PROVINCETOWN — Townspeople and visitors put their love of pets on parade with extra verve during Pet Appreciation Weekend this year. While animal magnetism was on display at events like […]
Happenings / Festivals
WINDMILL WEEKEND
Once Upon a Time There Was a Parade
IMMERSION
The Swim Is This Saturday
PROVINCETOWN — The 35th Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla is this Saturday, Sept. 10. You can still sign up to swim at swim4life.org (procrastinators may join the morning of, […]
HIT PARADE
Swamp Things and Satyrs Say Carnival Was Swell
Thirty floats and some 60 groups of costumed friends rolled, marched, twirled, and otherwise made their way down Commercial Street on Thursday, Aug. 18 in the first real live Carnival […]
LEGENDARY
Carnival Brings a Mythic Mood to Provincetown
Local businesses and artists pair up to design floats for Thursday’s parade
PROVINCETOWN — From now through Aug. 20, expect a Commercial Street flooded with Medusas, Bigfoots, and Barbra Streisands. The theme of this year’s Provincetown Carnival, which is organized by the […]
HOT WHEELS
2,950 Cyclists Finish the Pan Mass Challenge in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — The Pan Mass Challenge, which took place during a heat wave on the weekend of Aug. 6 and 7 this year, calls itself a fundraiser first and a […]
FAMILY VALUES
For LGBTQ Families, a Week That Brings ‘a Sigh of Relief’
Stacey Stevenson wants to ‘fight for, not fight against’
PROVINCETOWN — When Stacey and Cheralyn Stevenson first visited Provincetown during last summer’s Family Week, their sons Duke and London, who were six, immediately noticed the pride flags, the Black […]
STORIES
Drag Queen Story Hour Gives Mainstream Songs a Twist
Lil Miss Hot Mess’s joyful approach to challenges
PROVINCETOWN — When she reads aloud to children, Lil Miss Hot Mess often finds herself singing. At first, bursting into song with kids was just a way to make story […]
FOURTH OF JULY
Fifes, Funk, and Fireworks
Provincetown puts summer traditions on parade
SHARING THE HERITAGE
Celebrating the 75th Blessing of the Fleet
and the 26th Portuguese Festival
A percussionist with the Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band, which normally practices in Wareham, proves you don’t have to be Portuguese to join in Provincetown’s festival. The band is named […]
NEW YEAR
Goodbye 2021
Provincetown sent off the old year with a bang in rainbow colors as fireworks soared over the harbor last Friday evening. (Photo by Jamie Demetriou)
LOVING HANDS
Holidays Gifts That Reveal Hidden Talents
Looking for local crafts, you may learn your favorite bartender also knits
Maybe you’ve sworn off that day-after-Thanksgiving rush. Or was it that second round of pie that kept you from transitioning into the shopping season last weekend? Whatever the cause of […]
HANDSOME ROOTS
When Turnips Were King in Eastham
How Art Nickerson saved the town’s tasty tuber
EASTHAM — One hundred eleven years ago, the sandy fields of Eastham yielded 10,710 bushels of turnips, more than every other town from Provincetown to Yarmouth combined. When local farmers […]
PHOTO FEATURE
Eleventh Hour: Veterans Day 2021 in Provincetown
A solemn gathering on the pier honors all those who served
Provincetown marked Veterans Day this year with a solemn gathering on MacMillan Pier, with Jim Keefe serving as master of ceremonies. It was the 103rd anniversary of the signing of […]
IN COSTUME
Ninjas, Knights, Sharks, Goddesses, and Batgirls About Town
Halloween is ‘for the kids’ — and for candy
Naruto and a Lego Nexo Knight, characters from two different anime shows, fuel up an hour before Monday’s soccer practice with egg and bacon sandwiches and by climbing trees outside […]
