Everyone expects coastal places like Provincetown to offer whale watch boats, seafood restaurants, and fishing charters. What most people don’t expect to find is an absolutely world-class marine research organization. “We’re a hidden gem,” agrees...
The 2023 Boatslip Resort Tea Dance schedule is up! May 5th – June 11th Tea Dance is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is Solid Gold Tea. On MDW, Tea Dance is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Sunday is Solid Gold and Monday is I Love the 90s. We...
If you want a more private sailing experience than those offered by the whale watch and the schooners, then Moment Sailing is for you! This beautiful sailboat offers private, captained two-, four- or six-hour sails in Provincetown Harbor for up to six guests...
The 1930s were a difficult time. The Depression which had followed the stock market crash was still a factor. Across the Atlantic, Adolf Hitler was building an evil empire. And in Provincetown, a strange creature was sighted abroad at night: The Provincetown...
WOMR/WFMR is Cape Cod’s only community radio station, providing “real radio by real people” since 1982 and operating out of the Schoolhouse building at 494 Commercial Street in Provincetown. WOMR broadcasts at 92.1 FM and a second transmitter in Orleans...
Michael Glasfeld, owner of the Bay State Cruise Company, is looking forward to the new season. “After Covid, after all these challenges, I can’t believe we’re still here!” he says. He doesn’t have a lot to worry about. Now in its 51st year, Bay...
Viola “Chach” Briseño and her partner, Sharon Bowes were living in San Francisco when they were invited to Provincetown for a working vacation. “We ended up working all around town for the next six years!” Briseño remembers with a smile. “It just...
Sometimes it’s hard to remember a time when the Truro Vineyard wasn’t on Shore Road in North Truro; the site that used to be a riding stable now looks like it’s been cultivating grapes and creating wine forever. On a summer evening when the outdoor...
Throughout his youth, like many others raised in Provincetown, boat captain Al Avellar was part of the fishing community. He’d gotten his start in deep-sea charter business with the catboat Blue Gull back before World War II, and “he brought the schooner...
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. Getting to know the homeowners is an important component for the family-run organization. The contrast with...
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