EASTHAM — The Chapel in the Pines renovation was completed last Saturday as George Koeber and Paul Collins installed the final piece of the project — a copper steeple cap. The drawing for the piece was made by Ruben Valenzuela of Eastham’s Peter McDonald Architect firm, based on an old photo from the Eastham Historical Society. It was fabricated by Cape Cod Copper in Lakeville.
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Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for March 5 through March 11
Susan Anthony Collages
A show of collages by Wellfleet artist Susan Anthony will have an opening on Sunday, March 8, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Great Pond Gallery of the Wellfleet Council on Aging at 715 Old King’s Highway.
The exhibit features a cross-section of work produced by Anthony over the last 10 years in archival pigment digital prints. It will be on view through April 3 at the COA, which is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tamora Israel to Read at Writer’s Voice Café
The Writer’s Voice Café, the monthly open mic at the Provincetown Public Library, will feature poet and actor Tamora Israel at its next event, on Wednesday, March 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 356 Commercial St.
Israel, who gave a TEDxProvincetown talk in 2019, “Consent and Boundaries in a post-#MeToo Era,” and last month wrote a brief one-act for the 24-Hour Plays at the Provincetown Theater, will showcase the evolution of her poetry at the Writer’s Voice Café. The event is free, and refreshments will be served.
Provincetown Art Up for Auction
James R. Bakker Antiques is holding its spring online auction, featuring work from the estate of Patrick Manning and other collections, with bidding ending on Saturday, March 7, from 1 p.m., going lot by lot.
A selection of classic art from the Provincetown art colony is available, as well as work from contemporary artists, from Ray Nolin and Agnes Weinrich to Anne Packard and Chet Jones.
All bidding is done online at bakkerproject.com, or call (508) 413-9758 for more information.
Cape Artists Find ‘Natural Attraction’
Work by Nancy Berlin, Prilla Smith Brackett, Terry Gips, Susan Lyman, and Robert Shreefter will be featured in the show “Natural Attraction,” curated by Phyllis Ewen, at the Brickbottom Gallery at 1 Fitchburg St., Suite C111, in Somerville.
The work by the artists, who are either local or show on the Outer Cape, is inspired by “how imagination and memories interact with the natural world,” writes Ewen in her blog.
An opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 8, from 4 to 6 p.m., and the exhibit will be on view through April 4.
A Show of Students’ Art at PAAM
“Carrot Cake: We Make It All Differently,” a show of work by students in all three tiers of the Art Reach program at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, will have an opening on Saturday, March 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The students, who also curated the exhibit, are in the Art on the Edge, Art Reach 101, and Reaching Forward Mentor programs. The show will be on view at the museum at 460 Commercial St. through March 29.
Music and Theater Highlights
CONCERTS
Catie Flynn: Saturday, March 7, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
Billy Hardy & Beth Sweeney perform traditional Celtic music with student dancers from the Kanaley School of Irish Dance: Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main St. Free.
Denya LeVine: Music Salon on Wednesday, March 11, 1:30 p.m. at Provincetown Council on Aging, 2 Mayflower St. Free.
Denya & Friends: Irish Folk Sessions: Friday, March 6, 7-9 p.m. at Provincetown Brewing Co., 141 Bradford St. No cover.
Tianna Esperanza: Monday, March 9, 7 p.m., with open mic hosted by Peter Donnelly, at Coffeehouse at the Mews, 429 Commercial St., Provincetown. $5 donation benefits WOMR and Provincetown Theater.
Lighthouse Chamber Players: Elizabeth Chang, violin, and Alissa Leiser, piano, on Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main St. Free.
Lower Cape Resistance Chorus: all welcome, Monday, March 9, 7-8 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 330 Main St. Free.
Áine Minogue, Celtic Harp: Winter Afternoon Concert Series, Saturday March 7, 4 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. $15 in advance at wellfleetpreservationhall.org; $16 at door; kids 13 and under, $10/$11.
Frank Poraski: Friday, March 6, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
Gregg Sullivan: Winter Music Series, Saturday, March 7, 1 p.m. at Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Road. Free.
PIANO BAR
Mike Flanagan: Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Fridays, 8-11 p.m. at Tin Pan Alley, 269 Commercial St., in Provincetown. No cover.
Jon Richardson: Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. at the Crown & Anchor’s Dive Bar, 247 Commercial St., Provincetown. No cover.
THEATER
Broadway: Then and Now: Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m., through March 14, at Academy Playhouse, 120 Main St., Orleans. $20; students $10 at academyplayhouse.org.
