Photos by Agata Storer
Visual Stories
ARCHITECTURE
A Fun House and Modernism Inspire a Designer to Turn to Blueprints
In Wellfleet, Malachi Connolly builds big openings for landscapes and light
It was in Wellfleet that Malachi Connolly first became conscious of architecture’s potential effects. When he was growing up, his family spent summers in a Greek Revival house on Holbrook […]
BARNYARD CONFIDENTIAL
A Flock Provides Beauty, Bounty, and the Occasional Unsolved Mystery
A freakish egg keeps a poultry farmer’s pride in check
TRURO — A small-flock poultry farmer can be forgiven for priding herself on the beauty, health, and productivity of her flock. At least I hope so, because such hubris has […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
Roasted Strawberries Top a Cake to Love Forever
A slow-roasting technique turns berries into jammy jewels
I am a serial monogamist when it comes to seasonal fruits and vegetables. At present, I am in a deep relationship with summer strawberries. The soundtrack of this affair features […]
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
A Drag Performer Returns to the Sewing Machine
What I did last winter
Picturesque views, a thriving queer community, scores of eager tourists, and no shortage of performance venues attract dozens of drag performers to Provincetown every summer. But when the weather turns […]
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
On the Pier at the Capt. Kenny Silva Fishing Derby
Kids reel in a mackerel, a perch, a snail, and plenty of seaweed
PROVINCETOWN — The sun was out after an overcast morning, the water was calm, and the wind was low last Friday as dozens of young anglers and their families lined […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
When Not to Look Elsewhere
Bass and more bass, the first bluefish, and a blessing
Striped bass fishing this season is bordering on epic. We are seeing almost everyone limiting out despite the tight slot-size window we have to deal with. My mentor, Capt. Francis […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Stay Hot and Cold
Avitia paces pitching staff; Oyoma is hitting .355
ORLEANS — The Orleans Firebirds (7-8) are battling to get back to .500 with back-to-back wins over Brewster and Yarmouth-Dennis, an extra-inning thriller, this week. But they dropped both games […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Leap of Faith
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 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Declare Your Own Independence Day
The planets align to awaken freedom of thought and expression
Not trying to yuck anyone’s yum, but I’m not the biggest fan of the Fourth of July. It has always seemed to me difficult to celebrate a holiday about deliverance […]
MEET THE MAKER
Jacques van der Vyver Makes This Cape His Terroir
Truro Vineyards has a new vintner from South Africa’s Western Cape
TRURO — I’m not sure what to expect as I pull into Truro Vineyards to meet the new senior winemaker, briefed by an online industry publication’s profile that called him […]
JUNETEENTH IN PROVINCETOWN
‘The Fight for Freedom and Equality Is Not Finished’
A celebration of history, a chance to face reality, a place for songs, poetry, and action
PROVINCETOWN — “Today we celebrate the emancipation of Black and brown people who were told they were free,” said David Wilson, a Provincetown community activist and plaintiff in the landmark […]
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
On Locust Road, a 17th-Century House Is Lived In, Gently
Lucy and Tom Ott receive the Abbott Award for the Atwood-Knowles house
EASTHAM — Situated in the “Old Town Centre” historic district, the Atwood-Knowles house is actually two distinct dwellings — the second much older than the first. The first, a one-and-a-half-story […]
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
SambaViva Will Spice Up a Provincetown Tradition
The Brazilian dance group makes its festival debut on Saturday
Rachel Werkman, a founder of the Boston-based Brazilian dance group SambaViva, used to observe dance floors from the sidelines. “I didn’t like to dance before I got into samba,” she […]
