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 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 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 28, 2019 | Guides, Homepage Display, New to Provincetown 2019, Profiles
Field Guide There’s something about the atmosphere at Field Guide that transports you to another time and space. A time when explorers followed hidden treasure maps, when mountains were climbed for the first time, when stories and spirits were shared around campfires....
Oct 24, 2019 | Homepage Display, News, Profiles
On November 1st and 2nd, for two shows only, Well-Strung’s Edmund Bagnell is coming to Provincetown for his first solo show, HE PLAYS THE VIOLIN. ptownie caught up with Edmund to ask him about the show: How did you start playing the violin? And how did you get...
Oct 21, 2019 | Guides, Homepage Display, Partnerships, Profiles
The Boys of joe coffee There’s a line waiting for joe coffee to open. There is one most mornings; it’s become the place to start the day in Provincetown. “The support from the community has been phenomenal,” says co-owner Mark Shaw. “As long as you listen to your...
Oct 17, 2019 | Events, Guides, Homepage Display, Profiles
2019 Black-and-Gold Halloween Ball When they opened their hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Salt Hotel founders and owners Kevin O’Shea and David Bowd threw a black-and-gold party, and in the middle of it they looked at each other and said, “Why aren’t we doing this...
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...
Sep 30, 2019 | Guides, News, Profiles
Canteen Holiday Market The Canteen Holiday Market has turned into a Provincetown winter staple over the past few years. 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...
Sep 23, 2019 | Guides, New to Provincetown 2019, News, Profiles
Provincetown Brewing Company Has a Mission When Chris Hartley first visited Provincetown seven years ago, he was amazed to find that it was without its own craft brewery. He felt that a place with such a rich history and unique culture deserves a craft brewery of its...
Jun 2, 2019 | New to Provincetown 2019, News, Profiles
In 1928, naturalist Henry Beston published The Outermost House, a book about his tiny Cape Cod cottage, meant to be a summer retreat but “as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not...
May 26, 2019 | News, Profiles
There’s something subtly different about the Benchmark Inn. It’s a beautiful boutique bed-and-breakfast, yes; but there are a lot of beautiful boutique bed-and-breakfast establishments in Ptown. And still this one stands out. That’s largely because of what owners...
May 15, 2019 | Events, News, Profiles
If you’re lucky enough to have already caught up with Jon Richardson and Peter Donnelly, then you’ll know why we at ptownie are so in love with this act. If you haven’t yet, you’re in for a treat—they’re appearing on May 17th at the Wellfleet Preservation Hall, and...
May 14, 2019 | Events, New to Provincetown 2019, Profiles
Here we are in the middle of the sixth season of Twenty Summers. What is particularly exciting for you about this season? How do you make decisions about which artists/writers/musicians to invite? Is there a plan that strategizes who has been there, who’s there now,...
Apr 25, 2019 | News, Profiles
There isn’t a day that Warren Lefkowich wakes up and doesn’t feel blessed. At a time when the turnover rate for guesthouse ownership is skyrocketing, Lefkowich’s tenure of 25 years as owner of the West End Inn is well worth celebrating; “I’m one of only a few...
