Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Wag a Tale
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Provincetown for “Story Time With Char” on Wednesdays beginning February 3rd, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Read and share stories, including ones from Chicken Soup for the Soul, Did You Know?, and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Email [email protected] to sign up.
Booking It
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Eastham Public Library is hosting virtual story time for preschoolers on Friday, February 5th, noon to 1 p.m., and for elementary school students on Wednesday, February 10th, noon to 1 p.m. Watch “Fran the Librarian” on the Eastham Public Library’s Instagram.
Booking It
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Eastham Public Library is hosting virtual story time for preschoolers on Friday, February 5th, noon to 1 p.m., and for elementary school students on Wednesday, February 10th, noon to 1 p.m. Watch “Fran the Librarian” on the Eastham Public Library’s Instagram.
Apple a Day
Live Online Provincetown, MASpoken word artist Kristin Knowles is doing a virtual reading, titled “Biting the Apple,” via the Nauset Fellowship on Sunday, February 21st, 10 a.m. “Through poems and stories of her travels and travails, Knowles illustrates the inextricable ties connecting artistry and activism,” according to the announcement. Registration is free at nfuu.org.
Latovich to Reveal The Girl in the Boston Box
Live Online Provincetown, MAAuthor Chuck Latovich will read from and discuss his new novel, The Girl in the Boston Box: A Mystery Times Two, in a Zoom event presented by East End Books Ptown on Tuesday, March 16th at 6 p.m. Discover how two unrelated narratives are linked by the urban legend of the “Boston Box.” The book […]
When Male Lovers Could Neither Love nor Live Free
Live Online Provincetown, MARobert Jones Jr.’s debut novel, The Prophets, is the love story of two enslaved men on a Mississippi plantation in the antebellum South. Critics have praised the book’s raw authenticity, reminiscent of the writing of Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and James Baldwin. On Wednesday, March 17th at 6 p.m., Jones will participate in an hour-long […]
Creative Kids
Live Online Provincetown, MAYouth Online Workshops via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum begin this week. Sophia Aussant teaches “Sea Creature Sculpting,” for children ages 7 to 10, on Tuesdays beginning April 6th, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. At the same time, Antonia DaSilva teaches “Bookmaking and Artist Books,” for children ages 11 to 14. And Hannah Capra […]
Main Stream
Live Online Provincetown, MA“Voices of the River” is a call for poetry by the Friends of Herring River. Throughout April, which is National Poetry Month, they are looking for poems inspired by the river’s restoration to be printed in their May newsletter. Send submissions to [email protected]
Talking The Last Sailor, With Sarah Anne Johnson
Live Online Provincetown, MAProvincetown author Sarah Anne Johnson will discuss her latest novel, The Last Sailor, as part of the Castle Hill Author Talks, hosted by Karen Dukess, on Wednesday, April 21st, at 6 p.m. Registration is free, though donations appreciated, at castlehill.org. The Last Sailor is a historical saga about shipwrecks and broken romances that is set […]
Snow Days
Snow Library 65 Main Street, Orleans, MAThere will be an outdoor book sale at Snow Library, 67 Main St. in Orleans, on Saturday, April 17th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All proceeds benefit the library. The library is also accepting book donations by appointment only. More information at snowlibrary.org.
Poetic License
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Truro Historical Society presents a Zoom poetry reading, “Outer Cape Poets: Sharing New Work,” on Wednesday, April 21st, at 5 p.m. It is free to watch, but donations appreciated, at trurohistoricalsociety.org.
Virtual Verse
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin Wellfleet Preservation Hall and WOMR for a virtual poetry reading with the winners of the Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest: Rosemary Dunn Moeller, Michael Shapiro, Wilderness Sarchild, J. Lorraine Brown, Dianne Woods Ashley, James S. Cornell, Judith Partelow, Wayne Miller, Ginia Pati, and Rose Auslander, and contest judge Marge Piercy. It will take place […]
Crawdaddy Issues
Snow Library 65 Main Street, Orleans, MAThe May selection for the First Tuesday Book Club at Snow Library in Orleans is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. The book is about a young woman living in the marshes of North Carolina. Copies of the book are available at the library. There will be a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, May 4th, […]
Pier Corpse
Live Online Provincetown, MAJeannette de Beauvoir reads from her latest Provincetown mystery, Dead in the Water, in a virtual event at East End Books Ptown on Tuesday, May 4th, at 6 p.m. In the book, amateur sleuth Sydney Riley’s respite between theme weeks is cut short when the body of a kidnapped businessman washes up under MacMillan Wharf. […]
Creative Kids
Live Online Provincetown, MAYouth Online Workshops via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum begin this week. Sophia Aussant teaches “Sea Creature Sculpting,” for children ages 7 to 10, on Tuesdays beginning April 6th, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. At the same time, Antonia DaSilva teaches “Bookmaking and Artist Books,” for children ages 11 to 14. And Hannah Capra […]
Thar She Blows
Live Online Provincetown, MAIt’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” On Friday, May 7th, at 6 p.m., join “Whaling Captains of Color,” a talk by Skip Finley. But the highlight will be “Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! […]
Thar She Blows
Live Online Provincetown, MAIt’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” On Friday, May 7th, at 6 p.m., join “Whaling Captains of Color,” a talk by Skip Finley. But the highlight will be “Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! […]
Yeah, Write
Live Online Provincetown, MAHave an unfinished manuscript lying around? The Fine Arts Work Center has two online writing workshops running Monday, May 24th through Friday, May 28th. Alysia Abbott teaches “Writing the Family: A Memoir Workshop” from 2 to 4 p.m. Registration is $550 at fawc.org. Irina Reyn teaches “Open that Drawer! Reviving the Stalled Novel,” an asynchronous […]
Wild and Wonderful
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin the Fine Arts Work Center for “Wilder Words,” a virtual reading of recent books by 24PearlStreet’s spring faculty, on Thursday, June 3rd, at 6 p.m. Hosted by Jennifer Jean, it features Kim Addonizio, Elissa Altman, Nickole Brown, Peter Campion, and Tyler Mills. Registration is free at fawc.org.
