Meetings Ahead Thursday, March 5 Recycling & Renewable Energy Committee, 9 a.m., Caucus Hall, Town Hall Economic Development Committee, 11 a.m., Room 93, Veterans Memorial Harbor Committee & Provincetown Public […]
Provincetown
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
Our House Was a Very Fine House
In a place of long memories, a house forgotten
Ken Fulk speaks of his loving restoration of the Vorse House in Provincetown — a house, he says, that “we couldn’t afford to lose.” I write of one that was […]
FICTION
Writing Is a Familial Endeavor for Nora Corrigan
Her time at FAWC is one of transition
The year 2020 promises to be an exciting one for Nora Corrigan. She completed her first novel, about a female oil worker on a rig in a North Dakota boomtown, […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Truth in the Crosshairs
The “story” broke on capecodtoday.com: a man rolled into Provincetown in a military truck adorned with Trump campaign signs, thin blue line flags, and the driver’s own campaign banners. The […]
CIVICS
Finance Committee and Moderator Block Nonresident Alternates
A Florida resident’s application sparks town meeting article
PROVINCETOWN — When it comes to making appointments to the finance committee, the town moderator is clear that she won’t appoint a nonresident taxpayer. “I don’t have anything against nonresidents, […]
currents
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Friday, Feb. 28 Public Landscape Committee, 12 p.m., Lopes Square Tuesday, March 3 Conservation Commission, 6 p.m., Town Hall Wednesday, March 4 Historic District Commission, 4 p.m., Town […]
PAINTING
Hannah Morris Discovers Herself in Her Art
What the FAWC fellow finds, she hopes will touch others
Large, brightly colored canvases, some spanning an entire wall, layered with images of figures, birds in flight, a fox, or flowers, greet the viewer entering Hannah E. Morris’s studio at […]
RESTORATION
Time and the House: A New Chapter in Vorse Chronicle
Designer Ken Fulk is bringing Mary Heaton Vorse’s Provincetown home back to life
PROVINCETOWN — The Mary Heaton Vorse House, at 466 Commercial St., is the informal epicenter of town history. Vorse, a journalist and civil rights activist, spent most of her adult […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Take a Walk on the Other Side of Town
Provincetown’s cemeteries are an en plein air art gallery
Until summer returns, the art galleries in Provincetown are mostly quiet, though surely planning for next season’s traditional Friday evening strolls. That’s when everyone takes to the streets, zigging and […]
currents
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 20 Animal Welfare Committee, 12 p.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center Harbor Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall Board of Health, 4 p.m., Town Hall Historic District Commission, […]
CIRCUS
Cirque du Soleil Opts Out of Provincetown
Some board members blame a news story; promoter’s tale is contradicted by Cirque spokesman
PROVINCETOWN — Select Board Member Lise King and the Provincetown Independent were blamed by some members at the board’s Monday, Feb. 10 meeting for the collapse of a promoter’s seven-month […]
currents
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 13 Bicycle Committee, 2 p.m., Maushope Community Room, 44 Harry Kemp Way Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Visitor Service Board, 9:30 a.m., Town Hall Water […]
CIRCUS
Cirque du Soleil Had Rejected Idea of P’town Show Before Complaints
Community's reaction 'did not influence' decision, says Cirque spokesman
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from the version published on February 6 because of late-breaking developments. PROVINCETOWN — A proposal by Truro promoter Eric Martin to mount a […]
ART WORKS
FAWC Fellows’ Protest Pays Off
They get increased stipend after act of ‘art-ivism’
PROVINCETOWN — The current crop of Fine Arts Work Center fellows expressed their displeasure at their $750 monthly stipend in a letter now on display at the annual FAWC exhibit […]
ART OF DYING
It’s Easy to Be Green, Even in Death
Natural burial may soon be allowed in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Thirty plots in the town cemetery may soon be available for “green burial,” in which a body is placed in the ground without a metal casket, cement vault, […]
