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    our picks for the week of July 9 through July 15

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    Mixed Media Maleness

    Steadfast, by Morgan LaPlante, is part of the “Modern Male II” show at Steve Bowersock Gallery in Provincetown. (Photo courtesy Bowersock Gallery)

    Catch the “Modern Male II” show at Steve Bowersock Gallery at 373 Commercial St. in Provincetown, featuring artworks of all media submitted from across the country. The curators were gallerist Steve Bowersock and journalist Jeanne McCartin.

    Guild Goes Outdoors

    The Eastham Painters Guild outdoor shows will resume on Thursday, July 9, on the lawn of the 1869 Schoolhouse Museum at 2375 Route 6 in Eastham. For the next few weeks, the hours are Thursdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Masks are required. Find a full summer schedule and catch the virtual exhibit at easthampaintersguild.com.

    Reading de la Cité

    The Paris Hours
    Author Alex George will read from his book The Paris Hours, a virtual Zoom event hosted by East End Books Ptown. (Photo Flatiron Books)

    East End Books Ptown is hosting a free virtual reading with Alex George, author of The Paris Hours, on Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m. The book tells the story of a single day in Paris in 1927. Pre-registration is required; visit eastendbooksptown.com.

    Wherefore Wampanoag

    Nauset Fellowship Unitarian Universalist of Eastham is offering a Zoom screening of We Are Still Here, about Jessie Little Doe Baird and the revival of the Wampanoag language, on Sunday, July 12, at 10 a.m. The film will be introduced by its director, Anne Makepeace. Email [email protected] to register. Informal socializing will begin at 9:30 a.m. 

    In Lucy’s Honor

    Tales of Cape Cod and History at Play is presenting I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone, a one-woman performance by Judith Kalaora via Zoom, honoring the abolitionist and women’s rights activist, who was the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. It can be viewed virtually on Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at talesofcapecod.org.

    Fire and Ice

    The Eastham Public Library will host “Dragons: Return of the Ice Sorceress,” a virtual storytelling and science event for children held via Zoom on Tuesday, July 14, at 5 p.m. Registration is free at easthamlibrary.org.

    Uncaged Spirits

    Bird in a CageThe Fine Arts Works Center in Provincetown is rounding up a gaggle of poets — Marie Howe, Nick Flynn, Robert Pinsky, and Kelle Groom — who will participate in a virtual reading of works inspired by Patty Larkin’s latest CD, Bird in a Cage, on Tuesday, July 14, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 and available at fawc.org.

    Liz Goes Local

    The Provincetown Public Library is offering a free virtual cooking program with Chef Liz Barbour, owner of the Creative Feast, featuring a slide show and two recipes using locally grown ingredients. It will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, July 15, at 3 p.m. Pre-registration is required at provincetownlibrary.org, under “Events.”

    Corn on the Cobb

    The Truro Historical Society has planted its Three Sisters Garden on the lawn of the Cobb Archive at 13 Truro Center Road in tribute to the Wampanoag peoples. The three sisters — corn, beans, and squash — represent crops that were essential to many Native American communities. Visit the Cobb Archive on Wednesday, July 15, at 4 p.m. for a live history talk with Marcus Hendricks of the Wampanoags. Email [email protected] to register. The fee is $10. Bring a lawn chair.

    Unforgettable

    The Wellfleet Public Library is hosting “I Remember Wellfleet” online via Zoom on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. It’s a Wellfleet Historical Society event in which participants share their stories and memories of Wellfleet, including the Strawberry Festival, Fourth of July Parade, and the life of Richmond Bell. To register, email [email protected].

     

    our picks for the week of June 18 through June 24

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    Island Treasure

    Take a virtual walk on Bound Brook Island in Wellfleet with the Friends of Herring River. (Photo Cape Cod Trails)

    The Friends of Herring River invite you to take a free virtual tour of Wellfleet’s Bound Brook Island on their website, herringriver.org/Videos. Originally created for a live audience presentation, the video offers a history of the area, its importance to early settlers, and some background on the Herring River restoration.

     

    Musical Preludes

    Joe Marchio, music director at the First Congregational Church in Chatham, is hosting a series of pre-concert talks ($10 each) on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. through Aug. 18. On June 23, he’ll discuss Richard Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. To register and get a Zoom link, go to artfuljourneysllc.com/pre-concert.

