Provincetown News

When You Can’t Look Away: Frozen at the Harbor Stage

August 15, 2022

One has to start with a trigger warning: Bryony Lavery’s play Frozen could be quite difficult for some people to watch, dealing as it does—intimately—with pedophilia and serial murder. None of that is immediately obvious to the audience; as the play...

Revisiting Groundbreaking Theatre: Jerker

August 15, 2022

It’s a story far too familiar to a Provincetown audience: casual intimacy and death by plague. But Robert Chesley’s Jerker manages to explain and defy both in ways that aren’t immediately obvious—and ultimately quite poignant. The story is simple: JR...

Carnival Parade Viewing Parties

August 14, 2022

Want to enjoy Carnival in true VIP Fashion! Don’t want to deal with the crazy crowds? Well, here is a list of establishments that have “viewing parties”. This reserves you space typically with drinks, snacks and such shenanigans. Book...

Form Meets Function: Artist Jody Johnson

August 12, 2022

In 2008, then-gallery owner Paul Wisotzky took one look at Jody Johnson’s quirky creations and said, “I want everything you make!” He wasn’t alone in his reaction; the popularity of Johnson’s work is on the rise. Her one-of-a-kind repurposing of...

August 11, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

August 11, 2022

Jackie Beat: I Invented That! Friday August 12-14, 2022 at 8:30pm at Red Room Jackie Beat: I Invented That! Drop-Dead Gorgeous, Larger-Than-Life, World-Famous Drag Superstar. Red Room special nights at Carnival and August! An Evening With Sasha Velour Sunday...

August 4, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

August 4, 2022

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...

Art We Love & Why – I Am a Camera

August 1, 2022

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Jennifer Pritchard, Stay Here Provincetown

When photography first came along, many artists turned up their noses and asked, where’s the “art” in a photograph? Of course, over time photography came to be as respected as painting or sculpture. And the range of expression in photography over the...

Outside: Terrifying and Wonderful

July 31, 2022

It seems mystery readers can’t get enough of Scandi noir, and for good reason. There’s something inherently creepy about areas that are isolated and dark—which can apply to much of the region. But it also takes a talented author to make that creepiness...

A Sequel That Couldn’t Be More Timely

July 29, 2022

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...

July 28, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

July 28, 2022

A SLICE OF P-TOWN! by Zoë Lewis Saturday July 30, 2022 at 7:00pm at Post Office Caberet Zoë Lewis washed ashore in Provincetown over 30 years ago and like many, was just passing through. The rest is history! She rented a little, ramshackle studio, with...