Go Beyond (Thursday, Aug. 24)
Addison Art Gallery celebrates “Beyond Bohemia,” an exhibition featuring artwork by dune shack residents William S. Fitts and Joyce Johnson, at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill (10 Meetinghouse Road) with an opening reception on Thursday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m. The show is on view until Sept. 1. See addisonart.com for information.
Get Moving (Thursday-Friday, Aug. 24-25)
The Movimento Project, a Cape Cod-based dance ensemble, presents the contemporary dance concert “M-Body” at Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) on Thursday, Aug. 24 and Friday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 ($12 for 13 and under) at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Pure Country (Friday, Aug. 25)
Singer Paisley Fields — who was named one of the “20 queer country artists you should know” by Out magazine — makes his Provincetown debut on the porch of Brasswood Inn (174 Commercial St.) on Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m., weather permitting. Free. See brasswoodptown.com for information.
Healing Properties (Friday-Saturday, Aug. 25-26)
Joe MacDougall, Sarah MacDonnell, and Jody O’Neil star in Brian Friel’s play Faith Healer, directed by Stephen Rourke, in two benefit performances at St. Mary of the Harbor (517 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Friday, Aug. 25 and Saturday, Aug. 26, 5 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door. Space is limited. Email [email protected] to reserve tickets.
A Look Back (Friday, Aug. 25)
The Commons (46 Bradford St., Provincetown) opens a retrospective of work by Dermot Meagher with a reception on Friday, Aug. 25, 4 p.m. The show is on view until Sept. 5. See provincetowncommons.org for information.
Picture This (Friday, Aug. 25)
On Center Gallery (352 Commercial St., Provincetown) celebrates an exhibition of new photographs by Thom Jackson with a reception for the artist on Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. The show is on view until Aug. 31. See oncentergallery.com for information.
Mama Says (Friday, Aug. 25)
Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) presents an opportunity to “twirl and party like it’s 1977 all over again” with the return of Emil Cohen and the Christopher Street Reader’s MotherDisco dance night to Provincetown on Friday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m. Advance sale tickets are $15 at onlyatthecrown.com.
Home Again (Saturday, Aug. 26)
“Home Town” is the theme of the latest Mosquito Story Slam at Provincetown Theater (238 Bradford St.) on Saturday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. Tickets are $25; sign up at 6:30 p.m. for a chance to tell your story. See mosquitostory.org for information.
Slippery People (Saturday, Aug. 26)
Payomet Performing Arts Center (29 Old Dewline Road, North Truro) presents “Start Making Sense,” a Talking Heads tribute concert and dance party featuring Jon Braun as lead singer David Byrne, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. Tickets are $30-$45 at payomet.org.
Sister Acts (Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 26-27)
Wellfleet’s Parkington Sisters perform at The Beachcomber (1120 Cahoon Hollow Road, Wellfleet) on Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 p.m. and celebrate the release of their new CD at First Congregational Church (200 Main St., Wellfleet) on Sunday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. See parkingtonsisters.com for information.
Analyze This (Sunday, Aug. 27)
Great Music on Sundays @5 presents “Codependent Broadway!” — featuring “a dozen divas and divos going over the top with the best of Broadway’s great canon of codependent songs” — at Unitarian Universalist Meeting House (236 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Sunday, Aug. 27, 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 ($20 for seniors; $50 for V.I.P. seating) at ptownmusic.com.
Looking Back (Sunday, Aug. 27)
Author and director Debbie Wiess presents a staged reading of Remembering Good Harbor Beach, a one-act play about artists Josephine Nivison and Edward Hopper, at Chapel in the Pines (220 Samoset Road, Eastham) on Sunday, Aug. 27, 10 a.m. The event will also be broadcast via Zoom. Free. See nfuu.org for information.
They’re Back (Sunday, Aug. 27)
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bitch brings their violins, synthesizers, and signature brand of “witchy poet pop” to Post Office Café and Cabaret (303 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Sunday, Aug. 27, 10 p.m. Tickets are $35 ($40 for V.I.P. seating) at postofficecafe.net.
Living Legend (Tuesday, Aug. 29)
Singer and musical theater actress Marilyn Maye, whose career has spanned eight decades, performs at Provincetown Arts Society (466 Commercial St.) on Tuesday, Aug. 29. The event, which benefits the society, will begin with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m. Tickets are $250 at provincetownartssociety.com.
Turtle Time (Tuesday, Aug. 29)
Author, educator, and conservationist Barbara Brennessel presents “Diamonds in the Marsh: An Introduction to the Diamondback Terrapin” at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m. Free. See trurolibrary.org for information.
Drawn Together (Wednesday, Aug. 30)
Rugosa Gallery (4100 State Highway, Eastham) presents “Everybody Draws Everybody,” a communal drawing event with artist Brian Butler described as “the world’s best three-minute drawing marathon,” on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include drawing materials. See @rugosagallery on Instagram for information.
Next Generation (Thursday, Aug. 31)
The 4th annual Wellfleet Youth Film Festival, featuring original films made by filmmakers ages 7 to 25 from Cape Cod and beyond, screens at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Thursday, Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 (free for under 21) at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
La Vie Bohème (Thursday, Aug. 31)
Eve M. Kahn explores the legacy of Zoe Anderson Norris — a Gilded Age author, publisher, and social reformer regarded as the “Queen of Bohemia” — in a lecture at Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) on Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Our Arts & Minds team curates a selection of Outer Cape events each week. Please email event information to [email protected] at least two weeks in advance for consideration.
