This is for my second hometown I said this poem is for my second hometown Metter, Ga. It’s OK if you have to google it The first time I went […]
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
Haywood Honored for Human Rights Activism
As the first McCarthy Award is made, the county revives its Human Rights Advisory Commission
PROVINCETOWN — The Rev. Brenda Haywood received the Tim McCarthy Human Rights Champion Award on Dec. 10. This week, she welcomed a reporter to her home to talk about that […]
HEALTH
AIDS Support Group Hires New President
From HIV to heroin, the focus remains helping the marginalized
PROVINCETOWN — The AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod board has named Dan Gates as president and CEO. Gates, 47, replaces Joe Carleo, who resigned in late October. Spokeswoman Leslie […]
FILM
The Lure of Leading the Provincetown Film Society
Rachael Brister looks forward to ‘reel’ life on the Outer Cape
For the past year Rachael Brister has operated her own public relations company, which specializes in reaching the LGBTQ community. Though she’s based in Seattle, one of her clients has […]
POETS
Joy Priest Finds Provincetown Rejuvenating
The FAWC fellow experiments with form and colleagues
Last spring, Joy Priest had some big decisions to make. The Kentucky native, who had recently completed her M.F.A. in poetry at the University of South Carolina, was accepted to […]
craft
Once a Boy With Toys, Now a Master Metalsmith
Lucas Burnley’s ‘Cypops’ benefit local tots
ORLEANS — You’re 16 years old, into metalwork, and a fan of “Rambo.” Choosing your first project at welding school is easy. “You make a knife,” says Lucas Burnley of […]
THE SEARCH
Town Manager Candidate Took $400K Buyout; Another Was Fired
PROVINCETOWN — There are times when consensus is impossible, according to Robin Leal Craver, who is one of three finalists for the town manager’s position. In her case, one of […]
PLAYERS
Spencer Keasey’s Lifelong Quest
From porn to Provincetown with the Bakker Gallery’s manager
When Spencer Keasey picked his porn name, Spencer Quest, it was because he felt as if he were actually on a quest — for sexual and spiritual freedom. For a […]
washashores
From Washington to Wellfleet: Social Justice Activists on a Mission
Kathy Fletcher, David Simpson, and their 'kids' plan a residency for young artists
WELLFLEET — Before Kathy Fletcher and David Simpson founded a nonprofit to help inner-city kids go to college, as many as seven teenagers were living with them in their three-bedroom […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Mike Wright: A Piece of the Sky
MIKE WRIGHT | SCULPTOR | PROVINCETOWN I’ve been making sculpture with old found painted wood for 30 years now. In the mid-’90s I would be walking on the beach and […]
GALLERIES
Shirl Roccapriore to Close Oils by the Sea Gallery
A Provincetown artist succumbs to realities of local business
“I never thought the bottom line would be numbers,” Shirl Roccapriore says, sitting back in the cozy space that is her Oils by the Sea Gallery at 437 Commercial St. […]
THE HOMELESS
‘When Are We Going Home?’ Rocha Still Asks
David Chick says he is near giving up trying to help a homeless man
HYANNIS — Freddie Rocha greeted David Chick with his usual questions: “When are we going home?” and “Did you come to take me home?” Chick smiled and asked if he […]
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Kai Olney-Miller Malicoat Faces a Long Haul
After fishing accident, he is grateful for small miracles
There are moments in life that seem to unfold in slow motion. Zeno Schwebel, 20, of Truro, remembers one. It was June 27, 2019, the start of what was supposed […]
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Jose DeBarros Retires After 19 Years at Seashore Point
His story of immigration is old-school Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — In the Portugal Jose DeBarros grew up in, it wasn’t uncommon for young people to leave high school and set out in search of work. The country was […]
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An Audubon Leader Fascinated by Humans
Melissa Lowe Cestaro on watching shifts in nature, culture, values
WELLFLEET — In September Melissa Lowe Cestaro became the director of Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. She succeeds Bob Prescott, who is retiring after nearly 40 years in the […]