Living Legend
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 10 Meetinghouse Road, Truro, MAGloria 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 […]
In the Heights Book Launch
Live Online Provincetown, MAEast 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 […]
The Guncle Comes to Castle Hill
Live Online Provincetown, MAJoin 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 […]
Set the Stage
Cape Cod Museum of Art 60 Hope Lane, DennisThe Cape Cod Museum of Art, 60 Hope Lane in Dennis, hosts a book signing and reception with Sue Mellen, author of A History of Theater on Cape Cod, on Thursday, June 17th, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Mellen will be in conversation with Julie Craven Wagner, associate publisher/editor of Cape Cod Life. The book […]
Understanding Alzheimer’s
Live Online Provincetown, MAAfter journalist Greg O’Brien was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago, his natural curiosity and investigative skills compelled him to write the award-winning On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s. O’Brien will discuss his book in a Zoom event via the Nauset Fellowship on Sunday, June 20th, 10 a.m. Registration is free at nfuu.org.
Write Your Story
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Truro Memoirs Group will give its annual spring reading via Zoom on Sunday, June 20th, from 2 to 4 p.m. Mentored by Rosalind Pace, members of the group will share selections from their work, with time for questions and discussion. Register for this free program by contacting Chelsea Micks at [email protected]
Author Talk
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe 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]
Write On
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 10 Meetinghouse Road, Truro, MADust off that old manuscript and make your way to Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, 10 Meetinghouse Road, for “Polishing Your Draft: A Fiction Revision Workshop” taught by authors Karen Dukess and Christina Clancy. It runs Monday, June 28th through Friday, July 2nd, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Registration is $455 at castlehill.org.
Here and Queer
East End Books Ptown 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MAEast End Books Ptown, 389 Commercial St., will host a Zoom and in-person event for Aaron S. Lecklider’s book Love’s Next Meeting: The Forgotten History of Homosexuality and the Left in American Culture on Tuesday, June 29th, at 6 p.m. Lecklider, a cultural critic and professor of American studies at UMass Boston, will talk about […]
Vice and Virtue
East End Books Ptown 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MAEast End Books Ptown, 389 Commercial St., hosts a virtual and in-person event for Anna Lvovsky’s Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall on Tuesday, July 13th, at 6 p.m. The book chronicles the suppression and criminalization of gay life in America between the 1930s and 1960s. Registration with […]
Native Language
Live Online Provincetown, MA“Voices of Indigenous Poets” is a free virtual event, hosted by the Truro Historical Society, on Wednesday, July 14th, from 5 to 6 p.m. There will be readings by Lucille Lang Day, Ben Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, Cheryl Savageau, and Ron Welburn. Visit trurohistoricalsociety.org for more information.
Secret Sibling
East End Books Ptown 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MAJill Richter will appear in conversation with her brother Dan Richter in a live and virtual book event at East End Books Ptown, 389 Commercial St., on Sunday, July 18th, at 6 p.m. Her book, The Burmese Sister, chronicles the story of Eva Swanson in search of her half-sister in Burma following the death of […]
Going Boho
Wellfleet Public Library 55 West Main St, Wellfleet, MAThe Wellfleet Public Library presents author Hayden Herrera in conversation with sculptor Penelope Jencks on Monday, July 26th, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Herrera has written artist biographies including Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work. Her new book, Upper Bohemia: A Memoir, chronicles her privileged but lonely upbringing by artist parents in New York, Cape […]
Flying Lessons
Live Online Provincetown, MAThe Truro Historical Society presents “The Birdmen of Truro,” a virtual talk with mystery writer Paul Kemprecos, who will discuss the inspiration for Killing Icarus, on Wednesday, July 28th, from 5 to 6 p.m. The book is a suspenseful cat-and-mouse tale set mostly in Truro, involving an Edward Hopper sketch and secrets from World War […]
