Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Thar She Blows
Live Online Provincetown, MAIt’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” On Friday, May 7th, at 6 p.m., join “Whaling Captains of Color,” a talk by Skip Finley. But the highlight will be “Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! […]
An Artist and a Writer Converse
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin the Fine Arts Work Center for a virtual conversation with artist Sam Messer and writer Will Blythe next Thursday, May 6th, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the continuing series “Opening to Wonder: Creative Conversations on the Visual Arts.” Messer and Blythe will compare their experiences collaborating with the late […]
Garbage Mouth
Live Online Provincetown, MADo you know where your recycling goes? Join the Eastham Recycling Committee and Keep Massachusetts Beautiful for “Talk Trash,” a Zoom presentation on reducing waste, improving recycling habits, and living sustainably on Thursday, May 6th, at 7 p.m. Registration is free at easthamlibrary.org.
Teen Screen
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Wellfleet Youth Film Festival screens virtually from Friday, May 7th to Sunday, May 9th at wellfleetpreservationhall.org. Filmmakers ages 8 to 18 submitted in four different categories: narrative, animation, documentary, and music video. There will be a live screening at a future date.
Bird Brain
Live Online Provincetown, MAOver 30 warbler species pass through Massachusetts during spring migration. Learn how to identify them by their “bright, cheerful plumage” in an online course via Mass Audubon on Fridays beginning May 7th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration is $60 at massaudubon.org.
Thar She Blows
Live Online Provincetown, MAIt’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” On Friday, May 7th, at 6 p.m., join “Whaling Captains of Color,” a talk by Skip Finley. But the highlight will be “Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! […]
Opera’s Got Talent
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions is on Sunday, May 9th, at 11 a.m. Normally, these auditions happen behind closed doors, but this year, they are being streamed live. Over 1,000 singers have already been whittled down to 23 semifinalists. Tickets are free at concerts.kiswe.com/metopera.
Pedi Cure
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin host Seth Rudetsky for a live-streamed concert and conversation with Christine Pedi on Sunday, May 9th, at 3 p.m.; replay at 8 p.m.; V.I.P. sound check at noon. Tickets for each are $25 at thesethconcertseries.com. Known as the “Lady of 1000 Voices,” Pedi is the host of SiriusXM’s “On Broadway.”
For Real
Live Online Provincetown, MADo you know the difference between a standard ID and a real ID? Find out in a Zoom workshop via Coastal Connections on Tuesday, May 11th, 10:30 a.m. Call the Chatham Council on Aging at 508-945-5190 to sign up.
Paint the Town
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin Colin McGuire for a virtual paint night, via Wellfleet Preservation Hall, on Tuesday, May 11th, from 6 to 8 p.m. You’ll complete a painting from start to finish; no prior artistic experience is necessary. Registration is $25, excluding materials, at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
WHAT an Auction
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater is holding its “Be Part of the Scene Online Auction” starting on Wednesday, May 12th. Bidding items include a virtual cocktail party hosted by Meredith Vieira, a personal birdwatching trip by WCAI’s Mark Faherty, and a personal voicemail greeting recorded by Hugh Jackman. Sample them at what.org.
Kick Start
Truro Public Library 7 Standish Way, North Truro, MAAndré Lima teaches a Capoeira class outdoors at the Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, on Thursday, May 13th, at 3:30 p.m. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance with martial arts. There will also be a chance to play traditional instruments and learn songs in Portuguese. Registration is free at trurolibrary.org.
Radical Art
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin David Humphrey and Tala Madani for a conversation about “making art with charged psycho-social content” on Thursday, May 13th, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the Fine Arts Work Center’s virtual “Opening to Wonder” series. Registration is $25 minimum donation at fawc.org.
Broto Offers ‘Greetings’ to Earthlings
Live Online Provincetown, MAEarthlings, unite! Broto: Art-Climate-Science has announced that its next conference, on the subject of “global citizenship and its implications for climate,” will once again be virtual with live-streaming interaction and will take place on Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th, 2021. The conference has been playfully titled “Greetings, Earthling.” You can register now at […]
Elizabeth and Patricia James-Perry at Twenty Summers
Live Online Provincetown, MAArtists Elizabeth and Patricia James-Perry (daughter and mother, respectively), residents at Twenty Summers’ Hawthorne Barn this week, are giving a Zoom talk on Saturday, May 15th, at 1 p.m. It will concern the use of natural, locally sourced dyes in their work. Registration is free at 20summers.org. Both Elizabeth and Patricia are members of the […]
Dwell on It
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Nauset Fellowship hosts a virtual program on cohousing, a style of community living developed in Scandinavia, on Sunday, May 16th, 10 a.m. Hear from David Hoffman and Leslie Warner about their experiences living in a cohousing development in Acton and what they see as the future of affordable housing on the Cape. Registration is […]
Access to the World Onscreen
Live Online Provincetown, MAPasses are now on sale for the Provincetown International Film Festival’s screenings and events, both live and virtual, which will take place June 16th through 25th. See provincetownfilm.org. A regular festival pass is $275 and includes five tickets to screenings at Waters Edge Cinema and one ticket to opening night at the Wellfleet Drive-In. A […]
Tales of Hofmann
Live Online Provincetown, MARob DuToit teaches the third in his series of online art history lectures via Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill on Tuesday, May 18th, from 10 a.m. to noon. This one focuses on nature in painting from Hans Hofmann to the present day. Registration is pay-what-you-can at castlehill.org.
