Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Compact Dune Shack Residencies Available
ProvincetownThe Provincetown Community Compact has begun the application process for five-day community residencies (to allow for 48-hour decontamination), April through November in 2021, for its C-Scape and Fowler dune shacks in the Province Lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Weeks for the C-Scape run Saturday through Thursday; for the Fowler, Sunday through Friday. Due […]
Preservation Hall Is ‘In Flux’
Wellfleet Preservation Hall 335 Main St, Wellfleet“In Flux,” an exhibition of works by Sonya and Natalya Woodman at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St., opens Saturday, May 15th and runs through June 17th. The hall is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sonya and Natalya are a mother-daughter pair of artists who live in Wellfleet. Natalya, whose art […]
Provincetown Theater Takes to the ‘Parking Lot’
Provincetown Theater 238 Bradford Street, ProvincetownAfter a 16-month pandemic-induced hiatus, the Provincetown Theater is back this summer, presenting “Playhouse in the Parking Lot,” a three-show outdoor season in the back yard of 238 Bradford St. Kicking it off, June 17th through 19th, is the regional premiere of Neptune, a one-man play by Timothy DuWhite about being Black and gay in […]
Autumn Wallace Shows ‘How to Hug Yourself’
Gaa Gallery 494 Commercial St., ProvincetownAutumn Wallace’s current exhibit at Gaa Gallery, “How to Hug Yourself: 10 Steps (With Pictures),” is based on wikiHow, a website known for its illustrated, simplified how-to guides. The paintings and sculptures in the exhibit explore “rebirth, baptism, fortune-telling, penmanship, sadism, and altruism” as well as “human sexuality, gender, kinship, and caregiving,” according to a […]
‘Double Bloom’ at PAAM
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum 460 Commercial St, Provincetown“Art of the Garden: Double Bloom” is an exhibition, curated by Cherie Mittenthal, of works by Rebecca Hutchinson and Joan Snyder. It is on display at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial St., from Friday, May 28th through July 18th. The exhibition originated as a show at Truro Center for the Arts at […]
Wise New Film About Caring for Aging Parents
ProvincetownThe subtitle of Michelle Boyaner’s new documentary, It’s Not a Burden, is “The humor and heartache of raising elderly parents,” and that’s certainly a fair appraisal. You might think a film on the topic of caring for parents as they’re failing would be a tough slog, but It’s Not a Burden is anything but: it’s […]
‘Round and Round’ at Albert Merola
Albert Merola Gallery 424 Commercial St., ProvincetownThe Albert Merola Gallery rings in the 2021 season with “In and Out and Round and Round,” a group show of 15 gallery artists. It features luminous work by Tabitha Vevers, powerful abstractions by Irene Lipton, sculptures by Paul Bowen, a gilded painting of a coiled snake by Karen Heagle, and pandemic-inspired work by Esteban […]
Turn the Page
Live Online ProvincetownYi Shu Lai teaches “Mirror Works: Inclusivity in Writing and Reading,” a four-week online course via the Fine Arts Work Center beginning Monday, June 7th. Participants will learn the importance of honoring and engaging with different cultural perspectives in their writing. Tuition is $550 at fawc.org.
FAWC Announces Summer Program for 2021
Live Online ProvincetownThe Fine Arts Work Center is holding its summer workshops in writing and the visual arts entirely online. Registration is $550 per workshop. Among the offerings: Pete Hocking on “Painting as Memoir,” June 7th to 11th; Nicole J. Georges demonstrates “Drawing a Line: Graphic Memoir,” June 21st to 25th; and Vicky Tomayko leads a workshop […]
Del Valle Starts Mural
Marine Specialties 235 Commercial St., ProvincetownEsteban del Valle has commenced painting a mural on the side of Marine Specialties in Provincetown. It is the first project commissioned by the nonprofit Provincetown Public Art Foundation. Over the next couple of weeks, del Valle — who is a former Fine Arts Work Center fellow and is represented by Albert Merola Gallery — […]
Dooley, Noted
Galería Cubana 460 Harrison Ave, Boston“El Nido (The Nest),” a show of works by Sandra Dooley, opens at Galería Cubana on Friday, June 11th and runs through June 21st. Dooley is a self-taught artist from Santa Fe, Cuba who paints mostly female subjects engaging in domestic activities. “Home is Dooley’s realm of comfort,” says the description, “both as her personal […]
Extra Virgin
Pilgrim House 336 Commercial Street, Provincetown“The Immaculate” Miss Conception returns to Pilgrim House this summer to celebrate 21 years in drag. Her show opens Friday, June 11th, at 6 p.m. and runs through August 7th at 336 Commercial St. in Provincetown. Expect on-stage character and costume changes into your favorite personalities from movies past. Tickets are $30 at pilgrimhouseptown.com.
Living Legend
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 10 Meetinghouse Road, TruroGloria Monaghan teaches “Tapping Into Myth and Image,” an in-person poetry workshop at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, 10 Meetinghouse Road, on Monday, June 14th through Friday, June 18th, from 9 a.m. to noon. Students will incorporate myths, symbols, and the “synchronicities of daily life” into their poems. Registration is $455 at […]
Stamping Ground (Mon.-Wed.)
