Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Pizza Your Mind
The Canteen 225 Commercial St., ProvincetownThe Canteen is holding a “Outer Cape Heroes” pizza naming contest. On Fridays, all winter long, they will be making pizzas at 225 Commercial St. in Provincetown. Know someone deserving of a pizza namesake? Nominate them by emailing [email protected] Winners will receive a Canteen gift card, and be asked to choose a charity for their […]
Piano Guys
Live Online ProvincetownLive From Provincetown hosts virtual piano bar shows by performers such as Jon Richardson, Peter Donnelly, Todd Alsup, and Bob Egan each week. Check the Facebook page for details. This event is ongoing.
‘A Baroque Holiday Celebration’ Streams
Live Online ProvincetownMembers of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra gave a holiday concert at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on December 13th, but with restrictions tightening around Massachusetts, no one could see it. That is, until now: it is available for free streaming at artsonthecape.org. It consists of selections from Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio,” several Bach chorales, […]
‘Ocean Creatures’ Note Cards From Eastham Painters Guild
Eastham Painter's Guild 25 School House Road, PhillipstonThe Eastham Painters Guild creates sets of note cards each year, featuring art by guild members, to fund scholarships for seniors at Nauset Regional High School and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. This year’s theme is “ocean creatures.” It includes paintings of horseshoe crabs, Kemp’s ridley turtles, whales, sharks, seals, and piping plovers. Past […]
The Reason I Jump Streams
Live Online ProvincetownWellfleet Preservation Hall’s Doc Days Film Series continues this week with The Reason I Jump, a documentary directed by Jerry Rothwell. Based on a best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, written when he was only 13, it tells the story of five nonverbal autistic young people, trying to understand what it is like to be inside […]
Lucky Streak
Live Online ProvincetownThe Truro Public Library introduces “Book Bingo!” Drop by the library, at 7 Standish Way, to pick up your bingo card. On the back, write 24 book titles to be read in 2021; on the front, write the numbers 1-24 in random order. Every Friday, beginning January 1st (though you can start anytime), a number […]
Community Art Exhibit Ages Gracefully
Live Online Provincetown“Age Is a Work of Art,” a virtual community art exhibit organized by the Eastham Art Committee, can be browsed at easthamlibrary.org. Highlights include a tapestry of Vincent van Gogh by Roz Diamond, who writes in her artist statement, “Who knew that I would create, in retirement, hand-woven tapestries that I like well enough to […]
Truro COA Presents Jeff Blum, Virtually
Live Online ProvincetownA virtual exhibit of acrylics and watercolors by Jeff Blum, sponsored by the Truro Council on Aging, is viewable at jeffblumart.com. “My family has been coming to Truro since the early 1960s — we’re part of a Baltimore Jewish community that included the artist Herman Maril,” writes Blum in an artist statement. “In 2013, I […]
Winter Wednesdays — Whenever, Wherever
Live Online ProvincetownRegistration for Winter Wednesdays, called “Winter Whenevers” this year, opens Monday, January 4th, at winterwednesdays.org. These free classes will allow “residents of Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet to interact online with each other over the off-season and learn something new at the same time,” according to a press release. Here’s the course lineup for Session I, […]
Undiscovered Talent
Live Online ProvincetownThe 6th Annual Wellfleet Art Show is accepting submissions through January 31th. Artists of all ages are encouraged to submit a single jpeg image to [email protected] Include your name, title, medium, size, and an optional artist statement. Put “6th Annual Wellfleet Art Show” in the subject line. Details at wellfleetlibrary.org. This event is ongoing.
Broto Launches Working Groups
Live Online ProvincetownBroto is hosting three working groups to have monthly discussions, via Zoom, on topics related to the intersection of art and science. The first, “Collaboration Blueprint,” began on January 13th, at 3 p.m. But there is still “Pro-Nature Culture,” starting Tuesday, January 19th, at 3 p.m., which aims to answer the question, “If behavior change […]
The Spirit Moves
Live Online ProvincetownThe Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown has announced its virtual 2021 Winter Spirituality Series. This week, Kate Wallace Rogers teaches “Poetry in Motion Yoga” on Thursday, January 21st, from 3 to 4 p.m.; Ellen Anthony teaches qigong on Monday, January 25th, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; and Jennifer Shannon teaches mindfulness on Wednesday, January […]
Past and Present Exhibits at PAAM
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum 460 Commercial St, Provincetown"The Napi and Helen Van Dereck Collection: Part II” is on view at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial St. from Friday, January 22nd through May 23rd. Curated by PAAM CEO Christine McCarthy, it features more than 40 works of Provincetown art. “Napi passed away on Christmas Day, 2019 and this exhibition is […]
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
Live Online ProvincetownPete Hocking is teaching “People, Places & Things: Painting What’s Important,” an online workshop via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Monday, January 25th through Friday, January 29th, from 6 to 9 p.m. “From time to time, every artist wonders what their work is about,” the announcement says. “This workshop is focused on exploring the […]
Open Strings
Live Online ProvincetownThe Cape Symphony Youth Orchestra is welcoming auditions for its spring semester. The ensemble, led by conductor Mark Miller, is open to students in grades 6 through 12, and college students under age 22. Tuition is $400. Audition details at capesymphony.org.
