Did you know that humpback whale tails, or “flukes,” are as unique as human fingerprints? The Wellfleet Public Library hosts a free “Virtual Whalemobile” on Thursday, Aug. 12, 3:30 p.m. Email [email protected] to sign up.
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‘SALLY’ in Wellfleet
The interdisciplinary SALLY Project focuses on “using art to activate the public memory of women, like Sally Hemings, whose lives have been erased or marginalized.” Hemings, an enslaved woman, was the mistress of Thomas Jefferson, who fathered her children born into slavery.
Founded and curated by Sasha Chavchavadze and JoAnne McFarland, SALLY began in 2019 at three different sites in New York. The SALLY Project in Wellfleet features 24 artists in four different venues. The Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum is currently hosting an exhibit, continuing through October, on Delilah Gibbs, known as “the last Indian in Wellfleet.” There is also a virtual exhibition at the Wellfleet Public Library. There will be new exhibitions at Farm Projects and WHEN Studio in August. There will also be a curators’ talk at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum on Tuesday, August 10th at 6 p.m. Visit sallyproject.net for more information.
Author Talk
The Wellfleet Public Library is hosting a Zoom talk with Helen Zia, author of Last Boat out of Shanghai and Asian American Dreams, on Thursday, June 24th, at 7 p.m. Zia, a journalist and activist, will speak about anti-Asian discrimination. Register for this free event by emailing [email protected].
No Time to Till
Ben Fairbank teaches a “Climate Resilience Workshop” via the Wellfleet Public Library on Saturday, May 1st, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fairbank will demonstrate how to use no-till practices in your vegetable garden and show “how growing food in this way can be one of the most patriotic acts you can do,” according to the description. Free, via Zoom. Email [email protected] to sign up.
Sea Change
Learn about sea level rise and its impact on coastal communities in a virtual talk presented by the Wellfleet Public Library, Mass Audubon, and Communities Responding to Extreme Weather. It will take place Wednesday, April 14th, at 7 p.m. Registration is free at wellfleetlibrary.org.
Dudnick Doc
The Wellfleet Public Library is presenting Craig Dudnick’s documentary, Evanston’s Living History, about a lynching and a South Carolina town’s struggle for justice, and, on Wednesday, March 17th, 7 to 8 p.m., a Zoom discussion with the filmmaker. Register separately for the free pre-screening and 7 p.m. discussion at wellfleetlibrary.org.
Change of Pace
The 17th annual poetry seminar with Rosalind Pace is going virtual this year. It will take place Thursdays beginning March 4th, from 5 to 7 p.m. “We will explore where poems come from (the art) and how they get made (the craft),” according to the announcement. Call the Wellfleet Public Library at 508-349-0310 to sign up.
A Virtual Wellfleet Art Exhibit
While the Wellfleet Public Library meeting room remains closed to the public, the sixth annual Wellfleet Art Exhibit is back, virtually, at wellfleetlibrary.org. “With the crucial limitations of wall space lifted, we opened the exhibit to any artist wishing to include one piece,” says the exhibit announcement.
Highlights include Dancing Girls in the Village, a mixed media piece by Janet Hymowitz; New York 01, 2021, a photograph on aluminum by Grace Hopkins; Desert Rain, a monoprint by Vicky Tomayko; Meditate More, a watercolor and acrylic by Mark Brennan; The Sea Was Roiling, a unique pigment print by Phyllis Ewen; Field and Ruin (Cottage), an ink on Mylar by Elise Kaufman; She Was (Bittersweet), a mixed media collage by Sasha Chavchavadze; Color Circles, a monotype with collage by Hanni Woodbury; Sprung, mixed media on paper by Bert Yarborough; Spectacle Pond, a photograph by Lew Schwartz; SAND.SEA.SKY, an encaustic by Janet Lesniak; and Aquatic Quartet, a monoprint by Maura Ghedini.
This event is ongoing.
Wild Things
Join the Outer/Lower Cape Libraries for a meeting of the At Home Learner’s Group on Thursday, November 19th, at 3 p.m., led this week by the Wellfleet Public Library. The topic: nature. Register for this free virtual event by emailing [email protected].
