Jon Richardson remembers the moment he arrived in Provincetown. “I was living in Boston and I was invited to have Thanksgiving with some friends who owned a home in Truro,” he remembers. “The afternoon after Thanksgiving, we drove into town and parked...
Jeffrey Schaffer on healthcare without the stigma at testNtreat When it comes to talking safer sex, registered nurse Jeffrey Schaffer has a refreshing air—and maybe one that many people aren’t used to from healthcare professionals. “Keeping PrEP prep...
Raina Stefani grew up in Provincetown; she’s fourth-generation Portuguese on her mother’s side, while her paternal grandfather was from Venice, Italy. “Both of these cultures were very family-oriented,” Stefani remembers, “and therefore food played...
They share similar parentage—one is Greek-American, the other Greek-Canadian—and artist Michael Prodanou and photographer Constantine (“Costa”) Manos are proud of their heritage; both have lived in Greece and now spend time there as often as possible....
Getting away to Provincetown, for many, is really about getting into its many abundances—of lobster rolls, ice cream shops and pithy t-shirts, of drag queens gliding up and down Commercial Street on scooters, of rainbow flags and barkers promoting drinks...
This being the Fashion Issue, it’s worth noting that art can be a lot like clothing: in or out of vogue. There are fads and trends in art, and just like clothes some art can feel dated or deeply rooted in a particular time. But as with vintage Chanel and...
In 1993, with the Provincetown AIDS Support Group up and running, a group of people—many of whom were involved with the support group—rallied around a local resident diagnosed with breast cancer and saw there was a fulltime gap in supporting women in town...
It’s been a doctor’s office, an antique store, and an art gallery, but most people associate the building at 198 Commercial Street with The Ranch, a male-only inn that Out Traveler called “an almost corny bunkhouse geared toward the leather/Levi crowd...
“There was a time when gay men were coming to Provincetown to die,” recalls Dan Gates, President and CEO of the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, or ASGCC. “Now? They’re coming to Provincetown to live.” That dramatic change is due in no small part to...
SLURP – Paige Turner’s Tawdry Pool Party feat. DJ James Cerne Friday August 19, 2022 at 12:00pm at Boatslip Mayhem. Foolishness. Music! Celebrate the return of NYC’s longest-running drag show, Paige Turner SLURP poolside before Provincetown’s famous...
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