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May 25, 2023. the ptownie dispatch!

MEMDAY Weekend Women Ptown May 25, 2023 to May 29, 2023 Throughout Provincetown Every year thousands of women from all over the globe migrate to Provincetown to kick off the summer season for the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Women’s Celebration. This year...

Events

Fashion Makers Give “First Look”

First Look- An Evening Celebrating Provincetown Fashion Join the Provincetown Art Society as they welcome the start of summer with “First Look – An Evening Celebrating Provincetown Fashion”. On Friday, June 2nd from 5-7 pm, six of...

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Real Estate Update May 2023

Real Estate Update There are plenty of folks out there looking for houses and condos on the Outer Cape—but inventory is still not abundant. We always provide the numbers so you smart people can look for yourselves and see what the market is doing. It’s...

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Art

Art We Love – More than Meets the Eye

The first impression a piece of art makes when you walk into a gallery can be thrilling. But sometimes what’s even more exciting is discovering that what you see up close is not at all what you thought you saw from afar. All of the pieces here had that...

History

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...

Entertainment

Courage in the Catskills: Casa Valentina at the Provincetown Theater

Provincetown Theater’s 2023 season opening couldn’t be more electric… or more riveting. Both heart-affirming and heartbreaking, Casa Valentina is a singularly brilliant tour de force production of an amazing play. It’s summertime in the Catskills in...

Entertainment

The Weird Dark World of Archibald Avery

Any writer can identify with the central character’s initial problem in the new musical premiering at Cape Rep in Brewster: he has a deadline, and he’s running out of ideas. From that rather ordinary beginning, though, things spin very quickly out of...

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First Light with Provincetown 2023

Here is your Guide to First Light in Provincetown. First Light is an opportunity to “do” New Years Weekend right for everyone! Events, Celebrations, Fireworks! 2023 will be more for ptownie! Dina Martina Christmas Show Thursday & Friday December 29...

Entertainment

Gorgeous and Poignant: Tiny Beautiful Things at the Provincetown Theater

Tiny Beautiful Things doesn’t feel like a standard play (spoiler alert: it isn’t). For one thing, there’s no complex storyline—no plot at all, in fact. With one exception, the characters aren’t fully fleshed out, the audience essentially hears their...

Entertainment

Humanity at its most raw: “The Humans” wows Provincetown

Make sure you see The Humans at the Provincetown Theater before joining your family for the holidays; it will reassure you that your people’s insanity is way down on the crazy scale. Dysfunctional family gatherings are a staple of theatre and literature,...