Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Comeback Kids
Live Online ProvincetownLearn about endangered animals that have made a comeback in “Wildlife Success Stories,” an online course offered by Mass Audubon. The first session, on wood ducks, is Thursday, January 7th, at 7 p.m. Registration for all eight Thursday sessions is $120 at massaudubon.org. If you still haven’t gotten your nature fix, there is an online […]
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, […]
Good Grief
Live Online ProvincetownThere are still spots available in “The Art of Dying: Death Education and Conversation” a course about “nurturing a positive and curious relationship to our own inevitable ending,” taught by Dawn Walsh as part of Winter Whenevers. It takes place Wednesdays, beginning January 20th, at 6 p.m. Registration is free at winterwednesdays.org.
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 […]
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 […]
Loony Tunes
Live Online ProvincetownMass Audubon has two online courses this week. The first, on loons, is part of “Massachusetts Wildlife Success Stories.” It will take place Thursday, January 21st, at 7 p.m. Registration is $20 at massaudubon.org. There is also “Kayaking Prince William Sound,” a virtual tour of the Alaskan wilderness, on Friday, January 22nd, noon. Registration is […]
Loony Tunes
Live Online ProvincetownMass Audubon has two online courses this week. The first, on loons, is part of “Massachusetts Wildlife Success Stories.” It will take place Thursday, January 21st, at 7 p.m. Registration is $20 at massaudubon.org. There is also “Kayaking Prince William Sound,” a virtual tour of the Alaskan wilderness, on Friday, January 22nd, noon. Registration is […]
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, […]
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 […]
Go With the Flow
Live Online ProvincetownRob DuToit is teaching an online art history course on Tuesday, January 26th, at 10 a.m. to noon via Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. The topic: landscape painting from ancient times through impressionism. Registration is pay-what-you-can at castlehill.org. Also on Tuesday, January 26th, Catherine McCarthy leads “Keeping the Flow,” a monthly crit […]
Cyber Security
Live Online ProvincetownCoastal Connections is hosting a course on online safety, via Zoom, on Tuesday, January 26th, at 10:30 a.m. “As of 2018, nearly 66 percent of Americans over 65 were internet users, according to a Pew Research Center survey,” the course description declares. To register, call the Chatham Council on Aging at 508-945-5190.
Cut and Paste
Live Online ProvincetownSarah Kahn is teaching a virtual collage workshop via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum on Tuesdays, January 5th through February 9th, from 4 to 6 p.m. “By texturing, glazing, and drawing, you will learn how to create dazzling papers that can be used in mixed media pieces as collaged passages,” writes Kahn in the […]
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 […]
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, […]