    Square Deal

    The Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s annual “12×12” auction is going virtual. Members may submit a work that is 12-by-12 inches, either by shipping it to PAAM by June 27, or dropping it off at the museum at 460 Commercial St. between noon and 2 p.m. on Monday, June 22; Wednesday, June 24; Friday, June 26; or Saturday, June 27. The online exhibition and silent auction will go live from July 10 through Aug. 23. Visit paam.org for details.

    One Act Only

    Wellfleet playwright Candace Perry is offering a two-hour online class for $25 on how to write a short play through the Eventide Arts Master Class series on Saturday, June 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sign up at eventidearts.org.

    Just a Shot Away

    The Youth Film Festival will come to its culmination this weekend (Friday, June 19, through Sunday, June 21) with the streaming of 25 shorts by young filmmakers from the Cape and across the state, presented by Wellfleet Preservation Hall. There will also be an awards presentation Sunday at 5 p.m. Catch an eyeful at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.

    Private Beach

    Make a note on your July 4 weekend calendar: Mussel Beach Health Club is hosting a virtual “Freedom Beach Party 2020” with DJ George Spiliopoulos on Thursday, July 2, from noon to 6 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Provincetown Business Guild — details to be announced.

    Join the Club

    The Provincetown Public Library is offering a virtual Provincetown 400 Book Club, hosted by mystery writer Jeannette de Beauvoir. The first meeting is on Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m.; the topic will be Geraldine Brooks’s Caleb’s Crossing. Visit the provincetownlibrary.org and click on “Events” — you’ll find the club on the calendar.

    Green Gardens

    The Wellfleet Public Library will host a virtual Climate Resilience Workshop, “No-Till Backyard Farming,” with Ben Fairbank on Saturday, June 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will learn how to create a sustainable ecosystem in their gardens. Email [email protected] to sign up.

    Hit the Books

    The Eastham Public Library’s summer reading program launches on Friday, June 19. Children who sign up should read as many books as they can by Aug. 13 to win prizes. For adults, there is a virtual book talk on “New England at 400,” by Eric D. Lehman, on Thursday, June 25, at 2 p.m. via Zoom. Find the listing on the library calendar at easthamlibrary.org to register.

    Performing Pairs

    Join a virtual family acrobatics class with Teddy Ment and Eleanor Getz of Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea on Zoom on Tuesday. (Photo Payomet Performing Arts Center)

    Payomet Performing Arts Center’s Tiny Tent offers a free live-stream concert, “Jazz and More,” with Eleanor Dubinsky (cello, vocals) and Dario Acosta Teich (guitar) on Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. They will play original songs, Latin American music, and, of course, jazz. Also at the virtual tent: a family acrobatics class with Cirque by the Sea stars Teddy Ment and Eleanor Getz on Tuesday, June 23, at 6 p.m. Set up mats and padding at home and be safe! For pay-what-you-can tickets, go to payomet.org.

     

    LIBRARIES

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Print books return to circulation at Outer Cape libraries

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    All four Outer Cape libraries began curbside services last week, although Provincetown library staff are calling it “street-side,” because they don’t have a curb.

    Directors Amy Raff of the Provincetown Public Library, Tricia Ford of the Truro Public Library, Jennifer Wertkin of the Wellfleet Public Library, and Debra DeJonker-Berry of the Eastham Public Library have been meeting weekly via Zoom to coordinate their curbside services. “We’re acting in concert with each other,” Ford says, “that way one library isn’t overwhelmed.” They released a video with instructions on the Wellfleet Public Library YouTube channel on June 1.

    Eastham Library
    Books and materials are packaged and prepared for pickup at the Eastham Public Library. (Photo courtesy Eastham Public Library)

    Here’s how it works: Patrons may order materials through clamsnet.org, email, or phone and arrange a time for a pickup. Unfortunately, delivery between libraries, which is a statewide service, hasn’t started back up yet, so if you want a volume unique to the Wellfleet library, you’ll have to make the trek there to get it.

    Materials are quarantined for 72 hours between patrons and sanitized. For pickup, in Provincetown, Wellfleet, and Eastham, they are placed in labeled bags and left for masked patrons to pick up from a table, bin, or book truck.

    Truro, on the other hand, is doing curbside delivery straight to your car. Ford says that Truro is also splitting its six employees into two groups that work on alternate days, so not all staff have to self-isolate in the case of an outbreak.

