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August 11, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

Jackie Beat: I Invented That! Friday August 12-14, 2022 at 8:30pm at Red Room Jackie Beat: I Invented That! Drop-Dead Gorgeous, Larger-Than-Life, World-Famous Drag Superstar. Red Room special nights at Carnival and August! An Evening With Sasha Velour Sunday...

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August 4, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

Red Errings Friday August 5, 2022 at 7:00pm at Red Room Join Saltine and “Canker” of the Puritans known Anne Hutchinson for an hour of wayward, comical oration with Red Errings. A perfect pairing!! One Night Only!! Find more of Saltine and Anne...

Art

Art We Love & Why – I Am a Camera

When photography first came along, many artists turned up their noses and asked, where’s the “art” in a photograph? Of course, over time photography came to be as respected as painting or sculpture. And the range of expression in photography over the...

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The Lemonade Girl

For more years than many of us can remember, summers in Provincetown weren’t complete without the sight of a little girl walking up and down Commercial Street, calling out in a lovely singsong voice, “Lemonade! Fifty cents! Lemonade!” That little girl...

Books

Outside: Terrifying and Wonderful

It seems mystery readers can’t get enough of Scandi noir, and for good reason. There’s something inherently creepy about areas that are isolated and dark—which can apply to much of the region. But it also takes a talented author to make that creepiness...

Entertainment

A Sequel That Couldn’t Be More Timely

History may always be written by the winners, but often it’s the observations of the common people that are more interesting—and understandable. And that’s what playwright Taylor Mac gives us in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, now at the Wellfleet...

Books

Review: The Ice Coven by Max Seeck

The Ice Coven is the the second installment in the Detective Inspector Jessica Niemi series that takes place in Finland, though it was the first I’d read and it works well as a standalone. I am loving Scandinavian noir and this example doesn’t disappoint....

Entertainment

The Ballad of Bobby Botswain is brilliant

Two men meet in a bar. It’s the opening to many a story that at least one of the participants is going to later regret. That’s fortunately not the case in The Ballad of Bobby Botswain, the Harbor Stage Company’s current world première and the sort of...

Events

July 7, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

Furball Provincetown Bear Week Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Boatslip at 10:00pm Opening Bear Week Underwear Party 2022. Music by DJ Brian Derrick of Boston. Underwear/Jocks/Singlets. Clothes check will be available. Get your tickets! For a full list of...

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