The Spirit Moves
Live Online ProvincetownThe Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown has announced its virtual 2021 Winter Spirituality Series. This week, Kate Wallace Rogers teaches “Poetry in Motion Yoga” on Thursday, January 21st, from 3 to 4 p.m.; Ellen Anthony teaches qigong on Monday, January 25th, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; and Jennifer Shannon teaches mindfulness on Wednesday, January […]
Helmar and Wastrom at Gaa Gallery, Provincetown
Gaa Gallery 494 Commercial St., ProvincetownTwo new shows are opening at the Gaa Gallery at 494 Commercial St. in Provincetown on Friday, November 27th: “This Nettle, Danger,” featuring photography by Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, and “Just Us Here,” offering works on paper by Ericka Wastrom. Both are on view through February 27th. The Gaa Gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 […]
Being Green
Live Online ProvincetownThe January selection for the Truro Library Book Club is Olive, Again: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout, the sequel to the Pulitzer prize-winning Olive Kitteridge. There will be a Zoom discussion on Wednesday, January 27th, at 2 p.m. Email [email protected] for the link.
Slice of Life
Live Online ProvincetownPtown Pizza Readings is doing a virtual reading of John Cariani’s comedic play Almost, Maine on Wednesday, January 27th, 6 p.m. All participants are required to read a part. RSVP to [email protected] by January 25th.
Wax Poetic
Live Online ProvincetownDorothy Cochran is teaching an online course on encaustic monotypes at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. “Students will learn about heat sources, encaustic wax, transparency, tools, papers, and water-based materials that can be used in tandem with the monotype,” according to the course description. There are four Thursday sessions, 10:30 a.m. to […]
Air Force
Live Online ProvincetownWatch Duncan MacMillan’s Lungs performed by Claire Foy and Matt Smith at the Old Vic in London on Thursday, January 28th and Friday, January 29th, at 1:30 p.m., promoted locally by Payomet Performing Arts Center. The play is about a couple wondering whether or not to have a baby in this uncertain world. Tickets are […]
Going Once
Live Online ProvincetownThe Provincetown Film Society’s winter auction begins Friday, January 29th. Among the items available for bidding are a lunch and tour of the Massachusetts State House with Senator Julian Cyr, a personalized voicemail greeting by Kathleen Turner, and an apartment in the Italian town of Umbertide for one week. The auction ends February 7th at […]
Morning Joe
Live Online ProvincetownJoin Harrison Fish and Bob Keary, Fridays at 9 a.m., for Wake Up! In Provincetown. This talk show, filmed live from the Provincetown Brewing Co. taproom, has special guests each week. Watch it on YouTube.
Air Force
Live Online ProvincetownWatch Duncan MacMillan’s Lungs performed by Claire Foy and Matt Smith at the Old Vic in London on Thursday, January 28th and Friday, January 29th, at 1:30 p.m., promoted locally by Payomet Performing Arts Center. The play is about a couple wondering whether or not to have a baby in this uncertain world. Tickets are […]
Steppin’ Out
Live Online ProvincetownMarc Strauss, co-host of “Fred Astaire Fridays,” presented via Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater every Friday at 7 p.m., is screening all of Fred Astaire’s films, with introductions and post-film discussions via Zoom. The next month’s lineup: Ziegfeld Follies on January 2nd (Saturday), Yolanda and the Thief on January 8th, Blue Skies on January 15th, Easter […]
Owl Prowl
Live Online ProvincetownLearn about “Owls of Massachusetts” in an online course offered by Mass Audubon, Fridays beginning January 15th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration for all six sessions is $90 at massaudubon.org. There is also “Tracking Mammals in Winter,” an online course on Wednesday, January 20th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Learn how “creatures leave behind visible tracks, trails, […]
Male Gays
Live Online ProvincetownPete Hocking is teaching “Queer Men Painting Figures,” an online workshop via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, on Saturdays beginning January 30th, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will look at artworks by contemporary queer male artists, and make art themselves, working from a mirror, photographs, or other source material. All gender identities […]
New Wave
Live Online ProvincetownJoin the Nauset Fellowship for “The Greatest Beach: The History of the Cape Cod National Seashore,” a virtual talk with Bill Burke, historian for the National Seashore, on Sunday, January 31th, at 10 a.m. It will address “what you always wanted to know about Cape Cod National Seashore but were afraid to ask — or […]
Virtual Music Series Pushes Boundaries
Live Online Provincetown“Music Without Borders,” a music meditation show with pianist John Thomas, will premiere online on Sunday, January 24th, at 7 p.m. with guest Ken Field on saxophone. It will stream Sundays through March 7th at provincetowntheater.org. The show “aims to engage audiences for a half-hour each week with the peace, serenity and beauty offered by […]
Global Warming
Live Online Provincetown“Music Without Borders,” a weekly music meditation show with pianist John Thomas, presented by Provincetown Theater, continues Sunday, January 31st, 7 p.m. with Bulgarian folk singer Elena Mancheva and wind player Justin Torrellas. Watch at provincetowntheater.org; $15 suggested donation.
Looming Large
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 10 Meetinghouse Road, TruroLearn how to hand-weave an infinity scarf with Dahlia Popovits in a workshop at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, 10 Meetinghouse Road, on Monday, February 1st, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Space is limited to six participants. Registration is $150, plus $25 for materials, at castlehill.org.
Brew-Haha
Live Online ProvincetownThe Provincetown Brewing Co. hosts Brews Clues Trivia on Mondays at 7 p.m. Play in person at 141 Bradford St. or tune in on Facebook Live.
Coffeehouse at the Mews Goes Virtual
Live Online ProvincetownCoffeehouse at the Mews is celebrating its 30th anniversary. But this year, it is going virtual. Watch Mondays at 7 p.m. via Facebook or YouTube. Presented by Live From Provincetown, the virtual coffeehouse will be hosted by Ron Robin and Peter Donnelly. It will feature guest musicians and poets to be announced each week. Donations […]