May 21, 2026. the ptownie dispatch!
A Provincetown Spring Fling Memorial Day Weekend in Provincetown means packed galleries, live music, busy theaters, and stories around every corner—spring’s annual reminder that this town never really does anything halfway. The ptownie...
Radicals’ Reunion: The Fifth of July at the Provincetown Theater
The Fifth of July is chronologically the last in Lanford Wilson’s trilogy of major plays about Missouri’s Talley family. The first act takes place on the evening of Independence Day in 1977, the second the morning after. Both the title and the timing...
Land’s End Inn: A Century at the Edge of Provincetown
Perched high atop Gull Hill in the West End of Provincetown, Land’s End Inn has long been one of the town’s most iconic and romantic destinations. With sweeping views of Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, the inn captures the...
PMPM Launches A Town That Worked: After The Storm on Thursday, May 21 at 5pm
Provincetown didn’t just happen. The creative, resilient, entrepreneurial, welcoming, and constantly evolving Provincetown we know today was built over generations by artists, fishermen, shopkeepers, hoteliers, restaurateurs, tradesmen, workers,...
Changing Roles: 9-Ball at the Cape Rep
We’ve all wondered what would happen if we just walked away from our lives, took on a different identity, left our hometowns and escaped whatever future felt inevitable…. Some people do it. Some people live to regret it. It’s the terrible...
God Bless Us, Every One: A (Different) Christmas Carol at the Provincetown Theater
Back in the days of small traveling circuses and vaudevillian entertainment, actors and crew trekked from town to town to present their shows before moving on to the next venue. Sometimes, things get lost along the way. That’s what’s happened to...
November 20, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!
Provincetown: Season of Sparkle From turkey trots to twinkling trees to midnight toasts by the sea, Provincetown turns Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve into one joyful, glitter-kissed celebration. The ptownie Calendar ensures you don’t miss a...
The Provincetown Lobster Pot Tree: A Beacon of Community and Creativity
Each winter in Provincetown, as the chill rolls off Cape Cod Bay and the crowds of summer retreat, a new light begins to glow on Lopes Square — the Provincetown Lobster Pot Tree. What began as a modest holiday tribute has grown into one of Provincetown’s...
Thanksgiving in Provincetown: From Sunrise Coffee to Late-Night Cheers
Thanksgiving in Provincetown is a full-day celebration of flavor, community, and coastal charm. It’s a holiday that unfolds slowly and beautifully — beginning with a warm cup of coffee by the water and ending with music, laughter, and late-night cheer....
Rediscovering Joy: She Loves Me at the Cape Rep Theatre
The Cape Rep has a talent for finding the exact right thing to say at exactly the right time. Last year, at a moment when the country found itself sharply divided after the presidential election and many in our community were feeling a desperate fear, Cape...
If You Could Read My Mind: Chanteuse Susan Lambert Triumphs at Wellfleet Preservation Hall
Susan Lambert’s new one-woman show, If You Could Read My Mind, presented for one night only at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, absolutely shimmered with light and love and, perhaps, more than just a little wisdom. Her previous show, The Couch, brought us on a...
October 23, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!
Provincetown’s Pumpkin Parade of Pleasures When Halloween haunts the dunes, Provincetown bursts with Spooky Bear of parties, theater’s ghostly glamour, music’s moonlit magic, comedic cackles, artful mischief—and enough PIE to sweeten every spooky...