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Art We Love & Why Provincetown- Landscape

July 11, 2022

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Terry Boutelle, Opening (acrylic on canvas, 20” x 30”), AMP

Art We Love – The Lay of the Land For some people, “landscape painting” may conjure up an old-fashioned, sedate art form – something to put over the sofa. But every artist sees the world around us through a unique lens, and the landscapes here are...

July 7, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

July 7, 2022

Furball Provincetown Bear Week Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Boatslip at 10:00pm Opening Bear Week Underwear Party 2022. Music by DJ Brian Derrick of Boston. Underwear/Jocks/Singlets. Clothes check will be available. Get your tickets! For a full list of...

Marry Me A Little Packs A Lot

July 2, 2022

In bringing Craig Lucas and Norman René’s stylish Marry Me A Little Stephen Sondheim revue to the stage at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, artistic director Christopher Ostrom is taking a chance. Perhaps that’s what he’s known for; his most...

June 30, 2022. the ptownie dispatch!

June 30, 2022

Pre-Tea Party Sail & DJ Emerson Thursdays from 2:00pm to 3:30pm at MacMillan Pier Cutter Bloodhound Sail as you are….going to dress to impress for Tea! Bring your fabulous fashion with you on the water as we sail around the bay; welcoming the lewks...

That’s No Lady: The Lady Hamlet at the Provincetown Theater

June 29, 2022

We are living through dark times. The week before the world première of The Lady Hamlet opened at the Provincetown Theater, the United States Supreme Court decided that women are now to be considered legally lesser humans. It’s easy to find oneself mired...

Art We Love & Why: Living Legends

June 25, 2022

In Japan, the artists featured here would be formally recognized as “Living Treasures.” Each of them has had a long and celebrated career spanning generations. And each of them continues to make work, not to burnish their reputations but because it is the...

Christopher Castellani

June 25, 2022

It was a dusty biography of Tennessee Williams, full of rumors and gossip, that inspired Christopher Castellani to write Leading Men, a novel as deeply entangled with Provincetown as with the life of Tennessee Williams himself. Castellani, 49, is the author...

Destiny’s Glitch at Fine Arts Work Center

June 25, 2022

For more than 50 years, the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) has provided vital support to the next generation of emerging visual artists and writers through its renowned fellowship program. If you haven’t visited FAWC’s campus on Pearl Street lately, now is...

Honoring Jo Hay

June 25, 2022

Provincetown artist Jo Hay has been named Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s (AFCC) inaugural Artist of the Year. Ptownie readers have seen images from Hay’s series The Persisters in these pages in the past. The women featured in the series “are modern,...

Michael J. Andrews: We Are All Connected

June 25, 2022

Happy Cosmosis, M.J.A., November 25 2015 A.D.

By Jay Critchley Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you…. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27) Provincetown is a storied art colony and a destination for creatives worldwide and also for those who seek to meet...