PROVINCETOWN — Brian Raiche was at the grocery store when he decided to reevaluate his relationship to the Catholic Church. Raiche was the priest at a parish in Averill Park, […]
People
FINAL BOWS
Mark Cortale Says Farewell to the Art House and Hello to Broadway
A theater lease is ending amid new plans for both venue and producer
Mark Cortale has been saying a grateful goodbye to the Art House, the Provincetown theater where he spent 12 years as the producing artistic director — an experience that he […]
GREAT PLANES
As Long as There’s No Wind, Kenny Dutra Flies
A flyer of radio-controlled aircraft takes to the skies in Truro
Photos by Nancy Bloom TRURO — As Hurricane Lee grazed Cape Cod, Kenny Dutra watched high winds whip at branches in the woods outside his Truro home. It sent his […]
ON THE BEACH
Advice Opens the Way to Experience
‘Can I ask what lure you’re using?’ and other questions fishermen here will answer
I’m sure I have forgotten more about fishing than I now know. Every time I go, I find myself remembering, usually too late, that I should be using a different […]
NLGJA
Award Winner
ONE MAN’S TREASURE
A Holdout Survives on Eastham’s Shurtleff Road
There’s more to the Beyle house than the signs and the swine out front
EASTHAM — On Shurtleff Road, a roughly half-mile residential stretch that curves along Cape Cod Bay in North Eastham, immaculate lawns adorn large new houses. There’s not a pebble out […]
WORDS
Tyne and the Town
Emmy and Tony-winning actress Tyne Daly in three evenings of benefit readings
Tyne Daly might be best known to a certain generation of audiences for her costarring role as down-to-earth cop and working mom Mary Beth Lacey in the mid-1980s television show […]
THE THREAD
Craft Becomes Art in Gretchen Romey-Tanzer’s Weaving Studio
A room full of looms is classroom, workshop, and gallery
BREWSTER — Eight big floor looms stand in various stages of use in Gretchen Romey-Tanzer’s studio. The walls are lined with vibrant spools of wool and cotton and with the […]
POSITIVE AGING
A World Traveler Finds His True Home in Provincetown
Larry Moodry is Provincetown’s Senior of the Year
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 […]
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 […]
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
Beach Rescue
I sat in the dark with two friends on the wet sand at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on the evening of July 4th. To our left, fireworks lit up […]
CENTENARIANS
On July 4, Joseph Pellegrino Turns 100
A World War II veteran and Wellfleet legend reflects on a life well lived
WELLFLEET — Joseph Pellegrino, the World War II veteran, former selectman, and builder who turned 100 on July 4, can recall the milestones of his life with striking accuracy. Aug. […]
