PROVINCETOWN — Larry Moodry first came to Provincetown in 1960, hoping to spend a college summer waiting tables. He got more than he bargained for. “Provincetown,” he says, “became my […]
Community
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FARMERS
The Rais Turn a Borrowed Slope Into Fertile Terraces
Down Home on the Cape’s eccentric end
TRURO — The sun is setting at an angle that casts a cool shade over three stools in the grass in front of a garage-like barn, where piles of produce […]
PADDLING
On the Pickleball Circuit
A nationwide obsession has made landfall on the Outer Cape
PROVINCETOWN — A light mist hangs over the 20-odd people who have decided to spend an overcast Saturday morning playing pickleball in Provincetown. Periodic exclamations cut through a rhythmic thwack-thwack […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Holding Onto 2nd Place Despite Falling Below .500
ORLEANS — Despite falling a game below .500, the Orleans Firebirds (17-18) maintained their second-place spot in the Cape Cod Baseball League’s East Division standings. The team dropped two straight […]
CABARET
The Startling, Vulnerable, Wildly Theatrical Sandra Bernhard
She is bringing her new show, ‘A Spring Affair,’ to town hall
September 2012, somewhere south of Hell’s Kitchen and the end of my first night as a full-time citizen of New York City. I was crouched on a sidewalk corner cleaning […]
MUSIC
Aoife O’Donovan Channels Springsteen
A pandemic-era livestream of Nebraska becomes a national tour
Fresh off an international tour for his hit fifth album The River, Bruce Springsteen was a veritable rock star in 1982. But he had hit a personal wall, grappling with […]
KEEPING SCORE
Composing on the Outer Cape
Three women composers talk about their lives and their work
Classical concerts rarely feature pieces composed by women. Three women composers who draw inspiration from the Outer Cape discuss how they found (and are still finding) their ways in an […]
INCIDENTALLY
Sushi Supervisor
It was late, around 9 p.m., when I walked out of Stop & Shop with my dinner: a crunchy shrimp sushi roll and a gingerberry kombucha. I sat right outside […]
WILDLIFE
Herpetologist Meets Bears on the Old Colony Nature Trail
Fowler’s toads, garter snakes, and fireflies on a Bear Week expedition
PROVINCETOWN — A cloud of bug spray filled the air as 11 men and two women (including this reporter) followed Scott Smyers down the Old Colony Trail on the evening […]
SCAVENGER HUNT
Fantasy Surfboards
ORLEANS — A multicolored house cat, low to the ground, stalks a variety of woodland prey. But not in your back yard. The scene can be seen on a surfboard-shaped […]
SURFING
Waterwomen Have Their Day at the Beach
Freezing cold water, crumbly waves, and new surf buddies galore
WELLFLEET — On a drab, rainy Friday in July some 20 hardy waterwomen gathered on Marconi Beach. Mothers and daughters, friends, first-timers, and one reporter milled around on the sand, […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
6 Firebirds Are Chosen for All-Star Team
ORLEANS — The Firebirds had six players named to the Cape Cod Baseball League’s East Division All-Star team on Monday: Jo Oyama (Southern Cal), Jack Penney (Notre Dame), Matt Halbach […]
INTERVIEW
Eva Respini Talks About the Value of the Periphery
A former ICA chief curator is spending more time on the Cape
Eva Respini stepped down from being chief curator at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art last month. She hasn’t announced her plans, but on the heels of curating the U.S. pavilion […]
INCIDENTALLY
A Search Cut Short
Five of us had just finished dinner at Ross’ Grill and were meandering back to the West End of Provincetown, soaking up the colorful vibe of the crowd on a […]
PICKUP GAME
Friday Evening in the East End
Happenstance and the love of a game unite locals and visitors on the court
A three-on-three full-court pickup game is underway at the East End basketball court on a balmy Friday night in July. The air is dense, salty. The players sweaty, smiling, but […]
