Oct 11, 2019 | History, News
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 whales—and...
Oct 7, 2019 | Events, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION PHILIP FINCH 617.331.0818 or philip.finch@gmail.com PROVINCETOWN FILM SOCIETY ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING OF THE OLDEST KNOWN FILM ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE WITH ORIGINAL LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY PROVINCETOWN MUSICIANS BILLY...
Oct 7, 2019 | Guides, News, Profiles
A Winter Treat: Clamming in Provincetown Shellfish beds are traditionally open from early November through March each year, and shellfishing is only permitted during that period. Each year the specific beds are identified and the season declared open by the Board of...
Oct 6, 2019 | Events, News
Kevin Darrow and keyboard virtuoso Frederick Jodry present the finale to the 21st season of Great Music on Sundays at Five with a combination of the stately sound of the historic 1850 Holbrook tracker organ and the sprightly agility of the oboe. This dynamic duo...
Oct 4, 2019 | History, News
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 price haddropped...
Sep 30, 2019 | News, WOMR
Wondering how you can support your community radio station? Looking for a way to keep warm this coming winter? Now you can do both! A silent auction is underway for a beautiful handmade four-by-five-feet quilt—colorful and warm, just the thing for those cold winter...
Sep 30, 2019 | Guides, News, Profiles
Canteen Holiday Market Each year in late November when it starts getting dark across the Cape early—and chilly even earlier—the Canteen transforms for the holidays into a festive wonderland complete with an outdoor holiday village, twinkling lights, snug blankets, and...
Sep 29, 2019 | Events, News
The quartet specializes in medieval, Renaissance, and world music and plays a variety of melodies from Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Their repertoire includes lute songs, madrigals, canzonas, processionals, and a variety of dance pieces from pavanes and...
Sep 27, 2019 | History, News
Today it’s AWOL, part of the chain of Lark Hotels, but in the 1950s at the end of Bradford Street Extension you’d have found The Moors Motel and The Moors Restaurant. The promotional postcard for the motel noted it was “Provincetown’s nicest, overlooking the beautiful...
Sep 26, 2019 | Guides, News
For the most bizarre, outrageous, scary, and titillating of Halloween experiences, join Provincetown’s world-renowned four-day extravaganza celebrating Halloween in an authentic setting that feels right out of a Hollywood horror back lot, where foggy narrow lanes and...
Sep 26, 2019 | Guides, News
The eternal questions of the offseason… Where can we go to dinner tonight? Is my favorite shop open on weekends? When does the ferry stop running? How do I find out who’s open? At ptownie, we want to make your offseason life as easy as your summer, so we’ve taken the...
Sep 24, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
I have to begin this review with a caveat: nothing I can write will do justice to Indecent or to Cape Rep’s production of this “true story of a little Jewish play.” It may well be the most perfect thing I’ve ever seen on stage. There’s dancing. There’s music. There’s...
