In December of 1773 the Boston Sons of Liberty destroyed three shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor, setting the fuse for the American Revolution. But did you know there were supposed to be four ships there? The William was wrecked off Provincetown on its way to...
The Pilgrims were landlubbers. When they arrived in Provincetown and then in Plymouth, whales were still plentiful and close to shore; native tribes hunted the whales in canoes, forcing them to beach themselves. The white settlers soon followed their example,...
Just in time for the holidays, the Provincetown Theater opens its final main stage production of the 2019 season with Joe Landry’s unique adaptation of the beloved Frank Capra classic It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Running Nov 21 thru...
Baking, cooking and mixing food and drink with cannabis extracts and concentrates is a fine art that can take a really long time to perfect. It’s science, after all. With the right techniques, you can skate by even as a beginner. Use this list to make sure...
WOMR/WFMR is your community radio station, the only one on Cape Cod, and is part of Radio Free America. Want to listen? Here’s how… WOMR is now streaming worldwide thanks to Shoutcast. You can listen on your FM radio by tuning your channel to FM 92.1 or...
In 1851, there were 60 Provincetown-owned vessels weighing a total of 4,332 tons pursuing mackerel; the fishery employed 688 men and boys. In 1864 the catch was so great, the year was referred to as the Boon Island Year. It didn’t last. By 1871, the...
The Beachcombers’ Club was founded two years in 1916 as a place for men to exhibit work seriously and fraternize privately. Its 1916 constitution said its purpose was “to promote good fellowship among men sojourning or resident in or about Provincetown...
Okay, so you don’t have to bring insect repellant when you go to the Provincetown Theater for Cape Cod’s famed slam story hour featuring your friends and neighbors’ stories—and maybe even your own! Inspired by radio’s famous Moth Story Hour, the...
Provincetown, along with New Bedford and Nantucket, was once one of the hubs for hunting whales. By the 1850s, the schooners of enterprising Yankee families were sailing from Provincetown to the rich whaling grounds of the Azore islands to hunt sperm...
Walking into a dispensary and ordering legal cannabis for the first time is both a wonderful and surreal experience. Customers find themselves immersed in a whole new world of strain varieties, extracts, edibles, topicals, and a myriad of other innovative...
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