The Mosquito Story Slam, “Locals”: Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m. (sign-up at 6:30) at Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford St. $15 at provincetowntheater.org.
Red Herring, by Michael Hollinger, a workshop at the Veterans’ Company: Friday, March 6, 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 7, 2 & 7 p.m. at Cape Rep, 3299 Route 6A, Brewster. $10 at caperep.org.
Women’s Voices: stories, poems, and songs by Cape Cod women in celebration of International Women’s Day, featuring Tamora Israel, Harriet Korim, Deborah McKay, K.C. Myers, Candace Perry, Wilderness Sarchild, Liberty Schilpp, Sallie Tighe, and Anne Walsh, on Sunday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library, 55 W. Main St. Free.
DRAG
Drag Bingo with Tiki Bronstein, Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. at Atlantic House, 4-6 Masonic Place, Provincetown.
Drag Karaoke at Governor Bradford, 312 Commercial St., Provincetown: Dana Danzel, Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. No cover.
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 12, live on TV, hosted by Bang and Qya Cristal, Fridays at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7) at Crown & Anchor’s Wave Bar, 247 Commercial St., Provincetown. No cover.
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for Feb. 27 through March 4
In and Around Town With Alex Brewer
Alex Brewer is a local singer-songwriter and carpenter who recently released an album, Unquoted, featuring interpretations of Brewer’s songs by such local musicians as John Thomas, Michael Holt, Laura Cappello, and Tianna Esperanza. It was recorded at Brick Hill Studio in Orleans.
Brewer will be one of the hosts of the free 10th-anniversary celebration of Feed Your Love Open Mic on Saturday, Feb. 29, 4 to 7 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall at 335 Main St.
He’s also the featured artist at the Coffeehouse at the Mews open mic, hosted by Peter Donnelly, on Monday, March 2, at 7 p.m. There’s a $5 cover that benefits WOMR and the Provincetown Theater. The Mews is at 429 Commercial St. in Provincetown.
Finally, Brewer will be performing a free concert at the Wellfleet Public Library at 55 W. Main St. on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m.
The Cinematic End of Jesse James
The iconic true-life outlaw Jesse James met his end not from government agents but from a member of his own gang in his native Missouri. His story is atmospherically dramatized by writer-director Andrew Dominik in an epic ode to notoriety, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which will screen as part of the Provincetown Art Film Series on Wednesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. at Waters Edge Cinema at 237 Commercial St., Whaler’s Wharf, 2ndfloor, in Provincetown.
Brad Pitt stars as James, and Casey Affleck is Robert Ford, James’s admiring partner in crime who becomes his nemesis. Admission is $12-$8 or by series pass. The screenings are hosted by curator Howard Karren, who leads a discussion afterward.
An Afternoon With Quartett Giocosa
Wellfleet Preservation Hall, as part of its Winter Afternoon Concert Series, will present a return engagement of the all-woman Quartett Giocosa, giocosa meaning “playful,” on Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. at 335 Main St.
The concert is devoted to the work of child phenoms, and features string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, and Samuel Barber. Tickets are $22 in advance at wellfleetpreservationhall.org, and $23 at the door; kids 13 and under are $15 in advance, $16 at the door.
Dianne Longchamps Shows at Preservation Hall
Local artist Dianne Longchamps’s show at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, titled “Standing in Water: Wharves, Piers, Pilings, and Flowers,” will have an artist’s reception at the hall at 335 Main St. on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Longchamps’s colorful paintings will be on view at the hall through March 10, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Progressive Pop by the Mommyheads
Classical musician Michael Holt’s progressive pop band, the Mommyheads, will perform in a free concert on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library at 55 W. Main St. The four Mommyheads have been playing together since the ’80s, scored a deal with a major label, and have toured throughout North America and Europe. Michael’s parents are Bob and Joan Holt of Truro.
Casting Calls for the Provincetown Theater
The Provincetown Theater will be holding open auditions for two summer productions in its 2020 lineup of plays, Sarah Schulman’s comedy The Lady Hamlet and Robert Chesley’s erotic drama, Jerker. The auditions are on Saturday, Feb. 29, and Sunday, March 1, from noon to 6 p.m. at the theater at 238 Bradford St. There are four open roles in The Lady Hamlet and one in Jerker.
Audition sides for both productions are available at the theater during business hours (1 to 6 p.m.) as well as at the auditions. Rehearsals for The Lady Hamlet begin June 1, and shows will be performed Monday through Thursday from June 29 to July 23. Rehearsals for Jerker begin July 7, and shows will be performed Monday through Thursday from Aug. 3 to Sept. 3. For updates and information, go to provincetowntheater.org.
