PROVINCETOWN — As of this week, art lovers can stroll past many of Provincetown’s galleries without getting up from their living room couches. A new website, ptowngallerystroll.com, was launched by […]
Visual Stories
COCKTAIL HOUR
Taking a G&T Over the Top
Better tonic, muddled mint, and elderflower
Memorial Day, marking the unofficial start of summer, has come and gone this year in a way unlike any before: no crowds, no traffic, no large gatherings. Only the middling […]
MAKER SPACE
An Artist’s Weaving Retreat
With room for looms, yarn, warp, and weft
My studio was a gift from my parents. It was built in 2017 with an inheritance I received after my mom and dad both died within four months of each […]
GALLERY
Redecorating Isn’t Just for Grownups
Designing a room of one’s own helps kids cope
Leaving Wellfleet for her freshman year at UMass Amherst, Kenna Valli packed hundreds of pictures of family and friends, painstakingly arranging them in her dorm room with the approved adhesive. […]
BODY/MIND
Isolation Workarounds
Quarantine pods, weighted blankets, and Earthing our way through
I’ve learned some things navigating this new normal as a single person living in a one-bedroom apartment. One is that there are things we can do to adapt and get […]
COURT OF LAST RESORT
A Guide to Socially Distanced Basketball
Playground (or driveway) basketball lets you play the games within the game
There is one good thing about life without professional basketball to watch. Memories of driveway and schoolyard games come along to fill the void. Playing five-on-five basketball is not advisable […]
DUNE TOWN
The Claws Have It
Navigating by the Stars
A Lunar Eclipse Affects Your Quest
Seeking a balance between intellect and intuition
Friday, June 5, brings a lunar eclipse in the sign of Sagittarius. Eclipses speak to the relationships between different areas of our lives and any lack therein. The sign of […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 2, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
STEAMERS
Swipe Nope
Swipe Nope by A. Crock
WATER SAFETY
Swimming in the Pandemic: Fear and Reality
Coronavirus hell isn’t in the water — it’s other people
Scientists have reassuring news for Outer Cape residents and visitors who are worried about contracting coronavirus from swimming in ponds and in the ocean and Cape Cod Bay. There is […]
THE REOPENING
Memorial Day Presages a Long, Complicated Summer
Provincetown officials are getting 10 to 15 calls a day about rental violations
PROVINCETOWN — This week and next, town governments on the Outer Cape will be rolling out changes to traffic flow, restaurant rules, bathroom arrangements, and dozens of other adjustments to […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
on Tuesday, May 26, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. A late Bufflehead was reported in North Truro. A King Rail was […]
GALLERY
Stories From a Little Eastham Cottage
Lovingly styled insta-vignettes capture the feeling of an Outer Cape vacation
“Buy your second home first” is a popular piece of advice. For Jenny Shaw and Matt Bowman, who live in Quincy, purchasing their first home in Eastham made a lot […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Tilting Toward the Summer Solstice
Through our intergalactic free fall, pause to notice the new season
This month we reach the summer solstice. June 20 will be the longest day of the year and start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s […]
