Provincetown News

If You Could Read My Mind: Chanteuse Susan Lambert Triumphs at Wellfleet Preservation Hall

November 8, 2025

Susan Lambert’s new one-woman show, If You Could Read My Mind, presented for one night only at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, absolutely shimmered with light and love and, perhaps, more than just a little wisdom. Her previous show, The Couch, brought us on a...

October 23, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

October 23, 2025

Provincetown’s Pumpkin Parade of Pleasures When Halloween haunts the dunes, Provincetown bursts with Spooky Bear of parties, theater’s ghostly glamour, music’s moonlit magic, comedic cackles, artful mischief—and enough PIE to sweeten every spooky...

Lighting on the Hill: A Beacon of History and Hope in Provincetown

October 20, 2025

History

Every November, as the chill sets in and the Cape’s winds turn sharp, a warm glow begins to shimmer above Provincetown. The Pilgrim Monument, rising 252 feet over the harbor, transforms into a tower of light — a spectacle known as the Annual Lighting on...

Five Decades Bridging the Bay Between City and Sea

October 20, 2025

History

For more than fifty years, the Bay State Cruise Company has served as a maritime bridge between Boston and Provincetown—linking the bustle of the city with the artistic calm of the Cape. Its story is one of persistence, innovation, and a deep connection to...

October 9, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

October 9, 2025

Seaside Shenanigans Provincetown brims with women, yard-sale treasures, curtain calls, belly laughs, music in the air, and art on every corner—a whimsical tide where joy and creativity wash ashore daily. The ptownie Calendar ensures you don’t miss a...

Finding Hope: The Jack of Hearts Club at the Provincetown Theater

October 5, 2025

It’s 11:30pm on August 31st, 1963. The last minutes of the last day of the season in a gay bar in Provincetown. And at first, it doesn’t seem all that different from any bar in Provincetown at any time; it’s only as the evening unfolds that we’re...

T-Shirts, Tradition, and Telegraphs: Shalom’s in Provincetown

October 3, 2025

On bustling Commercial Street, Provincetown’s main artery of commerce and culture, Shalom’s Gift Shop has stood for more than half a century as both a family business and a community landmark. To understand the shop’s place in town life, it helps to...

Shattered Friendships: “Paul and Émile” at WHAT

September 26, 2025

We begin in Paris, a street at night, mysterious. Alone on the street is novelist and essayist Émile Zola (Abe Goldfarb), musing about Pascal’s “bet” on the existence of the afterlife. But there is no time to dwell, as Zola himself is somehow...

September 25, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

September 25, 2025

Paws, Paint, and Playbills In Provincetown, theater takes the stage, pets parade with pride, parties sparkle till dawn, art colors every corner, and music drifts on sea breezes—an endless festival of whimsy and wonder. The ptownie Calendar ensures you...

Anchoring Provincetown in Tradition Since 1795

September 22, 2025

Tucked just off Commercial Street at 2 Masonic Place, the modest wooden building of King Hiram’s Lodge is one of Provincetown’s quiet treasures. While tourists pass by on their way to cafés, galleries, and the beach, this unassuming hall holds more than...