Dec 3, 2020 | Events, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
The Dispatch has been on break for Corona but if you haven’t been following us here is what you need to catch up on. Check out the Provincetown Gift Guide! Our Beautiful and Sexy Fashion Guide Food Issue: Canteen Brussel Sprouts Recipe Theme...
Nov 18, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Profiles
Who doesn’t need a vacation? If you’re traveling to the Cape and Islands, or if you have a vacation-rental property here, then those are the magic words: We Need a Vacation. The family-owned company had its beginnings in 1997, when “we’d bought a house in Orleans that...
Oct 26, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Theatre
For Halloween, Provincetown Theater Debuts Original Virtual Production of “Ghost Light” on Oct 29th A real life haunting of the playhouse becomes the subject of Artistic Director David Drake’s telling of the “Lady of the Lobby” In celebration of Halloween – and the...
Oct 25, 2020 | Guides, Homepage Display, News
Okay, you are headed to Provincetown for Halloween. We put together (with the help of Town Hall) what you need to know and what is open. First of all- MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY FOR DINING (See bottom of page for a list of restaurants that are open). Given limited...
Oct 21, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Profiles
Ross and I met Michelle about 6 years ago after moving to Provincetown full time. Now we can’t imagine our lives without her and the amazing community of feminists we have gotten to know through Womencrafts. These folks, friends, and allies keep reminding each...
Oct 21, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Reviews
ptownies- if you want to know more about our art blogger George Rogers you can read about him in the latest ptownie Fall/Holiday Magazine. Here is the link to find out who this guy is? Art We Love & Why – Fall Colors The streets are quieter and the...
Oct 12, 2020 | History, Homepage Display, News, Profiles
Keeping the Piano Bar Tradition In Provincetown Townies, Washashores, and all regular visitors to Provincetown know the Kings (or Queens?) of the Piano Bar in Provincetown. Two of the hardest working guys in town. Take 5 minutes to listen to what we old NPR old...
Oct 12, 2020 | Homepage Display, News
In fact, it almost did. The Hindu spends its summers in pride of place on MacMillan Pier, traveling to Key West in the off-season. It was returning to the Cape on July 10 when, at 3:30 in the morning in Long Island Sound shipping lanes, the schooner felt a jolt. The...
Oct 7, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and my eyes have seen some truly beautiful things in the galleries this week. At first glance, none of the pieces here seem to have much in common. But each is rendered with astonishing skill by artists of great talent and even...
Sep 29, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
Lower Cape Ambulance teams up with local nonprofits to hold joint food drive Collection effort offers opportunity to help our neighbors weather this winter Lower Cape Ambulance Association announced today that a group of town agencies and local organizations have...
Sep 27, 2020 | COVID Updates, Homepage Display, Marijuana in Provincetown, News
Is Home Delivery for Weed Coming to Provincetown? In the time of Covid-19 home delivery may become more a part of our Fall & Winter this year. Just in time is this news. The Cannabis Control Commission filled in the blanks Thursday of its long-discussed marijuana...
Sep 23, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love & Why – Works on Paper This week we’re looking at works on paper and the unbelievably rich array of techniques on view all around town. Some artists have taken venerable forms like the wood block print and married them with 21st century technology,...
Sep 18, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
In the ptownie Fashion Issue this summer we wrote “Just this week we learned that designer Ken Fulk—if you don’t know who he is, make sure to look him up—is the person who bought the beautiful and historic Mary Vorse house. Instead of taking the eight-bedroom...
Sep 10, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love & Why- Enduring Traditions. Provincetown has had a thriving gallery scene for generations. In hindsight you can see defined “eras,” but in reality it’s one big continuum. Artists fresh to town are inspired by those who came before them and then set...
Aug 28, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
George Rogers is back this week looking at Sculpture. Art We Love and Why — Life in 3D Buying art can be intimidating. We ask ourselves, “Is it good?” and wonder if spending money on art is frivolous. We justify it by pointing to the big blank wall over the sofa and...