    The 72-hour quarantine for books is a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Mass. Library Association. “Most reports say that the virus will last on paper for 24 hours,” Raff says, “but pretty much everything in the library is covered in plastic.” Studies suggest that Covid-19 can survive on plastic for up to 72 hours.

    While bibliophiles are unable to peruse the shelves in person, all libraries are offering a “reader’s advisory,” which allows patrons to call and ask for recommendations. “I think in this culture of Covid, we’re missing browsing,” Wertkin says, “We don’t have the luxury of lingering anywhere, even at the grocery store.” The Provincetown library is also doing a reader’s advisory blog series.

    Wertkin says that on the first day of curbside, over 50 people used the service at the Wellfleet library. The other libraries reported smaller but promising numbers. While all of the libraries have seen an uptick in their digital services, including e-books, it seems that people are missing the tangible quality of print books.

    What are they reading? According to the librarians, a little bit of everything. Cookbooks, best-sellers from back in March, biographies, mysteries. They are also checking out CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks.

    Libraries were permitted to open for curbside services as part of phase one of Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan. Though browsing inside the library, with restrictions, is allowed in phase two (begun on Monday), it is unlikely that the libraries will reopen this summer.

    “The nature of a library is touching everything,” Wertkin says. Disinfection would be a monumental task.

    And because they are in seasonal communities, Cape libraries have unique conditions. In the summer, the Provincetown library, for instance, would normally have 650 visitors per day. DeJonker-Berry of the Eastham library says, “With populations changing on a weekly basis, and the many uncertainties surrounding us, erring on the side of caution is not erring at all, because the risk is too high.”

    Though curbside services may satisfy a book fix, the libraries themselves are prized destinations on the Outer Cape that are missed by many. Raff says the library is “the place you can go that is not home and not work.”

    That said, all four libraries are doing a virtual summer reading program, as well as other online events. And DeJonker-Berry, for one, hopes some virtual substitutes might survive the pandemic. “There’s lemonade here,” she says. “One of the things that is lemonade is that the skills we’re learning in terms of providing virtual programming are going to allow us to reach people who, for whatever reason, could not come out physically to library programs.”

     

    our picks for the week of June 11 through June 17

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    Art of Social Distancing

    Remote Office is an art installation by Megan Hinton at the Wellfleet Dept. of Public Works yard off Pole Dike Road. (Photo Megan Hinton)

    Artists Megan Hinton and Paula Erickson found a rusty metal office desk at the Wellfleet Dept. of Public Works yard off Pole Dike Road. Hinton was inspired to create a site-specific installation, Remote Office, with Erickson performing at the desk. Hinton decorated it with objects painted a rusty orange patina and calls the piece a “response to the Covid-19 pandemic” and “an intervention on the landscape.” See her photograph documenting the project on this page — that’s Erickson in shadow under her umbrella.

    Brunch With Mackenzie

    Throughout Pride Month, Pilgrim House and Live From Provincetown are presenting “Sunday Service Digital Drag Brunch” online every Sunday in June at 1 p.m. with Mackenzie, a drag queen so vivid, she’s beyond virtual. You can watch live (the food is up to you) on the Pilgrim House Facebook page.

    Bourne Again

    Among the virtual events offered by the Eastham Public Library, we recommend the exhibit by the Painted Ladies of Bourne, on view online at easthamlibrary.com throughout June. Also on the library’s site, from June 20 through June 26, you’ll find a prerecorded family-friendly concert combining jokes and music with Dave Maloof on piano and ukulele.

    Coastal Clean Up

    Willie’s Superbrew, working with the Center for Coastal Studies, is coordinating and sponsoring a cleanup of all Cape Cod beaches on Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14. Sign up at superbrew.com/beach-cleanup-signup and claim a space at your favorite Cape beach. To allow for social distancing, only one party per day is allowed on each beach.

    Outdoor Yoga

    Mussel Beach Health Club in Provincetown has started outdoor yoga and spin classes, conforming with social distancing guidelines, at the Crown & Anchor pool deck. A summer membership costs $299. To join, go to musselbeach.net.

