Provincetown News

Why Provincetown’s AWOL Hotel is the Place to Be

August 9, 2019

It’s definitely one of Provincetown’s best-kept secrets, but AWOL Hotel deserves to be secret no longer. Everything about it is different from what you’ve come to expect from a Provincetown inn, and at ptownie, we’re convinced it’s going to become...

Provincetown History Snippet: Who Are John Reed and Louise Bryant?

August 2, 2019

History

Few people have lived through such earth-changing times; journalist John Reed famously wrote about “ten days that shook the world” in reference to the Russian Revolution, which he and Louise Bryant both observed first-hand; but before that, they...

Provincetown History Snippet: Whorf’s Wharf

July 26, 2019

History

The long line of Whorf fishermen and sea captains goes back to John Whorf, born in Provincetown in 1760. Thomas Ryder Whorf Jr, who lived between 1815 and 1887, built the famous 400-foot-long Whorf’s Wharf (apparently no one thought anything of the odd...

WELLNESS CBD: What it is, How it Affects the Body and Who it Might Help

July 24, 2019

Weed

If it seems like you’re seeing CBD products everywhere, that’s because you are. Thanks to the passage of the US Farm Bill in 2018, which legalized industrial hemp, and the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis at the state level, CBD...

It’s *Your* Radio Station!

July 20, 2019

Provincetown News

WOMR is Cape Cod’s only community radio station, and it’s located right here in Provincetown—How lucky are we? But, wait… What exactly does that mean? What’s community radio, and why do we need it? Consider the following… The...

Provincetown History Snippet: What Are The Mudheads?

July 19, 2019

History

In the late 19th century, summer art colonies were becoming increasingly popular. Charles Hawthorne selected Provincetown as the site for his summer school, and he taught his students to do plein-air paintings—paintings out of doors. A model would sit on a...

Provincetown History Snippet: Useless and Ridiculous

July 12, 2019

History

During the Civil War, two defensive batteries were built on Long Point to protect Provincetown’s valuable harbor from a possible Confederate blockade. The batteries were essential: Provincetown had strategic importance for the war and both the fishing fleet...

Why Marijuana Affects Different People Differently?

July 8, 2019

Weed

For some people, marijuana causes a rewarding high. For others, it produces serious psychiatric side effects. Whether a person enjoys the experience or adverse effects from cannabis may well be decided by which region of the brain it’s acting upon,...

Provincetown History Snippet: Church, Museum…. Library?

July 5, 2019

History

The building that is now the Provincetown Public Library started out in 1860 as the Center Methodist Episcopal Church, and was already famous: with a 900-person capacity, it was the United States’ largest Methodist church! The church was abandoned and then...

A New Chapter in Provincetown Art & Community

July 5, 2019

The Colonial-style building is a phoenix, rising from the ashes of its previous incarnations, and today’s Provincetown Commons is possibly the most beautiful version of that fiery bird. The story of the Provincetown Commons’ rebirth starts, in fact,...