Planned Provincetown Brewing Co. to Focus on Craft Beer – and Politics
PROVINCETOWN — Plans for a new brewery founded on progressive ideals and centered around activism are flowing in Provincetown. The Provincetown Brewing Co., launched this fall, hopes to open in town by Memorial Day, according to founder Chris Hartley. He wants the...
2018 Provincetown Spooky Bear Event Guide
The Spooky Bear theme this year is Law of the Jungle and the events are as follows: Friday October 26 Meet & Greet at the Crown and Anchor Wave Bar 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Saturday October 27 Bear Mart by Shane Ruff at the Boatslip Resort 10:00 am – 3:00 pm...
2018 Provincetown Halloween Event Guide
Day of the Dead Festival October 20 – November 2 Provincetown celebrates its third annual Day of the Dead with a community event honoring life and death through art. The Festival offers an opportunity to come together to celebrate the lives and honor the deaths...
PAAM and Payomet Get Major Multiyear Grants
Only two Cape Cod nonprofits made the final cut of the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative, announced last week, and both are on the Outer Cape. The Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro are among the 29...
The Joy of November in Provincetown
With the pilgrims landing here first, the Mayflower Compact signed in our harbor, streets named Bradford, Allerton, Brewster, Howland, and Carver to name just a few, we are the very seat of history, we ARE Thanksgiving. This is the time to really dig in to...
Week of October 10th. The ptownie Dispatch!
Women’s Week Provincetown Continues… October 8, 2018 – October 14, 2018 throughout Provincetown One of the oldest and largest lesbian events in the country, Provincetown’s Women’s Week fills the town with women: comedians, musicians, DJs, performers,...
Mayflower II is Coming to Provincetown
Mayflower II is coming to Provincetown in September 2020 as part of the 400th anniversary of the first landing of the Pilgrims in Provincetown. Announced by the Provincetown 400 Task Force, the visit is slated for September 7 to September 14, 2020. The iconic ship – a...
Week of October 3rd. The ptownie Dispatch!
Inspiration Weekend October 5, 2018 and October 7, 2018 around Provincetown Relax. Reflect. Renew. Be inspired. The fifth annual Inspiration Weekend is an immersive three-day experience filled with music, spoken word, poetry, dance, healing arts, and informative...
Funicular Inching Forward in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — After approvals from the Historic District Commission last week and the Conservation Commission this summer, the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum’s plans for a funicular to the historic monument are almost off the ground. The funicular project...
PAAM’s Art Reach Grows Up and Expands
Art Reach, the free, multidisciplinary program at Provincetown Art Association and Museum, got off to a rocky start ten years ago. With seed money from a Youth Reach grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lynn...
FEMA Awards Funding to Provincetown for MacMillan Pier
PROVINCETOWN – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide $3.4 million in grant funding to Provincetown to help pay for repairs for MacMillan Pier along with a long-term coastal resiliency project. The funding will be used towards the project, which has an...
Week of September 26th. The ptownie Dispatch!
Pet Appreciation Week Continues… September 23, 2018 and September 29, 2018 around Provincetown There’s nothing like sharing a vacation week with your pet, and that’s exactly what Provincetown loves to do! Whether it’s fitness for felines, a pet...
Mason, Plummer Help Provincetown Festival Debut ‘New’ Williams Play
David Kaplan only had a title: “Talisman Roses.” Having seen a few references to those words in scholars’ work and book footnotes, the curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival and author of a book on Williams’ Cape Cod connection asked about...