    Feast Your Eyes

    Provincetown Public Library is hosting a free cooking class, “Feasting From Your Local Farm,” via Zoom with Chef Liz Barbour of the Creative Feast. The free class will take place on July 15 at 3 p.m. (reserve your space now) and will focus on cooking with local ingredients. Visit the library’s Facebook page and click on “events.”

    Acts of Love

    Wellfleet Preservation Hall is doing another virtual Feed Your Love Open Mic on Zoom on Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m. Email John Beardsley at [email protected] in advance to either attend or perform. For details, go to wellfleetpreservationhall.org or to the hall’s Facebook page and click on “events.”

    Day for Night

    Addison Art Gallery is presenting a virtual reception for the paintings and sculptures of artist Jennifer Day. Proceeds from all sales will benefit Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Go to the gallery’s Facebook page on Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Outermost Stretch

    Outermost Yoga in Provincetown offers a slew of live-stream classes for all levels. They are free but donation-based, so you are encouraged to support your instructor via his or her Venmo handle, which you can find on the class description at outermostyoga.com/virtual.

    Painting With Hocking

    An oil by local artist Pete Hocking, who is teaching an online workshop through the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. (Photo courtesy PAAM)

    Outer Cape painter Pete Hocking is teaching the online workshop “Three Ways Forward: Weather, Pathways, and Space” through the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. There are three sessions: Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a one-on-one consult with Hocking on Sunday, June 14; and Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop costs $250 ($240 for members). To sign up in advance, go to paam.org and click on “Events.”

     

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    Movie Clock

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    All movie theaters are closed in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

    GALLERY

    Outer Cape Households Make It Work

    Carving out space for the new work/life balance

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    Working from home. Like it or not, it’s a new reality for many of us. And while some may be lucky enough to have a dedicated space with an actual desk, others are getting creative with what they have. We asked readers to send pictures of their workspaces. We’re adding other examples on the Independent’s website to show how more of our Outer Cape neighbors are making their homes into offices and classrooms.

    So far, every conversation about workspaces turns up a helpful tip or two on how to preserve professional and personal sanity: look for an underused corner, think small, keep clutter under control, add a few creature comforts, and situate near natural light. And when all else fails, go for the right kind of distraction by getting outside.

    Want to add your working-from-home picture and advice to our online gallery? Email [email protected].

    Home office Wilburs
    (Photo Liesel Wilbers)

     

    If your image is going to be beamed out there, it’s a good idea to think about the background people will see. Liesel Wilbers is a school social worker in West Yarmouth. To work from her Wellfleet home, she repurposed her personal vision board to create a cheerful background for videos she sends to students and families.

     

     

    When Anne Stout, who works for the Chatham Bars Inn, realized she’d be working for weeks from her home in Eastham, she bought what she calls her Murphy desk: a fold-up desk with nooks for storage that can be neatly stowed out of sight at the end of the day.

    Anne Stout Murphy desk
    (Photo Anne Stout)

     

    Can you find the home office in Anne Stout’s entryway?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    The Rev. Kate Wilkinson, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown, delivers her sermons from a home altar, here adorned for Easter, that she composed in her basement.

     

     

     

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    Eastham Library Director Debra DeJonker-Berry likes the unstructured feeling of working from the sofa. The beautiful view through a big window helps. The downside of a cozy spot? Dogs do have a tendency to move in on your creature comforts.

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    Myya Beck’s multitasking space meets the demands of teaching kindergarten to her son, Beckett, while operating her Wellfleet business, Heart Core Studio remotely.

     

     

     

     

    (Photo Amy Raff)

     

    Amy Raff, director of the Provincetown Library, sets up a spot in her kitchen to work. What draws her there is the natural light. This room offers bright windows that lift her spirits on these days spent in isolation.

     

     

     

     

     

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    Co-owner of Truro Vineyards Kristen Roberts does it all at the kitchen island.

     

     

     

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    David Simpson and Kathy Fletcher, who run the nonprofit AOK out of their Wellfleet home,  find inspiration from facing desks.

     

    (Photo Rob Doane)

    Rob Doane, Community Development Partnership CFO, keeps his hand-built desk scrupulously neat, and has headphones within reach.

     

     

     

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    Anna Nielsen, youth services librarian at the Wellfleet Library, keeps the essentials nearby in her home office.

     

     

     

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Small-time Gangsters and World-class Wordplay

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    Which is better, the book or the movie? In this case, the jury is out about the movie Motherless Brooklyn, but the book, by Jonathan Lethem, is stunningly good. That’s good news in this time of closed movie theaters and sheltering in place.