Milling About
Live Online Provincetown, MADo you know the story behind Mill Pond Road in Truro? The name comes from a tide-powered mill that sat on the pond from the 1790s to the 1860s. Tim Richards and Meg Clarke tell the whole history in a virtual event via the Truro Historical Society on Wednesday, May 19th, at 5 p.m. Registration […]
Film Society Holds Summit
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe fifth annual State of Media Summit for Equity and Inclusion, hosted virtually by the Provincetown Film Society, will take place on Thursday, May 20th, from 3 to 4 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Jennifer Siebel Newsom, filmmaker and chief creative officer of the Representation Project. Other speakers include Caroline Heldman and Rebecca Cooper […]
Smart as Paint
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin Bronx-based artists Firelei Báez and Derek Fordjour for a conversation about painting on Thursday, May 20th, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the Fine Arts Work Center’s virtual “Opening to Wonder” series. Registration is $25 minimum donation at fawc.org.
Loving and Claiming Space at East End Books
Live Online Provincetown, MAThere are two virtual book events at East End Books Ptown this week. The first, on Thursday, May 20th, at 7 p.m., will feature Eliza VanCort, author of A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space, in conversation with Alma Derricks. The book is about how to use one’s voice and posture to project confidence and power. […]
Brush Up
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Cape Cod Museum of Art is offering two online painting classes on Friday mornings beginning May 21st. Join instructor Julie Blanchard for a beginner-to-intermediate watercolor class from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or if acrylics are more your style, join instructor Odin Smith for an intermediate-to-advanced class from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration is […]
Flashers and Flappers
Live Online Provincetown, MADid you know that bats can consume 1,200 mosquitoes in one hour, or that you can discern a firefly’s species by its flash patterns? Join Mass Audubon for two online classes: “Demystifying Bats” on Friday, May 21st, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and “Decoding Fireflies,” on Tuesday, May 25th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration […]
Plant Food
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin Laura Kelley, founder of Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer, for “Experience a Garden and Be Nourished by Nature,” a Zoom discussion hosted by the Nauset Fellowship, on Sunday, May 23rd, at 10 a.m. Learn about the effects of growing your own food on your personal health, as well as the health of the Earth. […]
Yeah, Write
Live Online Provincetown, MAHave an unfinished manuscript lying around? The Fine Arts Work Center has two online writing workshops running Monday, May 24th through Friday, May 28th. Alysia Abbott teaches “Writing the Family: A Memoir Workshop” from 2 to 4 p.m. Registration is $550 at fawc.org. Irina Reyn teaches “Open that Drawer! Reviving the Stalled Novel,” an asynchronous […]
Tit for Tat
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin the Eastham and Truro Public Libraries for “Booby Trapped: The Bra in America,” an “uplifting virtual presentation” by mother-daughter duo Ehris Urban and Velya Jancz-Urban, on Tuesday, May 25th, at 7 p.m. Get the free Zoom link at easthamlibrary.org.
Green Thumb
Live Online Provincetown, MAC.L. Fornari will be sharing her gardening know-how, including “why you can’t prune your blue hydrangeas to make them shorter,” in “Growing Plants on Cape Cod,” a webinar hosted by the Truro Historical Society, on Wednesday, May 26th, at 5 p.m. Registration is free, donations appreciated, at trurohistoricalsociety.org.
Whale Tales
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin the Center for Coastal Studies for “Napi’s Lecture: An Evening With the Right Whale Team” on Wednesday, May 26th, at 7 p.m. Learn about this “somewhat unusual” 2021 season, which started with the arrival of Millipede and her calf. Register for this free virtual event at coastalstudies.org.
Up Beat
Live Online Provincetown, MAAurelio Martinez plays a virtual concert via the Payomet Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 26th, at 7 p.m.; pre-concert workshop at 6:40 p.m. Born in Honduras, Martinez specializes in Garifuna music. The concert is the first in Payomet’s “Open Arms” global music series. Tickets are pay-what-you-can at payomet.org.
Brush Up
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Cape Cod Museum of Art is offering two online painting classes on Friday mornings beginning May 21st. Join instructor Julie Blanchard for a beginner-to-intermediate watercolor class from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or if acrylics are more your style, join instructor Odin Smith for an intermediate-to-advanced class from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration is […]
Gotta Dance
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin Marc Strauss for a virtual Gene Kelly film series via the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater beginning Friday, May 28th, 7 p.m. with For Me and My Gal. Kelly was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer known for such films as An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain. Every Friday, Strauss […]
Open Book
Live Online Provincetown, MAHow have reading habits changed since the pandemic? Tricia Ford, director of the Truro Public Library, and Debra DeJonker-Berry, director of the Eastham Public Library, will discuss this and more in “Adapting and Innovating: What’s on the Horizon for Our Public Libraries?,” a Zoom talk hosted by the Nauset Fellowship, on Sunday, May 30th, at […]