Farm to Tablet
Learn about Cape Cod history virtually in “No-Till Backyard Farming,” a Zoom talk with Ben Fairbank. This free workshop, hosted by the Wellfleet Public Library, will take place Saturday, September 26th, 10:30 a.m. The link to join is at wellfleetlibrary.org.
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An Artist’s Lot
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is hosting an online silent auction starting on Thursday, July 23, at noon through Sunday, Aug. 9, at 9:30 p.m., featuring art by Traci Harmon-Hay, Sarah Lutz, Pete Hocking, and others. There will also be a live auction, streaming from the Chatham Bars Inn on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m., with works by Donald Beal, Cynthia Packard, and more. Visit artsfoundation.org to register and bid.
Into the Woods
The Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is offering a few socially distanced activities. Among them is a kayak trip through Nauset Marsh in Eastham on Friday, July 31, at 8:30 a.m., tickets $70-$85 (call 508-349-2615 to register); and a full moon hike on Monday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m., tickets $14, children free (register at massaudubon.org).
Advice Versa
The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is hosting a virtual one-hour poetry workshop led by Nick Flynn that is designed to inspire unexpected and surprising new poems on Thursday, July 30, at 6 p.m. Registration is $10 at fawc.org.
Ukulele Lady
The Eastham Public Library is holding a virtual ukulele workshop with Julie Stepanek on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. Ages six and up are welcome. There is also a live-streaming animal show via Zoom on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m. Go to easthamlibrary.org to register; both events are free.
Feed Your Ears
The Wellfleet Pearl restaurant continues with live music daily (except Monday) from 3 to 5 p.m., no cover. Featured this week: Catie Flynn Band (Thursday, July 30), Boston Naturals (Friday, July 31), Pitchfork (Saturday, Aug. 1), Bruce Maclean (Sunday, Aug. 2), Brandon Manter (Tuesday, Aug. 4), and Jordan Renzi (Wednesday, Aug. 5).
World Tour
Great Music on Sundays @5 presents “Marimba and Piano Global Rhythms” on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 5 p.m. This free live-streaming concert, with Brian Calhoon on marimba, John Thomas on piano, and Chanthoeun Varon Collins on cello, includes music from Argentina, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, and the U.S. For details, go to ptownmusic.com.
For a Song
Steeple Street Music Academy in Mashpee is running a songwriting competition called Mash-ville. The entry deadline is Saturday, Aug. 1, and you must be at least 13 to enter. The fees: $25 for your first song, $10 for each additional song. The grand prize: two round-trip tickets to Nashville, Tenn. Winners will participate in a songwriting showcase on Aug. 15. Visit steeplestreetmusic.com for details.
Drag Picnic
Marti Gould Cummings in “Picnic in the Park” is coming to Pilgrim House’s outdoor stage from Tuesday, Aug. 4 to Saturday, Aug. 8. Tickets are $35 at pilgrimhouse.com.
Bracelets for BFFs
The Truro Public Library is hosting a virtual friendship bracelet-making class with Sophia and Maggie Prickitt on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom. Call 508-487-1125 or email [email protected] to receive the link. Materials will be provided through curbside pickup.
Backyard Boogie
Wellfleet Preservation Hall is presenting a backyard concert series. First up is Zoë Lewis on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. (rain date Aug. 6). Tickets are $15 for adults, $7.50 for children 13 and under. Groups are limited to six people; bring a blanket or lawn chair. Reserve in advance at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Puppet Party
The Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet libraries are holding a virtual puppet show, “A Celebration of Imagination,” performed by Caravan Puppets, on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m. For a Zoom link, email [email protected] with the names and ages of your viewing party.
Painting With Pete
One highlight of the online and on-campus classes offered at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill is “Making Pictures,” with Pete Hocking, which will be held live, from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Aug. 3, through Thursday, Aug. 6. The four sessions cost $455. Register at castlehill.org.
Young at Art
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum is offering several live outdoor classes for kids. Hannah Capra teaches “Little Artists Outdoors” on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. for children 4 to 7, and “Young Artists Outdoors” on Thursdays at 10 a.m. for children 8 to 10; both are $40 per session. Grace Emmet teaches “Plein Air Painting” on Fridays at 8:30 a.m. for children 10 to 15, $50 per session. Go to paam.org to register.
