And that wouldn’t be entirely wrong: they are pretty. But that’s only part of […]
LEADERSHIP
A New Director Will Welcome Fellows to FAWC This Fall
Sharon Polli, fresh from Brooklyn, emphasizes community building
“The profound thing that has happened over the past year is that we, as individuals in society, have realized that we can’t really go back to the way things were […]
ARTISTS
Paul Wirhun Is the Eggman
A Ukrainian craft tradition inspires mosaic-like pieces
“Eggman” is how Paul Wirhun signs all his emails. It’s also the name that’s displayed on his screen during a recent Zoom call from Jersey City, N.J., where he maintains […]
THEATER REVIEW
A Funny Thing Happened Inside the Harbor Stage
To wit: the premiere of Stand Up if You’re Here Tonight
John Kolvenbach’s Stand Up if You’re Here Tonight, which is having its world premiere at the Harbor Stage Company in Wellfleet, is an extraordinarily intimate experience. The one-man show (with […]
LISTINGS
The Week Ahead in Provincetown Drag
The Art House Ginger Minj, Thurs.-Sat. & Wed. at 9 p.m., $40 Crown & Anchor Varla Jean Merman, “Little Prick,” Thurs.-Sat. & Tues.-Wed. at 9 p.m., $49 Dina Martina, “Chariots […]
