The summer came and went. And against all odds, we had live music, cabaret, and drag. Performers and venues acclimated to an entirely new way of performing — outdoors and […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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GALLERIES
Edie Vonnegut Paints to Elevate the Everyday
Giving Renaissance grace to portraits of essential workers
The painter Edith (“Edie”) Vonnegut sits in the sand on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, gazing at sailboats floating by in the sunshine. Her slender figure and natural beauty defy any […]
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Varujan Boghosian’s Art Is the Stuff of Poetry
A mini-retrospective in Berta Walker’s ‘Unity’ show
“Unity: Exploring Freedom and Democracy in 2020,” an exhibit on view at Berta Walker Gallery at 208 Bradford St. in Provincetown through Election Day, includes about 20 works by Varujan […]
BOOK REVIEW
Matthew Yglesias Envisions a Better, Much Bigger America
What we need, he suggests provocatively, is One Billion Americans
Faced with impending climate doom, extreme housing shortages, and a global pandemic that spreads through close human proximity, most people hope Americans will get fewer and farther between. In his […]
QUEER ‘I’
Amid a Pandemic, Revisiting ‘Dancer From the Dance’
Andrew Holleran’s romantic rebels realize the cost of freedom
A million years ago, back in 2016, I sat on a panel at a literary conference in New Orleans. At the time, I was working on my second novel, and […]
THEATER OF ART
Kahn & Selesnick’s Performance of a Lifetime
A PAAM show documents their work on the Outer Cape
The art of Kahn & Selesnick — otherwise known as Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, who met at Washington University in St. Louis in the ’80s, moved to the Cape […]
LIVE MUSIC
Thea Hopkins Creates Her Own Americana
Her stark lyrics draw on imagist poetry
This Friday, singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins will be performing on the Payomet Performing Arts Center’s Drive-in stage, offering the rare pleasure, these days, of experiencing a live musician in concert on […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Laugh! Laugh Out Loud
MIAH NATE JOHNSON / PAINTER, SEWER, CREATOR / WELLFLEET In the 1980s, Miah began traveling the world as a photojournalist, working with major photo agencies and clients like National Geographic. […]
THEATER
This All Happened
The indelible feeling of being part of something great
Wasn’t it a great summer? Like the others before? But this year! There was that first show — remember how thrilling it was to get back to the Harbor after […]
EXHIBITIONS
Alvin Ross, Provincetown’s Man for All Seasons
Stopped in his prime, the painter is celebrated in a new PAAM show
“Alvin Ross was a real bon vivant, whose life, loves, interests, and connections were complex and often intertwined,” says James Bakker. Bakker, a local gallerist, auctioneer, and art historian specializing […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Greg Salvatori Finds Joy in Unexpected Places
One man’s meat is another’s provocative beauty
“I like dramatic, show-stopping images,” says Greg Salvatori. “When I ask you to look at an artwork I created, I want to offer you something that is worthy of your […]
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Berta Walker Show Honors Native American Artists
Exploring a troubled history and hopeful future
“Contemporary Cape Artists of Native American Heritage,” a new exhibit at Berta Walker Gallery, 208 Bradford St. in Provincetown, features artwork with local indigenous connections. Running concurrently (through Election Day) […]
BOOK REVIEW
Hugh Raffles’s Relentless Riffs in a Book of Unconformities
Exploring Earthly phenomena in a most encyclopedic way
A long sentence careens through Hugh Raffles’s The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time. At 458 words, the sentence zigzags from a description of a helicopter ride gone wrong […]
OPERA
Goethe’s Tortured Hero, Set to Massenet’s Music
Werther was originally rejected by the Paris Opera as too ‘gloomy’
Jules Massenet’s music has never moved me. It’s too thickly orchestrated, and his choice of dramas too extreme. Werther, easily Massenet’s best opera, filled with romantic melodies and dissonant outbursts, bears the […]
CROSSWORD #13
Get Schooled
The September puzzle from Sophia Maymudes should be done on dry land. Need some answers? We send out the solution in our Friday newsletter. You’ll find the signup for our […]
