Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
Flaunt It
Live Online ProvincetownWellfleet Preservation Hall presents a virtual Feed Your Love Open Mic on Wednesday, January 20th, at 7 p.m. Register to perform by emailing [email protected], or just watch at wellfleetpreservationhall.org.
Espresso Yourself
Live Online ProvincetownJoin the Provincetown Public Library for “Crafty Coffee Hours,” via Zoom, on Friday, January 22nd, at 10 a.m. Bring your own craft project, or pick up the materials for one at 356 Commercial St. Email [email protected] for the link.
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, […]
Candid Camera
Live Online ProvincetownJoin Steve Heaslip, an award-winning photojournalist for the Cape Cod Times, for “All in a Day’s Work,” a virtual talk via Nauset Fellowship, on Sunday, January 24th, at 10 a.m. Registration is free at nfuu.org.
Vosk’s Voice
Live Online ProvincetownJoin host Seth Rudetsky for a virtual concert and conversation with Jessica Vosk, who starred on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked, on Sunday, January 24th, at 8 p.m.; encore Monday, January 25th, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 at thesethconcertseries.com. There is also a V.I.P. sound check on Sunday, January 24th, at 5 p.m. for […]
Pen to Paper
Live Online ProvincetownSusan Casella is teaching “Creative Journaling,” a Zoom workshop via Snow Library, on Monday, January 25th, at 10:30 a.m. “You’ll learn how to start a daily journal practice and create decorative pages,” according to the course description. Email [email protected] to register.
Nosy Questions
Live Online ProvincetownThe Provincetown Senior Center presents a taped reading of Tim Bosworth’s play Troubles in Henry’s Nose on Monday, January 25th, at 1:30 p.m. It will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with Bosworth, who is a longtime member of the Writing Connection. Call 508-487-7080 to sign up.
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.
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 […]
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.
