Trash Talk (Thursday, Jan. 18)
The Truro Climate Action Committee hosts “Talking Trash,” a discussion with DPW Director Jerrold Cabral, at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Thursday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. It will cover recycling programs, methane emissions, carbon footprints, and other environmental topics. Free. See trurolibrary.org for information.
Game On! (Thursday, Jan. 18)
The Underground (293 Commercial St., Provincetown) hosts Game Night — featuring Nintendo Switch games on a projector screen, pool, Ping-Pong, darts, dominos, Jenga, and air hockey — on Thursday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. No cover. See theundergroundbarptown.business.site for information.
Shack Up (Friday, Jan. 19)
Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.), in collaboration with the Wellfleet Historical Society, hosts an opening reception for an exhibition of collector Michael Parlante’s paintings of Wellfleet oyster shacks on Friday, Jan. 19, 3 p.m. The show is on view through the end of January. See wellfleetlibrary.org for information.
Step in Time (Friday, Jan. 19)
Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) hosts Outermost Contra Dance, with live music, on Friday, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m. $15 regular admission; $10 for 30 or under; $5 with student I.D. A cash bar will be available. See outermostcontra.org for information.
Making Memories (Saturday, Jan. 20)
Artist Heather Pilchard leads a two-part workshop in creative paper arts at Eastham Public Library (190 Samoset Road) beginning Saturday, Jan. 20, 12:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to make painted paper, which will be used to make covers for journals the following week. Registration is required and space is limited. See easthamlibrary.org for information.
Just a Man (Sunday, Jan. 21)
The Cape Cod National Seashore’s “Maritime Movie Classics” winter film series begins with a screening of the 1962 film Billy Budd, based on the Herman Melville novel, at Salt Pond Visitor Center (50 Nauset Road, Eastham) on Sunday, Jan. 21, 1:30 p.m. Free. See nps.gov for information.
Guitar Man (Sunday, Jan. 21)
Guitarist Dario Acosta Teich performs at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Sunday, Jan. 21, 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Puppet Play (Monday, Jan. 22)
Eastham Public Library hosts Puppet Playtime with Mary Wilson on Monday, Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. Call Cape Cod Children’s Place at 508-240-3310 for information and to register.
Garden State (Monday, Jan. 22)
Jersey Boys, the 2014 Clint Eastwood-directed film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical, screens as part of the Monday Musical Movie Madness series at Eastham Public Library on Monday, Jan. 22, 1 p.m. Free. See easthamlibrary.org for information.
Small Treasures (Tuesday, Jan. 23)
Snow Library (67 Main St., Orleans) hosts a memory box making workshop for kids ages 7 to 12 on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 3 p.m. All materials will be provided, and participants can bring their own boxes to decorate. Free. See snowlibrary.org for information.
Play Time (Tuesday, Jan. 23)
Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) hosts Family Game Night — featuring board games, Ping-Pong, and Jenga — on Tuesday Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Free. See onlyatthecrown.com for information.
Gone Fishin’ (Wednesday, Jan. 24)
Provincetown Senior Center (2 Mayflower St.) hosts a screening of Dad, I Wanna Go Fishin’, a documentary about life as a fisherman in Provincetown from the 1950s to the 1970s, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1:15 p.m. Free. Call 508-487-7080 for information.
Whale Tales (Wednesday, Jan. 24)
Author Philip Hoare presents “Leviathan Rising,” a discussion about “how the whales became what we wanted them to be,” the first talk of the new season of the Center for Coastal Studies Napi’s Lecture Series at Napi’s Restaurant (7 Freeman St., Provincetown) on Wednesday, Jan 24, 7 p.m. Free. See coastalstudies.org for information.
Five Across (Wednesday, Jan. 24)
Liza Lott hosts a new season of drag bingo — “Provincetown’s longest running off-season townie night” — in the Little Bar at Atlantic House (6 Masonic Place) beginning Wednesday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m. No cover.
Local Concerns (Wednesday, Jan. 24)
Candace Perry and Racine Oxtoby host a group reading of the second act of Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town at Wellfleet Public Library on Wednesday, Jan 24, 4 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.
