PROVINCETOWN — A federal judge ruled on Jan. 22 that the collection of fees by the National Park Service (NPS) for commercial filming is a violation of free speech. This […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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MIXED MEDIA
SunMi Scheinler Is Inspired by the Outer Cape in Her Art and Life
She creates embroidered seascapes using traditional Japanese technique
On a sunny winter’s day, SunMi Scheinler leans against a weathered wood fence at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet. Behind her, a calm ocean stretches to the horizon. She takes […]
SELF-CONSTRUCTION
The Music of Sophie Is Transcendent
A tribute to the late queer icon
Sophie — self-styled in all capital letters — a trans DJ and producer who died on Jan. 30, 2021 at age 34 from an accidental fall in Greece, sculpted and […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Survivors Is Jane Harper at Her Criminal Best
An Aussie mystery with echoes of the Outer Cape
If you are in need of a particularly good escape that requires no travel this pandemic February, look no further than Australian crime writer Jane Harper’s latest whodunit, The Survivors, […]
CROSSWORD #18
Separation Anxiety
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ARTISTS
Jesse Ceraldi’s Floral Paintings Blossomed Amid Covid
The artist, restaurant owner, and teacher says her work is a measure of her love
“Flowers and love are both timeless and fleeting,” says Jesse Ceraldi. “A flower is an emblem of nature’s continuity, yet a beautiful bouquet dies in front of your eyes. In […]
THEATER
For Sallie Tighe, the Outer Cape Is Both Stage and Salvation
She and a corps of local talent will once again put on ‘The 24 Hour Plays’
The thing that reassures Sallie Tighe the most about “The 24 Hour Plays” — the annual Presidents Day tradition at the Provincetown Theater — is that she doesn’t have to […]
TALKING POINTS
From New York to Truro to Russia and Back
Journalist turned novelist Karen Dukess interviews authors for Castle Hill
Beginning next week, writer Karen Dukess is hosting a series of virtual talks with authors of new fiction and nonfiction via Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. On […]
MUSICIANS
Eric Maul Is Provincetown’s Rebel With a Flute
His weekly online tootin’ is classical sass
“I moved here in the summer of 2019,” says Eric Maul, a Provincetown-based, classically trained flutist. “I’d been living in Boston for five years, and I just wasn’t getting what […]
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Wellfleet’s Modern Houses Are Still Laboratories for Collaboration
Four artists from Brooklyn make the most of 10 days in October
A storm rolls toward the Outer Cape, stirring the ocean’s waves and sending shivers through the pine forest. Unperturbed, a lone figure dances on the deck of the Kugel/Gips House, […]
INDIE SCREEN
Stories That Straddle Fact and Fiction
‘It’s only a movie’ is not always reassuring
How odd in an era of “fake news” accusations — usually a case of childish denial, or a con artist’s switcheroo — to see a movie called News of the […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Story of America Through Hand-Crafted Objects
Glenn Adamson’s new history looks at under-represented talents
Perhaps you are turned off by standard American histories, from expensive textbooks to doorstop-sized biographies of Important Men. You might find descriptions of the conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander […]
ORGANIC ART
Drew Carnelli’s Sculptures Grow From the National Seashore
His anonymous creations are inspired by a love for the Cape’s dunes
Drew Carnelli sets off down the beach, a stick to ward off coyotes in one hand, a bait bag for collecting trash in the other. He wanders the Outer Cape […]
MUSEUM TOUR
Napi Van Dereck Exhibit Sequel Opens at PAAM
Works by noteworthy women artists are featured
An exhibition of artworks from the collection of Napi and Helen Van Dereck opened last Friday at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The first installment of this show took […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Loneliest of Lombards
On a woods walk, the burial place of a family affected by another pandemic
WELLFLEET — Deep in the woods of Wellfleet’s Bound Brook Island, a path padded with pine needles and slashed with filtered sunlight rises and dips, showing the way to a […]
