PROVINCETOWN — Francis “Flyer” Santos thought every kid should know how to swim and sail. And he had the chance to teach many of them in his day. Starting in […]
Community
Stories that need telling, about the people—past and present—of this place.
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PARADE PREVIEW
At This Summer Camp, a Bigfoot With Sass
A pair of NOLA set designers put their spin on this year’s Carnival theme
PROVINCETOWN — The Carnival parade was eight days away, and Noah Church still needed to build a Sasquatch costume, but his order of hot pink fun fur hadn’t arrived yet. […]
CAPE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Overheard at the First-Ever Firebirds Reunion
Fishing, clamming, a change-up, and love change summer players’ lives for good
ORLEANS — The coffee was cold. That was the first indication Bob Zavorskas’s co-workers at Roy Svenningsen’s construction company had that the young shortstop from Connecticut had his mind on […]
BOUTS
Cape Cod’s Boldest Jammers and Blockers Take to the Track in Orleans
In roller derby, skaters find the power to ‘take up space’
ORLEANS — Take it from Mean Mimi, Devil Velvet, and Tippi Longstocking: you don’t need ice to go skating at the Charles Moore Arena. The skaters, along with the other […]
GOOD VIBES
A Moment for the Marimba
At Provincetown’s Brasswood Inn, Mondays are about bringing music to the people
On a Monday evening in late July, Commercial Street is alive with people on bicycles, parents toting children, purpose-driven townies, dawdling tourists, and be-wigged drag queens on scooters. Brian Calhoon […]
DROPPING IN
Skateboarding Jam Makes Some Noise in Wellfleet
The Outer Cape’s annual homecoming for people who know ‘rules are made to be broken’
WELLFLEET — Colin Nobili’s amplified exclamations rang out across Mayo Beach from the Kevin J. Fitzgerald SK8 skatepark where competitors at all skill levels hit the pavement for the annual […]
THE FEMINISTAS
Womencrafts Is In on the Joke
With a fake award and an apt impression, a lesbian bookshop gets some pop culture love
PROVINCETOWN — When a group of men walked into Womencrafts last month, Vicky Barstow, who was on duty in her “dream retirement job,” wanted to know why they would want […]
WHERE WE ARE
The Reverberations of the Wellfleet Group
Robert Jay Lifton speaks of scholarship and activism — and of love of this place
Few scholars have reshaped our understanding of trauma the way Robert Jay Lifton has. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1926, Lifton attended Cornell University and New York Medical College before […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
In Praise of Old Cemeteries
An invitation into hallowed spaces for quiet, art, and stories from the past
It will come as no surprise to readers that for this “Graveyard Shift” column and for other research, I spend considerable time in old cemeteries. They have much to recommend […]
GOOD VIBES
A Moment for the Marimba
At Provincetown’s Brasswood Inn, Mondays are about bringing music to the people
On a Monday evening in late July, Commercial Street is alive with people on bicycles, parents toting children, purpose-driven townies, dawdling tourists, and be-wigged drag queens on scooters. Brian Calhoon […]
STREET STYLE
Not Very Demure
There was a moment last year when the word demure was on everyone’s lips. Not Momma JC’s, though. Never one to limit herself to one job, one opinion, or one […]
CAPE LEAGUE SOCCER
Storm Claims League Championship
Nauset defeats AC Independence 1-0 on penalty kicks
BARNSTABLE — J.J. Devine made 2 sterling stops, and Matt McAuliffe converted Nauset’s 4th and final penalty kick as the Storm won the shootout 4-1, to defeat AC Independence and […]
CAPE COD BASEBALL
Firebirds Eliminated From Playoffs by Dennis-Yarmouth
Red Sox win two straight to defeat the regular season champions
ORLEANS — Something was not right at Eldredge Park late last Thursday afternoon. The berm along the first-base line, usually sporting an assortment of multi-colored blankets and chairs reserving spots […]
STREET STYLE
Everything You Need
You may think Rodrigo Hernández is just that guy mixing your Banana Farmer on Tiki Sundays at the Harbor Lounge. But when you see him sipping a coffee by day […]
CAPE COD SOCCER
Storm Tops Napoli 1-0 in Quarterfinal Marred by Overtime Fight
Referee ends game when Nauset captain falls from a hit to the face
EASTHAM — The Nauset Storm’s first game of the 2025 Cape Cod Soccer League postseason — held on the Nauset High turf on Aug. 3 — ended abruptly during the […]
