Feb 14, 2020 | History, Homepage Display, News
The 1950s in Provincetown were years of rampant homophobia, what one innkeeper called “the witch-hunt days.” In 1952, selectmen tightened liquor and entertainment licenses in an attempt to discourage “the habitual gathering-place of homosexuals of either sex.” It...
Feb 12, 2020 | Events, Homepage Display, News
On February 28th at 6pm, join the folks at the Provincetown Brewing Company (#draftivism) and Seguimos Adelante, Inc., a grassroots nonprofit providing relief for migrant asylum seekers in Cuidad Juarez Mexico by responding to immediate and basic human needs, for…....
Feb 10, 2020 | Homepage Display, New to Provincetown 2019, News
To all concerned, After the discussions and chatter in the press and social media channels, I wanted to take the time to provide some clarity and chronology on how the event, and subsequent cancellation, unfolded: • Sept 18, 2019- 66DaysLLC approached the Recreation...
Feb 6, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Theatre
The Provincetown Theater’s winter play readings continue with To the Extreme! by Steven Myerson on Tuesday Feb. 11. A poetic and political satire for our times, the reading will be directed by David Drake. The cast (still in formation) includes Trish La Rose, Braunwyn...
Feb 6, 2020 | Homepage Display, News
Winter Wednesdays Wednesdays from February 5 through March 25 at The Provincetown School A free community program aimed toward bringing people together to learn new skills, meet other locals, and stay active and connected during the quiet winter moths on Cape Cod....
Feb 5, 2020 | Homepage Display, New to Provincetown 2019, News
Please see below letter from Eric Martin concerning Cirque du Soleil. A small group of people stop Cirque du Soleil at the very end of planning. Some would say this is a good thing that needed to be done. Some will say this just ended possibly the best thing to happen...
Feb 3, 2020 | Events, Homepage Display, News
For the tenth year in a row, the Provincetown Theater is thrilled to be presenting the Provincetown Playwrights’ Lab mounting of The 24 Hour Plays on Presidents’ Day Weekend. Always a blast! Come see your neighbors, friends, family, and loved ones taking the plunge...
Jan 30, 2020 | Homepage Display, News
Cape Cod has its first legal pot shop. Curaleaf opened a recreational marijuana store in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Wednesday after town officials granted the Wakefield-based company local approval. The store is located along the famous resort town’s bustling...
Jan 30, 2020 | Homepage Display, News
Winter Wednesdays 2020 February 5 – March 25 At the Provincetown Schools 12 Winslow Street Winter Wednesdays, a free community program offering fun and interesting classes on a drop-in basis on Wednesday evenings during the coldest, darkest months of the year, returns...
Jan 28, 2020 | Homepage Display, News, Weed Extras
At approximately 5:30 today the Licensing Board in Provincetown approved the final step for Curaleaf to open their doors tomorrow at Noon. After much anticipation and many hurdles over the last year the first dispensary opens its doors. Provincetown is slated to have...
Jan 27, 2020 | Events, Homepage Display, News
Staged by artistic director David Drake, seeking large cast of all types for this BANNED 1927 comedy on Feb 7, 8 & 9 The Provincetown Theater will hold open auditions for the 2020 season’s spring opener, Mae West’s The Drag, on the weekend of Feb 7, 8 and 9 at the...
Jan 24, 2020 | History, Homepage Display, News
A contingent of anti-submarine boats was stationed at the Provincetown Naval Base for the duration of the First World War—to the very vocal distress of townspeople, who complained that the submarine activity was interfering with the weir fishing going on in the...
Jan 17, 2020 | History, Homepage Display, News
On May 15, 1602, English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold dropped anchor in a broad harbor he called “Shoal Hope,” meaning “shallow harbor”; we call it Provincetown. (Ironically, it’s one of the world’s deepest natural harbors; what did Gosnold know?) While he and four...
Jan 14, 2020 | Homepage Display, New to Provincetown 2019, News, Weed Extras
Curaleaf is on the Licensing Board meeting for January 28th to get their retail license for marijuana. The meeting is at 5:15 at Town Hall. This seems to be one of the final steps and they hope to be open by February 1st. The staff has been hireds and has gone through...
Jan 13, 2020 | Homepage Display, New to Provincetown 2019, News
The Baker-Polito Administration has announced a $1.9 Million in funds for the Collaborative Workspace Program, which will go towards helping 31 local businesses in 22 communities around the Commonwealth to build new work spaces or expand existing ones. Provincetown...
