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    August 4, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

    August 4 ptownie dispatch
    August 4, 2022

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    Red Errings

    Friday August 5, 2022 at 7:00pm at Red Room

    Join Saltine and “Canker” of the Puritans known Anne Hutchinson for an hour of wayward, comical oration with Red Errings. A perfect pairing!! One Night Only!!

    Find more of Saltine and Anne Hutchinson!

    PBC’s 2nd Annual Bearded Mistress Pageant

    Friday August 5, 2022 at 8:00pm at Provincetown Brewery Co.

    And the winner is…

    Calling all pageant queens! Our annual Miss Bearded Mistress is right around the corner and now is the time to get your lewks in order henny.

    This pageant features Evening, Swimwear, Talent, and Interview…yeah gurl, she’s a real muthah trucking’ pageant. We encourage anyone who has the Bearded Miss Spirit to enter, whether your beard is real or fake.

    Winner of the crown receives a $500 cash prize and will have their likeness on next year’s run of Bearded Mistress IPA cans. Not to mention the indelible honor of being the second in the soon-to-be storied lineage of Miss Bearded Mistress.

    PBC and CASAS could make your pet a star!

    Curaleaf Grassroots Provincetown

    Chita Rivera

    Sunday August 7, 2022 at 6:30pm at Provincetown Town Hall

    Summer 2022’s Town Hall series will once again raise funds for Sandy Hook Promise and will also notably be the landing site for a stop by Living legend Chita Rivera, the two-time Tony Award winner who originated the Broadway roles of Anita in West Side Story, Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, Velma in Chicago, and appeared in the original casts of Guys and Dolls, Can Can, Jerry’s Girls and many others, makes her Town Hall series debut on August 7 with Seth Rudetsky as music director and host.

    More Summer 2022 at The Art House/Town Hall.

    “Let’s Get Kraken” Carnival Cruise

    Sunday August 14, 2022 at 3:15pm at MacMillan Pier with Bay State Cruise Co.

    Legendary cruise ‘Let’s get KRAKEN!’ featuring music by celebrity DJs Bright Light Bright Light & Justin Dawson, sponsored by Bay State Cruise Co!

    Provincetown’s 44th Annual Carnival – Monsters, Myths & Legends, will officially get KRAKEN with a legendary cruise and MONSTER dance party featuring music by NYC’s own Bright Light Bright Light and Justin Dawson. The KRAKEN dance party will feature three hours of joyful sunshine-spinning by our DJs, a full cash bar with specialty cocktails, and concessions for purchase. COME AS YOU ARE. This party is for ALL Carnival-goers!

    50th Year of Service to Provincetown Ferry with 44th Year of Provincetown Carnival!

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    Carnival - Monsters, Myths & Legends

    Carnival 2022 Guide to Must Do Events!

    Provincetown’s Carnival is one of the largest outdoor celebrations in Massachusetts with a week of revelry, costumes, and a parade. There is a never ending schedule of fun events. ptownie wants to make sure you know about all our favorites!

    A Sequel That Couldn’t Be More Timely

    History may always be written by the winners, but often it’s the observations of the common people that are more interesting—and understandable. And that’s what playwright Taylor Mac gives us in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, now at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

     

    Jennifer Pritchard, Stay Here Provincetown

    Art We Love & Why – I Am a Camera

    The works featured here only hint at the diverse ways that artists use photography to tell their stories. And lucky for us they’re all right here in Provincetown galleries.

     

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