Hold the Mayo
The Wellfleet Recreation Dept. is hosting “Virtual Music at Mayo,” an online concert series. The Grab Brothers Band performs on Friday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m., and the Rip It Ups get in the groove on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Visit the Wellfleet Rec’s Facebook page for details.
our picks for the week of July 23 through July 29
Indie’s Choice
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The Pearl Can’t Help It
Music at the Wellfleet Pearl is back! The Aaron Norcross Trio performs Sunday, July 26, at 3 p.m. at 250 Commercial St. No cover. Visit wellfleetpearl.com for the full schedule.
Early Birders
Join Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 291 Route 6 for Early Bird Walks on Tuesdays at 7 a.m. and Thursdays at 8 a.m. Bird watchers will explore the sanctuary’s scenic trails. Group size is limited to eight, and masks are required. The walk costs $22 a person (members $18); purchase tickets at massaudubon.org.
Road Runners
The Wellfleet Recreation Dept. is holding its 46th annual road race virtually this year. Register by 6 p.m. on Friday, July 24, and run the five-mile race anywhere you’d like, as long as it’s before 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31. Registration costs $20 if you can pick up your T-shirt locally, $25 if you want it mailed. Visit the recreation dept.’s Facebook page for details.
A Capella Fellas
Great Music on Sundays @5, normally a staple at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown, has gone virtual this year, with eight online concerts available on Great Music on Sundays @5’s YouTube channel. The first engagement, featuring the all-male a capella group Hyannis Sound, will take place on Sunday, July 26, at 5 p.m. Find future events at ptownmusic.com.
Call of the Wild
Payomet Early Stages presents a free Zoom conversation on coastal birding with wildlife biologist Danielle Belleny and Jeffrey Ward. They will discuss issues of conservation and climate change, as well as birding tips. You must register at payomet.org to participate before the event on Sunday, July 26, at 11:30 a.m.
Plastic Bagged
The Center for Coastal Studies is streaming the film The Story of Plastic for free from Monday, July 27, through Friday, July 31. It will be followed by a live-stream discussion on Monday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m. with Madhavi Venkatesan, executive director of Sustainable Practices, and Laura Ludwig, coordinator of the center’s marine debris and plastics program. Register at coastalstudies.org.
Loud and Proud
Drag “screlter” (a portmanteau of “screamer” and “belter”) Cacophony Daniels graces Pilgrim House’s outdoor stage to perform “So Close and Yet So Far” at 7 p.m. nightly from Tuesday, July 28, through Saturday, Aug. 1. Tickets are $35 at pilgrimhouseptown.com.
Hold a Kandall
Amy Kandall, the ceramics and painting teacher at Nauset Regional High School and founder of Green Thumb Ceramics, is having a show of “Quarantine Paintings” at Spiritus Pizza at 190 Commercial St. in Provincetown. Have a slice and scan the walls.
Jungle Fever
The Eastham Public Library is launching a virtual children’s show featuring Jungle Jim on Tuesday, July 28, at 5 p.m. The show, which is free, will be available to screen the entire week following. Register at easthamlibrary.org.
Making the Zine
The Wellfleet Public Library is looking for submissions of poetry, fiction, or prose written during the pandemic for its Quaranzine. Submissions of 1,000 words or less are due by Friday, July 31. Email them to [email protected] or [email protected].
Painters Paired
Through Wednesday, July 29, the Stewart Clifford Gallery at 338 Commercial St. in Provincetown is hosting the show “Colorful Explorations,” featuring work by Nick Peterson-Davis and Bill Chisholm. Get a virtual glimpse at stewartcliffordgallery.com.
Gorey Details
The Edward Gorey House, at 8 Strawberry Lane in Yarmouth Port, is reopening on Wednesday, July 29, with the exhibition “He Wrote It All Down Zealously: Edward Gorey’s Interesting Lists,” including writings, drawings, and musings by Gorey that (mysteriously) never made it to publication. This summer, Gorey House visits are by appointment only: reserve at edwardgoreyhouse.org.