    Motherless BrooklynIt’s hard to imagine Motherless Brooklyn as a movie because it’s so much about language, distorted, deconstructed, and turned sideways by the narrator, who has Tourette’s. Here’s what he thinks when he hears his own name, Lionel Essrog: Liable Guesscog. Final Escrow. Ironic Pissclam. And so on.

    We are privy to this endless and often very funny invention, much of which takes place in Lionel’s head. He keeps it inside until the pressure mounts to an unbearable level and he has to explode verbally — sometimes with these pun-like iterations and sometimes with a good old-fashioned obscenity. Lionel also obsessively counts and touches things.

    “For me, counting and touching things and repeating words are all the same activity,” he says. “Tourette’s is just one big lifetime of tag, really.”

    Lionel is one of four “Minna men” who work for a small-time gangster named Frank Minna. The flawed but genuinely likeable Minna found them as boys at a Brooklyn orphanage and hired them for odd jobs, until they graduated from high school and came to work for him full-time. Essentially, Frank raised the four of them, and they grew up together to become as close and as contentious as siblings. Now they work for the Minna Agency, a car service cum detective agency on Court Street in Brooklyn.

    Ah, Brooklyn! Motherless Brooklyn was written in the ’90s, long before Brooklyn was the least bit chic. Minna’s world (and therefore Lionel’s) centers on Court Street. Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill are his universe. Lethem lovingly portrays the delis, convenience stores, Korean markets, and front stoops in such detail that you feel you are there. This is a book that draws you into its own reality, chiefly by the power of language.

    There is action and suspense, however. The book opens with a stakeout on the Upper East Side (one of only two times Lionel has been to Manhattan) that goes sideways and turns into a thrilling car chase. The book is also a murder mystery, a kind of Tourette’s noir. The mystery is complex and deeply satisfying, but this is unmistakably a literary novel, and a novel of character, compelling from page one.

    Motherless Brooklyn is available as an e-book from CLAMS libraries. The film is not yet streaming for free but is available for rental online.

     

    Nan Cinnater is lead librarian at the Provincetown Public Library.

     

    Arts Briefs and Listings

    Arts Briefs for March 26 through April 1

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    Jim Broussard painting
    The Provincetown Public Library, as painted by Jim Broussard. (Photo courtesy Alden Gallery)
    Doors Are Closed, but Libraries Still Offer Services

    The library is a lifeline for people who need internet access, public information, books, movies, or social contact. So, with all four Outer Cape libraries closed, what resources are available to library patrons?

    Amy Raff, director of the Provincetown Public Library, emphasized that people should check the library website for updates, as information changes frequently. She can be reached by phone at 508-487-7094 during regular business hours, or email her at [email protected].

    The Eastham Public Library will be staffed to answer phone calls from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and the Wellfleet Public Library will answer phone calls from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Library staff can answer questions and provide help setting up library cards, accessing online services, and providing tech help. Those wishing to reach the Truro Public Library can send an email to [email protected].

    Patrons cannot check out books at this time. The Mass. Library Association cited curbside checkout services as creating an “undue risk for whole communities,” because materials cannot be sanitized.

    CLAMS cardholders can check out e-books using the Libby app. If you do not have a library card, you can register online for free and access all library services at clamsnet.org.

    The free wi-fi at the libraries continues to be available 24 hours a day without a password. All are welcome to use the wi-fi from the parking lot or by sitting outside the library while maintaining social distance.

    All late fees will be waived during this period of closure.

    Debra DeJonker Berry, director of the Eastham Public Library, said that she hopes to have some staff-led interactive programming on social media soon. She encourages people to use the many streaming services and resources for entertainment and education available through CLAMS. —Molly Newman

    Ilona Royce Smithkin
    This portrait of Ilona Royce Smithkin was taken by photographer Curtis Speer in 2017. Ilona will turn 100 years old on Friday, March 27. (Photo courtesy CUSP Gallery)
    Ilona Royce Smithkin to Celebrate Her 100th

    Artist, cabaret chanteuse, bohemian fashion icon, and Provincetown landlord Ilona Royce Smithkin will turn 100 years old on Friday, March 27.

