Indie's Choice: featured picks from the upcoming calendar
Compact Dune Shack Residencies Available
Provincetown, MAThe 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 […]
Good Clean Fun
Provincetown, MACelebrate Earth Day with a beach or park cleanup on Thursday, April 22nd, hosted by the Center for Coastal Studies. Register by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to wear gloves and take pictures as documentation.
Paris Lights
Provincetown, MAThe Metropolitan Opera continues its free nightly streams via Met Opera on Demand (search for it online). This week’s theme: “City of Light.” Each performance is available to stream for 24 hours, starting at 7:30 p.m.: Massenet’s Manon on Thursday, April 29th; Verdi’s La Traviata on Friday, April 30th; Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur on Saturday, May […]
A River Runs Through It
Provincetown, MAThe “Herring River Run 5K” is going virtual this year. During May, which is “Celebrate Herring Month,” run, walk, swim, or paddle your favorite 5K course to benefit the Friends of Herring River. Registration is $10 at herringriver.org. This event is ongoing.
Home Free
Provincetown, MAMissing the swap shop? Get rid of the old items cluttering your house with “Free Wellfleet,” a community-wide event hosted by the Wellfleet Recycling Committee, on Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th. All you need is a Wellfleet address to sign up at wellfleetrecycles.org.
By the Yard
Provincetown, MAThe Provincetown Business Guild hosts its “Monumental Yard Sale Weekend” on Saturday, May 22nd and Sunday, May 23rd. Register your yard sale at ptown.org.
Wise New Film About Caring for Aging Parents
Provincetown, MAThe 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 […]
Take a Bite
Provincetown, MAThe Atlantic White Shark Conservancy presents its virtual “Shark Challenge” from Monday, June 21st through June 27th. Participants can walk, run, swim, bike, or paddle distances corresponding to different species of sharks. Registration is a $60 donation at atlanticwhiteshark.org.
The Best of CabaretFest
Provincetown, MAThe mission of the Provincetown CabaretFest is to “train, educate, and coach students interested in preserving the art of cabaret performance.” The performances and master classes on tap at this year’s CabaretFest — which will take place in person Wednesday, June 23rd through Sunday, June 27th — show that it is far from a dying […]
Full Bloom
Provincetown, MAThe Eastham Garden Tour is a perennial favorite of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival. Tour six unique gardens, including a special “mystery garden,” on Tuesday, July 13th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $25 at easthamchamber.com.
Benefiting Castle Hill
Provincetown, MAThe Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill is holding its annual benefit auction virtually this year, starting Thursday, July 29 and ending Aug. 7. Virtual bidding will be through betterworld.org; work can be previewed at castlehill.org. Expect the usual mix of top-shelf talent, including artwork by Joan Snyder, Michael David, Sarah Lutz, Rob […]
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Commences
Provincetown, MAThe Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival has been bringing classical music to our neck of the woods since 1979. This year’s festival kicks off on Tuesday, Aug. 3 with “In Celebration of Our Audience.” The concert — featuring artistic directors Jon Manasse, clarinet, and Jon Nakamatsu, piano — will take place at Cotuit Center for […]
Booking It (Ongoing)
Provincetown, MAThe Provincetown Book Festival will kick off on Saturday, Sept. 18 with “Reading Local,” a curated reading by five local writers, who will be judged by novelist and part-time Provincetown resident Lynne Hugo. To submit: send three pages of prose, or three poems no longer than three pages total, along with an intro and bio […]
The Return of ‘Swim for Life’
Provincetown, MAThe 34th Provincetown Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla will be held at high tide, 3 p.m., on Saturday, September 11th. Sponsored by the Provincetown Community Compact, swimmers, kayakers, and boaters will follow a new harbor route starting from the beach at Snail Road in the East End and ending near MacMillan Wharf at the […]
Responses to Censorship
Provincetown, MAThe Tennessee Williams Institute, part of the annual Williams theater festival in Provincetown, will take place from September 22nd to 26th this year. The topic is “creative responses to censorship” — from ancient Greece to Soviet Russia to America during Williams’s lifetime. Interactive workshops with performers Penny Arcade and Lefty Lucy are planned, as well […]
Tennessee Williams Festival Announces Lineup
Provincetown, MAThe Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has announced its 16th season under the banner “Tennessee Williams and Censorship.” Running Thursday, September 23rd through Sunday, September 26th, the festival will celebrate “America’s greatest playwright” at various locations around Provincetown: four original plays from the master, as well as four texts from other writers that provide commentary […]
