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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
On Provincetown’s bustling Commercial Street, where galleries, cafés, and century-old storefronts crowd together in a kaleidoscope of Cape Cod charm, one landmark restaurant has been serving both history and hospitality in equal measure: Vorelli’s. The...
Craic is, of course, an Irish term, connotating a fun, enjoyable time; and that’s precisely what the Cape Rep delivers in comedian-turned-playwright Mark Doherty’s Trad, a hilariously funny and occasionally thoughtful look at generational priorities,...
Wellness in the Wind In Provincetown, as seasons turn and ocean breezes shift, community spirit and health shine—reminding us that change is natural, and every transition carries its own quiet brilliance. The ptownie Calendar ensures you don’t miss a...
On bustling Commercial Street in Provincetown stands Whalers Wharf, a three-story open-air arcade that today hums with the energy of galleries, shops, eateries, and artist studios. Its modern form, however, is only the latest chapter in a story that spans...
From 4-7PM on Saturday, Sept 13 and Sunday, Sept 14, the Provincetown Theater in Provincetown, MA will hold open auditions for non-union performers for their final production of their 2025 season, Doris Baizley’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s holiday...
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