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 […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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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 […]
CROSSWORD #21
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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 […]
BOOK REVIEW
Marga Vicedo Dismantles the Myth of the ‘Refrigerator Mother’
Her biography of Clara Park is also a history of autism
Teaching English to G.I.s returning to peacetime America after World War II, Clara Park wrote her mother of her frustration with Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. Her students, she noted, “had […]
INDIE SCREEN
Three Films That Alter Perceptions
With Oscar finding a new normal, documentaries lead the way
It was a strange Academy Awards in 2021. Diversity was the most visible change in the world of Oscar glitz, but the pandemic, with its enforced social distancing and lack […]
SQUID INK
We Call It Ink, but What Is the Stuff Squid Squirt?
Pseudomorphs and other cephalopod strategies
“I already have plans.” I hear myself allow that particular evasive phrase to slip out more as the weather warms and the squidding season arrives. Especially when someone tries to […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Get Lost, Get Lucky, and Stay Hopeful
A full Moon eclipse in Sagittarius brings newfound purpose and freedom
Just when we were ready to resolve ourselves to an uncertain summer, the CDC’s announcement that fully vaccinated folks can look forward to a maskless future seems to have been […]
In View This Week
Wellfleet’s Main Street. (Photo Marnie Crawford Samuelson) On Commercial Street, May 8, 2021. (Photo Nancy Bloom)
CINEMA
‘Hybrid’ Provincetown Film Fest to Honor Linklater
In a move toward normal, there will be some live screenings
Closed since the Covid lockdown in March 2020, the Waters Edge Cinema in Provincetown is finally reopening. The reason: the 2021 Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), which will be running […]