    Ilona, who lives year-round in the top-floor apartment at Karilon house on Commercial Street, has asked friends and well-wishers to call by phone and not visit, due to the current COVID-19 health crisis.

    She was born in Poland and studied art in Berlin and Antwerp, and, after emigrating to the United States in the late 1930s, at the Art Students League of New York. She has painted countless portraits of the denizens of Provincetown and Greenwich Village, where she had a rent-controlled apartment that she gave up a few years ago.

    Famous for her neon red hair and red eyelashes, which she made herself, and her exuberant personality, Ilona was one of the subjects of Advanced Style, a 2014 fashion documentary about older women. She was also known for her “Eyelash Cabaret,” performed with Zoë Lewis on piano. Her artwork has been on sale for years at the Karilon Gallery/Angela Russo Fine Art.

    The name of the seven-bedroom Karilon house where Ilona lives is a portmanteau of her name and her friend Karen Katzel’s. They own the cottages and apartments at Poor Richard’s Landing next door.

    Curtis Speer, who took the photograph of Ilona above, said he got to know her by taking her figure drawing class at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. When he asked Ilona one Tuesday if he could photograph her, she told him, “If you wait until Friday, I will wear my eyelashes for you.”

    “I wish her the very best, a happy birthday,” Angela Russo told the Independent. “I hope she lives another 100 years.”

    Paul Lisicky
    Author Paul Lisicky. (Photo Beowulf Sheehan/Graywolf Press)
    Paul Lisicky to Give Live-Stream Reading

    Paul Lisicky will read from his new book, Later: My Life at the Edge of the World, at East End Books Ptown on Friday, March 27, at 5 p.m.

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the town’s shelter-in-place mandate, the store itself is closed but the reading will be streamed live on East End Books Ptown’s Facebook page.

    Later is about Lisicky’s time in Provincetown in the early 1990s. It was published by Graywolf Press on March 17.

    This alfresco exhibit of children’s art is at the corner of Depot and Truro Center roads in Truro. (Photo Nancy Bloom)
    Children’s Art Goes Drive-by in Truro Center

    TRURO — An exhibit of art by the Sustainable CAPE Children’s Community Garden Group, “Fabulous Fungi,” couldn’t be squelched by the coronavirus pandemic. Since all exhibition spaces have been closed, Sustainable CAPE set up the exhibit outdoors, at the corner of Depot and Truro Center roads, in front of Conservation Framing.

    The artwork, depicting various species of mushrooms, was created by local children in the Community Garden Group, which met weekly at the Truro Public Library until it was closed due to the health crisis. A sign on the road said it all: “Social distance with a smile.”

    WOMR
    Matty Dread at the WOMR recording studio during healthier times. Programs are now being recorded by hosts at home. (Photo WOMR)
    WOMR Will Not Be Silenced

    PROVINCETOWN — The threat of coronavirus may have stopped the volunteer DJs on WOMR, Outermost Community Radio, from coming in to the studio. But the show must go on, so many are learning how to prerecord shows from home.

    John Braden, the station’s executive director, said he and the operations manager have put together lots of shows recently, but the technology exists to combine music and then drop in public service announcements and comments by the host from the comfort (and isolation) of home. Co-hosts are using the online platform Zoom to prerecord together from their homes, he added.

    Operations Manager Matthew Dunn, a.k.a. Matty Dread, who hosts the show Soul Funky Train, also has the technology to do live shows from his house and he will try it soon, Braden said on Friday.

    The importance of radio stations has been elevated now that so many people are stuck inside and there is the need to stay current in a constantly changing environment.

    “We’re getting a lot of positive feedback,” Braden said. —K.C. Myers

     

    Twenty Summers
    Talks and musical acts at Twenty Summers are in the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown. The spring 2020 season has been pushed to the fall. (Photo Twenty Summers)
    Seventh Season of Twenty Summers Postponed

    PROVINCETOWN — The five-week 2020 Season of Twenty Summers, originally scheduled from mid-May to mid-June, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis and tentatively rescheduled from Sept. 25 through Oct. 17.

    The announcement was made over the weekend in an email to supporters from Kristina Kearns, the event’s executive director.

    Most of the events of Twenty Summers are held at the Hawthorne Barn on Miller Hill Road in Provincetown. There are talks with writers, artists, architects, reporters, and designers, as well as musical performances and artist residencies. This spring would have been the seventh season of Twenty Summers.

