O Little Towns (Friday, Dec. 15)
The Provincetown and Truro recreation depts. present a free Holiday Extravaganza for families — featuring festive decorations, “breakfast for dinner,” and photo opportunities with Santa — at the Veteran’s Memorial Community Center (2 Mayflower St., Provincetown) on Friday, Dec. 15, 5 p.m. Registration is required at signupgenius.com.
Gather Together (Friday, Dec. 15)
Grace Chapel Assembly of God (25 Lieutenant Island Road, Wellfleet) hosts its annual Christmas Supper on Friday, Dec. 15, with continuous seatings and holiday music from 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Call 508-349-9323 for information.
Make Your Mark (Friday, Dec. 15)
Instructor Michael Giaquinto hosts a winter landscape painting workshop — inspired by Cape Cod artist Joseph Eliot Enneking’s Winter Brook — at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (60 Hope Lane, Dennis) on Friday, Dec. 15, 6 p.m. Tickets are $45 ($35 for CCMoA members) at ccmoa.org.
Get Scrooged (Friday, Dec. 15)
Pickles Reese stars in “Totally Scrooged” — a one-act solo performance based on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol — at the Gifford House (9 Carver St., Provincetown) on Friday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. $25 suggested admission; proceeds benefit the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod. Call 508-487-0688 for tickets and information.
Wrap It Up (Saturday, Dec. 16)
Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) hosts a holiday children’s book giveaway and wrapping on Saturday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m. New books will be available for kids and teens, and wrapping materials will be provided. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Musical Light (Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 16-17)
The Chatham Chorale presents its annual candlelight Christmas concert — featuring a performance of Handel’s Messiah — at First Congregational Church (650 Main St., Chatham) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 at chathamchorale.org.
Jugging Along (Saturday, Dec. 16)
The All Worn Out Jug Band performs a holiday concert at Snow Library (67 Main St., Orleans)
on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2 p.m. Free, with limited seating. See snowlibrary.org for information.
Vanishing Points (Saturday, Dec. 16)
The Truro Playwright Collective presents a staged reading of Meryl Cohn’s The Fade-Away Advantage at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2 p.m. Free. See trurolibrary.org for information.
Blue Room (Saturday, Dec. 16)
Long-running American ensemble Roomful of Blues performs at Provincetown Town Hall (260 Commercial St.) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m. as part of the Payomet Road Show series. Tickets are $25-$40 at payomet.org.
Stage Notes (Sunday, Dec. 17)
Actor Bill Salem discusses his theatrical career and relationship with the life and works of William Shakespeare at Chapel in the Pines (220 Samoset Road, Eastham) on Sunday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m. Free. See nfuu.org for information.
Saving the River (Sunday, Dec. 17)
John Portnoy discusses the ecosystems of Outer Cape estuaries in “An Ecological Perspective of the Herring River Restoration,” a free talk at Wellfleet Public Library on Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Fleet Feet (Sunday, Dec. 17)
Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) hosts a Fleet Movement Explorations experimental and improvisational dance class on Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m. Participants will “play spontaneously with forces, shapes, feelings, images, and ideas rather than with specific dance techniques.” Drop-ins are welcome; admission by donation. See wellfleetpreservationhall.org for information.
Rock Out (Sunday, Dec. 17)
Love headlines the Homeless Prevention Council’s “Rock to Stop Homelessness” holiday benefit concert at Truro Vineyards (11 Shore Road, North Truro) on Sunday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m. Food and gift items will be available for purchase. Tickets are $15 (plus $50 for reserved tables) at trurovineyardsofcapecod.com.
Five Across (Sunday, Dec. 17)
Abby Cummings hosts Bingo Night at the Governor Bradford (312 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Sunday, Dec. 17, 5 p.m. Food and drink are available. See thegovbradford.com for information.
Silver Bells (Wednesday, Dec. 20)
The Nauset Ringers, under the direction of Thom Dutton, perform seasonal songs on hand bells at Eastham Public Library (190 Samoset Road) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 4 p.m. The performance will be followed by a reading of Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Gene Toland. Free. See easthamlibrary.org for information.
The Lost Duchess (Wednesday, Dec. 20)
Anastasia, Anatole Litvak and Arthur Laurents’s 1956 American period film starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes, screens at Provincetown Public Library (356 Commercial St.) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.org for information.
What Do You Know? (Wednesday, Dec. 20)
Wellfleet Public Library hosts Trivia Night on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m. Free to enter, with first prize provided by the Atlantic Spice Company and snacks and beverages courtesy of Friends of Wellfleet Library. 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.