Julia Salinger at Wellfleet COA
Julia Salinger, a Wellfleet artist who shows year-round at her home studio-gallery, Mermaid’s Grange, is the artist whose work is featured in “If Only: An Exhibition of Drawings,” at Wellfleet Council on Aging at 715 Old King’s Highway, open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Salinger, in her notes on the exhibit, writes that she strives to achieve a balance in her artwork of paint and collage, “the outer concrete reality with the inner fantasy life.”
She’ll host an artist’s reception at the COA on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Music and Theater Highlights
CONCERTS
Black Whydah Trio: Irish folk instrumentalists Jean Sagara, John Best, and Ellen Sullivan: Winter Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 29, 1 p.m. at Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way. Free.
Alex Brewer: Monday, March 2, 7 p.m., with open mic hosted by Peter Donnelly, at Coffeehouse at the Mews, 429 Commercial St., Provincetown. $5 donation benefits WOMR and Provincetown Theater.
Sarah Burrill: Friday, Feb. 28, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
Chamber Music for the Outer Cape, “American Voices: America Sings”: New York Opera Society, Outer Cape Chorale Chamber Singers, and baritone John Whittlesey, Saturday, Feb. 29, 7 p.m. at Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, 1 High Pole Hill Road. $30 at pilgrim-monument.org or at door.
Feed Your Love Open Mic: 10th-anniversary celebration, hosted by Alex Brewer and John Beardsley, with John Grannis, Jim Rohrer, Candace Perry, Charles Thibodeau, Ken Silvia, Beth Ellicott, Rose Martin, Larry Franklin, Steve Sollog, Allan Weisman, and the Bert Jackson Quartet: Saturday, Feb. 29, 4-7 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. Free, donations accepted.
Fred Fried, Peggy Gerber, and Michael Ryle: Rowena Myers Waking Up Winter With Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 29, 3 p.m. at Snow Library, 67 Main St., Orleans. Free.
The Mommyheads, Michael Holt’s indie-pop band: Friday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main St. Free.
Quartett Giocosa: Winter Afternoon Concert Series, Sunday March 1, 3 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. $22 in advance at wellfleetpreservationhall.org; $23 at door; kids 13 and under, $15/$16.
Kareem Sanjaghi: Winter Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 29, 1 p.m. at Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Road. Free.
Songs for the Border, live music benefit for migrant asylum seekers and Seguimos Adelante, with emcee Vanessa Vartabedian; Tianna Esperanza with Frank Poranski and Larry Chaplan; and Denya LeVine with Julie Charland and Tim Dickey: Friday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. at Provincetown Brewing Co., 141 Bradford St. $10 suggested donation.
Gregg Sullivan: Saturday, Feb. 29, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
PIANO BAR
Mike Flanagan: Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Fridays, 8-11 p.m. at Tin Pan Alley, 269 Commercial St., in Provincetown. No cover.
THEATER
Assassins, by Stephen Sondheim: Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. (last performance, March 1), at Eventide Arts, 713 Route 6A, Dennis. $25 at eventidearts.org.
OPERA
Agrippina, by George Frideric Handel: a new production by David McVicar, live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center on Saturday, Feb. 29, 12:55 p.m. at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, 2357 Route 6. $30, $27 seniors, and $12 students at what.org.
DRAG
Drag Bingo with Tiki Bronstein, Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. at Atlantic House, 4-6 Masonic Place, Provincetown.
Drag Karaoke at Governor Bradford, 312 Commercial St., Provincetown: Dana Danzel, Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. No cover.
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 12, live on TV, hosted by Bang and Qya Cristal, Fridays at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7) at Crown & Anchor’s Wave Bar, 247 Commercial St., Provincetown. No cover.
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for Feb. 20 through Feb. 26
Cori Redstone’s Art of Protest
Artist Cori Redstone, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and got her M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, organized her first protest, a middle school walkout, at age 14. She remains an activist through her work.
Redstone will be giving a talk, “Why Make Art When the World Is F#@cked?” on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. at the Fine Arts Work Center at 24 Pearl St. in Provincetown.
The event is free and open to the public.
Ellis Paul in Concert at First Encounter
Maine-born, Boston-based folk singer-songwriter Ellis Paul, an award-winning performer for 30 years, will appear in concert on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Encounter Coffeehouse at Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road in Eastham. He has released 20 albums and two children’s books.
