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GOOD VIBES
A Moment for the Marimba
At Provincetown’s Brasswood Inn, Mondays are about bringing music to the people
On a Monday evening in late July, Commercial Street is alive with people on bicycles, parents toting children, purpose-driven townies, dawdling tourists, and be-wigged drag queens on scooters. Brian Calhoon […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
This Is No Time for Mediocrity
Virgo sets high standards, and not just for the virgins
This week we see the Sun transition from the sign of proud Leo into the sign of diligent Virgo. Leo is a leader by nature, exuding confidence and charisma. Virgo […]
WHERE WE ARE
The Reverberations of the Wellfleet Group
Robert Jay Lifton speaks of scholarship and activism — and of love of this place
Few scholars have reshaped our understanding of trauma the way Robert Jay Lifton has. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1926, Lifton attended Cornell University and New York Medical College before […]
FROM THE LARDER
Arnaud’s and Other Remoulade Remembrances
After a good cry, and seeing that the tomatoes are in, a cook revisits a beloved NOLA sauce
My mother died this winter. Even as I write these words, believing them is like trying to imagine that something elemental like the ocean or the stars is gone. I […]
THE CAPE LEAGUE
The Renaissance Boys of Summer
For two Orleans Firebirds players, plein air painting is one way to take their minds off the stress of the season
Normally, the only thing anyone draws in baseball is a walk. But that wasn’t true for two players in the Cape Cod League this summer. Joan Lockhart, an artist who […]
ON THE BEACH
August Reveals a Fishing Surprise
Late in the game, the missing menhaden move in
It’s been an odd year, to say the least. By my count, we’ve had more days this summer with winds out of the north and east than days with our […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
In Praise of Old Cemeteries
An invitation into hallowed spaces for quiet, art, and stories from the past
It will come as no surprise to readers that for this “Graveyard Shift” column and for other research, I spend considerable time in old cemeteries. They have much to recommend […]
GOOD VIBES
A Moment for the Marimba
At Provincetown’s Brasswood Inn, Mondays are about bringing music to the people
On a Monday evening in late July, Commercial Street is alive with people on bicycles, parents toting children, purpose-driven townies, dawdling tourists, and be-wigged drag queens on scooters. Brian Calhoon […]
MEET THE MAKER
A Wig Maker’s Art
Headpieces made for performers inspire a series of sparkly sculptures
It all started with the yellow rhinestone flip wig. “If I hadn’t made that wig, I wouldn’t be here right now,” says Laura Plad. The sparkly wig came about when […]
STREET STYLE
Not Very Demure
There was a moment last year when the word demure was on everyone’s lips. Not Momma JC’s, though. Never one to limit herself to one job, one opinion, or one […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Good Morning, Stripers
This could be a summer without the blues
We finally got a week with consistent weather, and that resulted in some pretty good striped bass fishing — depending on what time of day you were out. Fishing was […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
CAPE LEAGUE SOCCER
Storm Claims League Championship
Nauset defeats AC Independence 1-0 on penalty kicks
BARNSTABLE — J.J. Devine made 2 sterling stops, and Matt McAuliffe converted Nauset’s 4th and final penalty kick as the Storm won the shootout 4-1, to defeat AC Independence and […]
CAPE COD BASEBALL
Firebirds Eliminated From Playoffs by Dennis-Yarmouth
Red Sox win two straight to defeat the regular season champions
ORLEANS — Something was not right at Eldredge Park late last Thursday afternoon. The berm along the first-base line, usually sporting an assortment of multi-colored blankets and chairs reserving spots […]