Live Online ProvincetownThe Fine Arts Work Center continues its virtual workshops this week. Daniel Heyman teaches “Smack and Smash Prints in Zoomland: Stencils and Rubber Stamps!” Monday, June 14th through Friday, June 18th, from 10 a.m. to noon. Use household materials to create prints without harsh chemicals or heavy presses. Also Monday through Friday, Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s […]
In the Heights Book Launch
Live Online ProvincetownEast End Books Ptown is hosting a virtual book launch for In the Heights: Finding Home on Tuesday, June 15th at 8 p.m. The book gives a behind-the-scenes look at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway debut, now a feature film (which you can see on Wednesday, June 16th as part of the Provincetown International Film Festival). The […]
Twerkaholic
Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial Street, ProvincetownBilled as “everyone’s favorite non-essential twerker,” Varla Jean Merman comes out of lockdown this summer to perform “Little Prick,” a mix of comedy, new songs, and viral videos. The first performance is Tuesday, June 15th, at 9 p.m., poolside at the Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St. in Provincetown. Tickets are $49 at onlyatthecrown.com.
Life and Death
Live Online ProvincetownAndrew Lipman presents “The Death and Life of Squanto,” a webinar hosted by the Truro Historical Society, on Wednesday, June 16th, at 5 p.m. Lipman will detail the life and fall from grace of the Wampanoag man known as Tisquantum, who was embroiled in a scandal months after the “First Thanksgiving.” Registration is free at […]
Mic Drop
Wellfleet Preservation Hall 335 Main St, WellfleetWellfleet Preservation Hall’s Feed Your Love Open Mic series, held every third Wednesday at 7 p.m., returns on June 16th, “live in the backyard” at long last. Registration is free at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
The Guncle Comes to Castle Hill
Live Online ProvincetownJoin host Karen Dukess for a conversation with Steven Rowley on Wednesday, June 16th at 7 p.m. as part of Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill’s virtual series of author talks. Rowley is the best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. His latest book, The Guncle, tells the humorous but […]
Whale About It
Live Online ProvincetownLearn about “American Whaling in the Age of Sail” in a Zoom talk with author Curtis Martin, hosted by the Wellfleet Historical Society, on Wednesday, June 16th, from 7 to 9 p.m. Martin will detail the whaling industry from the 17th through the early 20th centuries, from its economics to daily life on board. It […]
Music ‘Toward the Sea’
Live Online ProvincetownThe Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra performs a virtual concert, broadcast from the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, on Wednesday, June 16th, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. First on the program is the andantino third movement of Debussy’s string quartet, followed by Ralph Vaughan Williams’s tone poem Death of Tintagiles. Next up is Tōru Takemitsu’s Toward […]
Castle Hill Members’ Open Exhibition
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 10 Meetinghouse Road, TruroTruro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill celebrates the beginning of summer with a members’ open exhibition on display at 10 Meetinghouse Road from Tuesday, June 15th through June 25th. It will include painting, ceramics, photography, collage, and sculpture. There will be a reception on Thursday, June 17th from 4 to 6 p.m., with […]
Brush Up
Live Online ProvincetownThe 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 […]
Charting Art
Live Online ProvincetownSuzanne Altman teaches “Art America: Regional Art Museums of the U.S.,” an online lecture series via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Monday, June 14th through Friday, June 18th, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Altman breaks down America’s museums into five regions — Mid-Atlantic, New England, Midwest, West, South, and Southwest — noting what is […]
Fit as a Flea
Wellfleet Drive-In 51 US-6, WellfleetThe Wellfleet Flea Market, located on the grounds of the Wellfleet Drive-In, 51 Route 6, is now open weekends, weather permitting, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nearly 150 vendors sell everything from antiques and memorabilia to books and clothing. Check out the latest at wellfleetcinemas.com.
Life Is a CabaretFest
Provincetown CabaretFest 29 Cleveland Way, West YarmouthThe 21st Provincetown CabaretFest will take place on Wednesday, June 23rd through Sunday, June 27th. The theme: “Broadway at the Beach.” A V.I.P. pass is $200 (individual events range from $15 to $50) at provincetowncabaretfest.com. Some of the highlights: a master class with Angela Bacari, former vocal coach to Liza Minnelli, on Wednesday, 11 a.m. […]
Comedy, Music, and Drag at the Art House
The Art House 214 Commercial Street, ProvincetownProvincetown’s Art House has announced its 2021 summer season — which will take place in-person, indoors at 214 Commercial St. and at town hall — after last year’s season was postponed by the pandemic. The return coincides with the tenth anniversary of the “Broadway @” series launched by Seth Rudetsky and artistic director Mark Cortale. […]
Fit as a Flea
Wellfleet Drive-In 51 US-6, WellfleetThe Wellfleet Flea Market, located on the grounds of the Wellfleet Drive-In, 51 Route 6, is now open weekends, weather permitting, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nearly 150 vendors sell everything from antiques and memorabilia to books and clothing. Check out the latest at wellfleetcinemas.com.
Twenty Summers Concerts on Tap
Truro Vineyards 11 Shore Road, North TruroTwenty Summers has announced its summer lineup of concerts at the Truro Vineyards. Normally, these concerts would happen at the Hawthorne Barn, but, because of Covid, they will take place outdoors this year. The series kicks off with Mozelle Andrulot and Mike Flanagan on Friday, July 16th. Doors open at 7 p.m., concert at 8 […]
