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November 16, 2023. The ptownie dispatch!

Mr. New England Leather November 17 thru 19, 2023 throughout Provincetown Come see the annual pageant to crown Mr. New England Leather 2024! In addition to the competition and the following Victory Celebration, the weekend is full of opportunities to...

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Provincetown Holly Folly 2023 Must See Events!

Have you made your Holly Folly plans? Holly Folly is a weekend of shopping, partying, and revelry! Come get all your Christmas shopping done and enjoy Provincetown in the offseason. Canteen Holiday Market and Winter Lodge Nov 24 – Dec 31 11am –...

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October 19, 2023. The ptownie dispatch!

Spooky Bear Weekend October 26 thru 31, 2023 throughout Provincetown Halloween in Provincetown overlaps with Spooky Bear Weekend, which includes themed parties, shows and a farewell brunch. The Northeast Ursamen is a bear centric social group that presents...

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Who Counts in America? “What the Constitution Means to Me” at the Provincetown Theater

I don’t usually tell you what to do. I am telling you now. Go see this play. If you need more reasons to vote, go see this play. If you care about the future of this country, go see this play. If you think you understand the United States, go see this play....

Entertainment

Meet The New Medea, Same as the Old Medea

Well, maybe not. Marcus Sharp (played by Tom Hewitt) is a gay, cis male contemporary version of the mythical Medea who, as revenge on her partner for leaving her, kills her two sons along with her partner’s new love and the lover’s father. In playwright...

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An Affair to Remember: Harold Pinter’s Betrayal in Wellfleet

One of the most powerful aspects of Harold Pinter’s work is in the spaces he creates between the lines spoken by his characters. It’s in the silences, in the pauses, that the more visceral story is being told, and in no other work is this more apparent...

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Harbor Stage Company’s Summer Ghost Story: The Thin Place

The stage is nearly bare: two chairs and a table. That’s it. And as the play begins, the house lights are kept on (later all the lights will be turned off), a disconcerting experience that sets the stage—pun intended—for Lucas Hnaith’s The Thin Place,...

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Provincetown Real Estate: Top 10 Lessons for Investing in Ptown/Truro

Top 10 Real Estate Lessons I am so glad I have been obsessed with Real Estate since the age of 25. I bought my first apartment at the age of 29 and first vacation/rental property at 30. I was 39 when we bought our first house in No. Truro. We now live rent...