Mazur League
The Fine Arts Work Center is hosting a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, July 28, from 6 to 7 p.m. with poet Gail Mazur and artist Bert Yarborough on the subject of the late Michael Mazur’s New Provincetown Printmaking Project, which brought renowned artists together from 1990 to 1994 to create limited print portfolios as a fund-raiser. Register for $10 at fawc.org.
our picks for the week of July 16 through July 22
Indie’s Choice
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Streaming Readings
The Wellfleet Public Library is hosting a virtual poetry reading on Zoom with Heather Corbally Bryant, Tzynya Pinchback, and Lynne Viti, on Thursday, July 16, at 7 p.m. The library will also host a virtual book talk on Zoom with Susan Reverby, author of Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman, on Monday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. Both events are free. To register, email [email protected] with “Poetry” or “Susan Reverby” in the subject line.
Sliceman Cometh
Wellfleet Preservation Hall is hosting a series of three Zoom cooking classes with Chef Liam. The first, focusing on ceviche and knife skills, will be on Wednesday, July 22, at 6 p.m. and will include a virtual trip to Hatch’s Fish Market. The cost is $30 per class or $75 for all three. Visit wellfleetpreservationhall.org for details.
Seal of Approval
The Center for Coastal Studies is leading a guided seal hike on Thursday, July 16, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, July 20, at 5 p.m. Participants will visit a gray seal haul-out in Truro. Group size is limited to eight and the suggested donation is $5. The center is also presenting “Get to the Bottom of It,” a live beach exploration of the marine life of Provincetown, on Friday, July 17, at 3:30 p.m. Group size is limited to 10 and the suggested donation is $7. Sign up at coastalstudies.org.
Bird’s the Word
Join Mike Faherty, host of WCAI’s “Weekly Bird Report,” for a free, virtual discussion, offered by WGBH. It’s the perfect opportunity to ask all of your burning birding questions and get some tips, and will take place Friday, July 17, at noon. Register at wgbh.org.
Black Women Poets
Helping Our Women will be holding a reading and discussion of poetry written by African-American women on Thursday, July 23, at 2:30 p.m. at its outdoor patio at 34 Conwell St. in Provincetown. Masks are required, and due to social distancing, seating is limited: call 508-487-4357 to reserve a spot.
Cyber-concert Series
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and TD Bank are presenting a free virtual concert series this summer, streaming live on AFCC’s Facebook page. This week, Zoë Lewis and Roxanne Layton perform on Sunday, July 19, at 11 a.m., and Cape Cod Moonlighters Big Band performs on Wednesday, July 22, at 7 p.m.
The New Norm
Norm Lewis will join host Seth Rudetsky for a virtual concert and conversation on Sunday, July 19, at 8 p.m., as part of the Seth Concert Series. Lewis, who was the first African-American phantom in Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, most recently appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! Tickets are $23.50 at thesethconcertseries.com.
Music in the Air
Live music at the Pearl, at 250 Commercial St. in Wellfleet, is back up and running, with Charlie Marie performing Monday, July 20, at 3 p.m., and the Rick Lockwood Trio performing Tuesday, July 21, at 3 p.m. No cover. Details at wellfleetpearl.com.
Seen on the Green
Dawn Derow will perform a live outdoor concert on the Eastham Windmill Green, at 2515 Route 6, on Monday, July 20, at 7 p.m. She will be joined by Gregg Sullivan on guitar, Bart Weisman on drums, Ron Ormsby on bass, and guest vocalist Jason Reiff. Admission is free; proper social distancing will be observed.
Mozart at the Met
A performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s exquisite opera Le Nozze di Figaro — a.k.a. “The Marriage of Figaro” —recorded on Oct. 18, 2014, will stream for free on Saturday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. (or later — as long as it’s before Sunday at 6:30 p.m.) at metopera.org. Search online for “Nightly Met Opera Streams” to get to the right page.
Twenty-twenty Vision
The Bakker Gallery, at 359 Commercial St. in Provincetown, is holding a show of “20 Artists/20 Days” through July 30, featuring a singular classic work of Provincetown art each day. The entire show can be seen on Bakker’s pages on Artsy.net.
Virtual Book Talk: “Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman”
The Wellfleet Public Library is hosting a free virtual book talk on Zoom with Susan Reverby, author of Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman, on Monday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. To register, email [email protected] with “Susan Reverby” in the subject line.
Virtual Poetry Reading
The Wellfleet Public Library is hosting a free virtual poetry reading on Zoom with Heather Corbally Bryant, Tzynya Pinchback, and Lynne Viti, on Thursday, July 16, at 7 p.m. To register, email [email protected] with “Poetry” in the subject line.