Tickets are $25 at the door.
Reading of Elizabeth Hemmerdinger’s Squall
The next installment of the Provincetown Theater’s Winter Play Dates series of full-length staged readings of new work will be Squall, by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at the theater at 238 Bradford St. The performance is free and open to the public.
Squall is a psychological thriller about two women trapped on an island off the coast of Maine. The reading is directed by Gary Garrison and features Vanessa Rose and Anne Stott. It will be followed by a talkback.
Hemmerdinger, who got her M.F.A. from New York University, is a producer of the documentary film Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me and associate producer of The Homestretch.
Rick Drost at Coffeehouse at the Mews
Rick Drost, a singer-songwriter from Cambridge, will be the featured act at the Coffeehouse at the Mews open mic on Monday, Feb. 24, at 429 Commercial St. in Provincetown.
The coffeehouse is hosted by Peter Donnelly. There’s a $5 donation added to your restaurant bill that benefits WOMR and the Provincetown Theater. Reservations are suggested.
Drost has been writing songs since the ’60s and performing full-time since he retired as a software engineer in 2015.
Jon Richardson Back at the Bench
Provincetown’s own Jon Richardson is back warming up the crowds at the piano at the Crown & Anchor’s Dive Bar on Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. at 247 Commercial St. in Provincetown.
Richardson, who performs as a duo with Peter Donnelly and produces recordings of his own and others at his home studio here in town, plays piano bars throughout the season at venues in Provincetown and elsewhere, including Tin Pan Alley.
Arts Listings
Music and Theater Highlights
CONCERTS
Sarah Burrill: Friday, Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
Crowes Pasture: Monique Byrne & Andy Rogovin: Winter Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 22, 1 p.m. at Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way. Free.
Denya & Friends: Irish Folk Sessions: Friday, Feb. 21, 7-9 p.m. at Provincetown Brewing Co., 141 Bradford St. No cover.
Rick Drost: Monday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., with open mic, at Coffeehouse at the Mews, 429 Commercial St., Provincetown. $5 donation benefits WOMR and Provincetown Theater.
Kathleen Healy: Saturday, Feb. 22, 5-7 p.m. at Truro Vineyards, 11 Shore Road, Truro. No cover.
Lower Cape Resistance Chorus: community sing of protest songs, Monday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. Free.
Mardi Gras Dance Party with Sugarcane Duquesne: Friday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. $15 in advance at wellfleetpreservationhall.org; $16 at door.
Ellis Paul: Saturday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at First Encounter Coffee House, 220 Samoset Road, Eastham. $25 at door.
Kareem Sanjaghi: Rowena Myers Waking Up Winter With Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m. at Snow Library, 67 Main St., Orleans. Free.
Toast and Jam with Tim Dickey, Julie Charland, Blake Newman, and Alice Malone: Saturday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m. at Wellfleet Public Library, 55 West Main St.
Bart Weisman Klezmer/Swing Band: Winter Music Series, Saturday, Feb. 22, 1 p.m. at Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Road. Free.
PIANO BARS
Mike Flanagan: Thursday, Feb. 20, 7-10 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 21, 8-11 p.m. at Tin Pan Alley, 269 Commercial St., in Provincetown. No cover.
Jon Richardson: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 21-22, from 9 p.m. at Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St., Provincetown. No cover.
THEATER
Assassins, by Stephen Sondheim: Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m., through March 1 at Eventide Arts, 713 Route 6A, Dennis. $25 at eventidearts.org.
Rumpelstiltskin: performed by the Dream Tale Puppets, Saturday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m., at Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre, 105 Division St., Harwich. $12 at capecodtheatrecompany.org.
Snow White: Thursday & Saturday at 7 p.m., Friday & Sunday at 2 p.m., at Academy Playhouse, 120 Main St., Orleans. $20, students $10, at apacapecod.org.
Squall, by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger: staged reading, directed by Gary Garrison, with Vanessa Rose and Anne Stott, talkback following performance, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., at Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford St. Free.
Winter Vacation Magic with the Amazing Richard & Co.: Thursday-Friday, Feb. 20-21, 2 p.m., at Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre, 105 Division St., Harwich. $15 at capecodtheatrecompany.org.
DRAG
Drag Bingo with Tiki Bronstein, Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m. at Atlantic House, 4-6 Masonic Place, Provincetown.
Drag Karaoke at Governor Bradford, 312 Commercial St., Provincetown: Dana Danzel, Friday-Saturday, at 9:30 p.m. No cover.
