CENTERVILLE — “Wow,” said Nina Tepper, smiling as she watched a standing-room-only audience fill the pews, balcony, and vestibule of the South Congregational Church in Centerville on May 20, eager […]
Visual Stories
CHEF’S REWARD
Alice Gong Rolls Her Own
The perfect rice and economy of motion are all you need for sushi at home
Alice Gong is an accidental sushi chef. “I didn’t set out to do it,” she says. “It’s just one of those things where you get a job, and it allows […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Of Gifts and Promise Gone, and What We Should Know by Now
A memorial in the dunes, surrounded by wild roses, for Charles Darby
Towns have myriad ways of honoring their war dead. Grand monuments, parks, and plazas are built for contemplation and reflection. Street corners named in a soldier’s honor are adorned with […]
STREET FASHION
Rainbow Roller Skates
PROVINCETOWN — Kelly Drew drove to Provincetown from her home in Greenfield for a weekend-long celebration of a friend’s birthday and a chance to be out on the town. “I […]
TO THE MAT
Taking Root in the Tree Pose
Getting grounded before the busy season, in body and mind
If you are anything like me, you suddenly have many things you want to do — too many things. As summer begins, it is easy to become scattered. This is […]
LOVE, ACTUALLY
A Quiet Ceremony, Parties to Follow
PROVINCETOWN — Shawn Fiedler and Joshua Butts hopped on the morning ferry from Provincetown to Boston last weekend to elope. They were married at Old South Church next to Copley […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Cool and Windy for Fishing, Hot and Bothered About the Rules
Skinny stripers and fat flounder define the week’s catch
Striped bass fishing was a bit spotty last week. They seem to be cruising north to south in the bay. From the Pamet to south of Billingsgate Shoals are where […]
CROSSWORD #42
Beachgrass
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Track Team Wins Cape & Islands Title
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys track team won the Cape and Islands Championship at Monomoy on Monday with a team score of 106. Dennis-Yarmouth was second with 93, and Falmouth […]
ON THE BEACH
Looking Back to Plan Ahead for the Future of Striped Bass
The catch has improved — but not because there are more fish
New England groundfishermen complained loudly two decades ago about increasing regulation of various fisheries, notably our region’s cod and haddock, which were easily its most lucrative species. Why cut the […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 23 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Season’s Greetings. Now Seek to Accept Them.
The stars align for a high-energy start to summer
Prepare to share this space again, townies and washashores: It’s that time again. We’ll all have a little help from the Sun’s sextile with Mars. That should spark a lively […]
THE COMMUNICATOR
Smoochie Takes a Bullet
If the cat knows who pulled the trigger, he’s not saying
PROVINCETOWN — Not long after Smoochie Chute set out on his morning walk April 13 around his East End neighborhood with his brother, Love Bug, he returned, screaming in pain. […]
THE SCHOOL MUSICAL
Provincetown Packs the House for Once Upon This Island, Jr.
Students chose this year’s show, a Caribbean coming-of-age story
Students at the Provincetown Schools wrapped up their theater season last weekend with sold-out performances of Once Upon This Island, Jr. The musical is an adaptation of the show that […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Leafhopper’s Leap of Faith
A bug provides perspective on a world of possible soft landings
It was a lie-in-the-grass type of day, so I listened and lay in the grass. If a day has this feeling, and you have a moment, it’s a good thing […]
