What does it mean to be — as the poet, essayist, and playwright Timothy DuWhite puts it — “hard to love”? It’s being seen as “an impossible partner for people,” […]
Arts & Minds
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BOOK REVIEW
Sarah Schulman’s Mesmerizing, Messy History of ACT UP
How an alphabet soup of affinity groups fought an epidemic
How do you tell the story of a movement without simply chronicling the lives of a few supposed leaders of that movement? Sarah Schulman tackles this question head-on in Let […]
MOVIES
A Cape-Shot Feature Launches the Provincetown Film Fest
Screenings begin Tuesday at the Wellfleet Drive-In
“We all have loss,” says Paul Riccio, the director and co-writer of Give or Take, a new feature film shot here on Cape Cod — mostly in Orleans — that […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
Wellfleet resident Walter Dorrell atop dune grasses at Race Point on May 19. (Photo Elizabeth Brooke) Fishermen at Pamet Harbor on Tuesday, June 1. (Photo Nancy Bloom)
JOURNALISTS
Brian Vines Is Going In: This Time, to Provincetown
His talk on climate migrants is a ‘love letter to community media’
Brian Vines first learned to watch television — not just passively, but in an intellectually engaged way — from his grandmother who was blind. “I was her eyes,” he says. […]
MUSICIANS
From Brooklyn With Love
Alexis P. Suter brings her booming voice to Payomet
If thunder could sing, it would sound like Alexis P. Suter. The big-voiced blues belter from Brooklyn is a singer whose power and presence bring to mind Ma Rainey and […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs That Embrace Imperfection
Musical picks by Provincetown Independent staff and contributors
For this fourth installment of the Indie Playlist, contributors were asked to pick songs that are imperfect in some way. Perhaps they were recorded live. Or the singer’s voice breaks […]
BOOK REVIEW
Looking Back With Empathy
A gay man connects with his late dad as a soldier
Much has been made of the Greatest Generation and World War II, mostly by Baby Boomers, looking back on the sacrifices of their parents. In the 1960s and ’70s, during […]
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ARTISTS
Chanel Thervil Looks at How Creatives of Color Cope
The Twenty Summers resident is inspired by Black women’s wisdom
“I believe that art is an important vehicle for discussion and reflection,” says the Haitian-American artist and educator Chanel Thervil. “My goal is to encourage people to think new thoughts, […]
MUSICIANS
There’s No Stopping Anne Stott
Her revamped show at Pilgrim House combines harmony and drama
When actor and singer-songwriter Anne Stott first arrived in Provincetown in 2007, she wasn’t expecting to stay long. She had planned a four-month winter writing retreat as an escape from […]
THE ART OF COVID
Jay Critchley’s Banner Year
His show at AMP Gallery puts pandemics into perspective
As Covid began its roller-coaster ride of infection in early 2020, causing panic, sickness, and death, much of the art world came to a halt. “I read one article after […]
BOOK REVIEW
Alison Bechdel Finds Enlightenment in Exercise
The author of Fun Home gets beyond transcendence
One of the pleasures of reading a memoir is witnessing a character make the same mistakes over and over again. Novels rarely leave room for this. By the last page, […]
GALLERY PREVIEW
Memorial Day Weekend Brings a Bonanza of Art
With Covid precautions eased, an array of openings to enjoy
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and, with it, the gallery season. Opening Friday, May 28 at AMP Gallery is “these past few years,” a show of […]
ARCHITECTURE
The Cultural Memory of Deaf Spaces
Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield, whose Twenty Summers talk is Saturday, encourages other architects to do better
When Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield was eight years old, he “lost” his hearing aids — much to the chagrin of his parents. “They constantly buzzed whenever the batteries ran low,” he […]
