Healing the Heart (Thursday, Sept. 11)
Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main. St.) holds a community reading of Pema Chödrön’s When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times on Thursday, Sept. 11, 4 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org.
Music and Spirit (Thursday, Sept. 11)
Jazz Vespers at Church of St. Mary of the Harbor (517 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Thursday, Sept. 11, 5:30 p.m. features worship and musical performances by Loren Lee, Denise Page, Hilarie Tamar, John Thomas, and Rev. Brian, and is followed by a garden party. No cover. See stmaryoftheharbor.org.
Look Around (Friday, Sept. 12)
Wellfleet Adult Community Center (715 Old King’s Hwy.) presents a tour of Highland Lighthouse and the Highland House Museum on Friday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. Tickets are $5. Call 508-349-2800 for more information and to reserve a place.
Sincerely Yours (Friday, Sept. 12)
Helltown Players present a staged reading of A Cultivated Friendship, a new play by John Dennis Anderson and Karen Vuranch about the relationship between writers Edith Wharton and Louis Bromfield in Paris in the 1930s, at the Fine Arts Work Center (24 Pearl St., Provincetown) on Friday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. Free; donations appreciated. See helltownplayers.org and fawc.org.
Sweet as Honey (Friday, Sept. 12)
Marissa Miller and Yoli Mayor present “Honey Drip,” an evening of music and cabaret, in the Brewery at the Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. No cover. See onlyatthecrown.com.
Teen Scene (Friday, Sept. 12)
Teen bands Catfish, Watch Your Step, and The Usual Suspects play at the Wellfleet Harbor Bandstand (255 Commercial St.) on Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. as part of the Music at Mayo series. Free. See wellfleetma.myrec.com for information.
Shelling It Out (Saturday, Sept. 13)
Wellfleet Oyster Alliance’s annual Art & Oyster Crawl begins on Saturday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m. (rain or shine) and includes raw bars, wine, and craft beer in 20 galleries and shops in downtown Wellfleet. Tickets are $100 at wellfleetoa.org.
Here on Earth (Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 13-14)
Giocosa Chamber Music opens its new season with “Earth Song,” a program of music “honoring our home and our role as its guardian” and featuring compositions by Joseph Haydn, Kian Ravaei, and Caroline Shaw, at the Meetinghouse at the Centers for Culture and History (3 River Road, Orleans) on Saturday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m. and First Congregational Church of Chatham (650 Main St.) on Sunday, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. Tickets are $30 (free for 18 and under) at giocosachambermusic.com.
Taking It Off (Saturday, Sept. 13)
Spookey and a rotating cast of Provincetown performers present Helltown Burlesque — featuring dancing, drag performances, pole dancing, and aerial and circus acrobatics — at Post Office Café & Cabaret (303 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 p.m. Tickets are $35-$40 plus fees.
Encore! Encore! (Sunday, Sept. 14)
The Great Music on Sundays @5 ensemble concludes its 27th season with “Broadway: Curtain Call,” a program of “the biggest finales from the biggest shows,” at Unitarian Universalist Meeting House (236 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Sunday, Sept. 14, 5 p.m. Tickets are $30-$40 plus fees at ptownmusic.com.
Rush Back (Sunday, Sept. 14)
American folk artist Tom Rush returns to Payomet Performing Arts Center (29 Old Dewline Road, North Truro) for a matinee performance on Sunday, Sept. 14., 5 p.m. Tickets are $38-$68 plus fees at payomet.org.
Tough It Out (Tuesday, Sept. 16)
Erin Camire of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod presents a discussion on “Climate Conscious Landscapes: Cultivating Resilience in our Backyards” at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. Free. See trurolibrary.org.
Listen Up (Wednesday, Sept. 17)
Provincetown Public Library (356 Commercial St.) presents a screening of Dear White People, Justin Simien’s 2017 comedy-drama about a group of Black students navigating various forms of racial and other types of discrimination at a predominantly white Ivy League college, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 5:30 p.m. Free. See provincetownlibrary.org.
History Lessons (Wednesday, Sept. 17)
Four speakers discuss the histories of four Wellfleet churches — First Congregational Church of Wellfleet, Wellfleet United Methodist Church, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Chapel of St. James the Fisherman — at Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. Free. See wellfleetlibrary.org.
Hearing Double (Thursday, Sept. 18)
Twins George and Charles Clements — a.k.a. the Clements Brothers — perform a folk rock concert at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Thursday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 plus fees at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Figure Studies (Thursday, Sept. 18)
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill (8 Meetinghouse Road, Truro) celebrates the opening of “Drawn to the Figure,” an exhibition featuring works by Milton Avery, Donald Beal, Robert Beauchamp, Charles Cajori, Nanno de Groot, Robert De Niro Sr., Sandra Fisher, James Hansen, Megan Hinton, Agata Storer, and others, with a reception on Thursday, Sept. 18, 4 p.m. The show is on view until Oct. 3. See castlehill.org.
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.