    In the announcement, Kearns suggested that enthusiasts of Twenty Summers programming can view past performances and talks on video at 20summers.org.

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    Movie Clock for March 12 through March 18

    Playing now on the Outer Cape

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    PLAYING NOW: MARCH 12-18

    The Call of the Wild (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: daily: 4:10 & 7:10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 1:10 p.m.

     Emma (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Friday-Saturday & Wednesday: 1, 4 & 7 p.m.; Sunday 1 & 4 p.m.

     Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Thursday: 2, 4:45 & 7:30 p.m.

     Onward (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas: daily: 4 & 7 p.m. (2D); Saturday-Sunday: 1 p.m. (3D).

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Thursday: 1:30, 4:15 & 7 p.m. Wellfleet Cinemas: daily: 4:05 & 7:05 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 1:05 p.m.

    The Times of Bill Cunningham (NR). Waters Edge Cinemas: Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday: 1:30, 3:30 & 5:30 p.m.

    The Way Back (R). Wellfleet Cinemas: daily: 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 1:15 p.m.

    SCREENINGS

    A Chump at Oxford (1940) and Beau Hunks (1931), with Laurel and Hardy, Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., WOMR Davis Space, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. $5 donation.

    Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936): Provincetown Film Art series: Wednesday, March 18, 7 p.m., followed by discussion, Waters Edge Cinema, 237 Commercial St., Provincetown. $12-$8.

    Kes (1969): Classic Films From France and England: Wednesday, March 18, 2 p.m., followed by discussion, Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way. Free.

    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019): Tuesday, March 17, 1 p.m., Provincetown Council on Aging, 2 Mayflower St. Free.

    One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005): South Wellfleet Peace Drum Film Circle: Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. (music videos from 6:30), Pond Hill School Community Hall, Mile Marker #100 on Route 6, Wellfleet. Free, donations welcome.

    Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019): Wild, Weird & Wonderful Women Film Series: Saturday, March 14, 4 & 7 p.m., Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 330 Main St. $10 in advance; $11 at door.

    The Wild One (1953): Bad Boys series: Wednesday, March 18, 5:30 p.m., Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial St. Free.

     

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    Movie Clock for March 5 through March 11

    Playing now on the Outer Cape

    By

    PLAYING NOW: MARCH 5-11

    The Call of the Wild (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday-Sunday: 1:10, 4:10 & 7:10 p.m.; Monday-Wednesday: 4:10 & 7:10 p.m.

    Jojo Rabbit (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 7 p.m.

    Knives Out (PG13). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 1:15 & 4:15 p.m.

    1917 (R). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 4 p.m.

    Onward (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 7 p.m. (2D); Friday-Sunday: 1 p.m. (3D), 4 & 7 p.m. (2D); Monday-Wednesday: 4 & 7 p.m. (2D).

    Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Friday-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday: 2, 4:45 & 7:30 p.m.

    Parasite (R). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 1 p.m.

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Thursday: 1:30, 4 & 6:30 p.m.; Friday-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday: 1:30, 4:15 & 7 p.m. Wellfleet Cinemas: Friday-Sunday: 1:05, 4:05 & 7:05 p.m.; Monday-Wednesday: 4:05 & 7:05 p.m.

    Seberg (R). Waters Edge Cinemas: Thursday: 2, 4:30 & 7 p.m.

    Sonic the Hedgehog (PG). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 1:05 & 4:05 p.m.

    The Way Back (R). Wellfleet Cinemas: Thursday: 7:15 p.m.; Friday-Sunday: 1:15 p.m., 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Monday-Wednesday: 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.

    SCREENINGS

    The Defiant Ones (1958): Bad Boys series: Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 p.m. at Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial St. Free.

    The Good Liar (2019): Tuesday, March 10, 1 p.m. at Provincetown Council on Aging, 2 Mayflower St. Free.

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944): Thursday, March 5, 7:30 p.m., hosted by Brad Moore at WOMR Davis Space, Schoolhouse Center, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. $5 donation.

    Paterson (2016): Soup & Cinema series, Wednesday, March 11, 6 p.m. at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. $16 ($15 in advance), includes a bowl of homemade soup, bread, and dessert.

    Sundays and Cybèle (1962): Classic Films From France and England: Wednesday, March 11, 2 p.m., followed by discussion, at Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way. Free.

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