Provincetown News

Swimming Toward Community: The Provincetown Swim for Life

August 24, 2025

Every September, just as the high season in Provincetown begins to soften into the golden light of late summer, hundreds gather at the edge of the harbor to take part in one of Cape Cod’s most enduring rituals: the Provincetown Swim for Life and Paddler...

The Old Colony Tap: Provincetown’s Last Great Dive

August 24, 2025

Walk down Commercial Street, past the bustle of galleries, drag shows, and ice cream shops, and you’ll find a door that seems out of step with the times. Push it open, and suddenly you’re in another Provincetown—the one of fishermen, artists, and...

Scooping Up Tradition: The Story of Lewis Brothers Ice Cream

August 24, 2025

On a warm Provincetown evening, the line at 310 Commercial Street tells its own tale: parents balancing cones, children wide-eyed at the promise of sprinkles, couples leaning into each other as the neon hums. At the heart of this nightly ritual is Lewis...

August 21, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

August 21, 2025

Starlit Stages in P-Town Provincetown sparkles with stars overhead and onstage, where art meets theater, drag dazzles, and music drifts on the sea breeze—a whimsical carnival of culture beneath Cape Cod’s summer sky. The ptownie Calendar ensures you...

Mary Heaton Vorse & the House at the Heart of Provincetown

August 17, 2025

On the curve of Provincetown’s Commercial Street, tucked behind weathered shingles and a modest garden, stands a house that has witnessed more than two centuries of history—and the remarkable life of one of the town’s most influential residents, Mary...

Sing It! “Southern Harmony: A Murder Ballad” at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

August 14, 2025

We are in the small town of Carthage, Texas, when an assortment of easily recognizable people—the town gossip, the girl who longs to get away, the police chief—is augmented by Bernie Tiede (Todd Buonopane), the town undertaker/mortician. And, in defiance...

August 14, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

August 14, 2025

Provincetown in Full Plumage In Provincetown, Carnival sparkles, art astonishes, theater enchants, and drag dazzles—where every street feels like a stage, every gallery a dream, and every costume a love letter to joy. The ptownie Calendar ensures you...

Express Yourself: “Circle Mirror Transformation” at the Harbor Stage Company

August 13, 2025

The setting is a local community center, familiar to those of us who’ve spent time in small New England towns. A chair or two against the walls, lots of room for various activities in the center; you can almost smell the cleaning fluid. There are five...

47th Annual Provincetown Carnival – “Summer Camp!”

August 11, 2025

The Provincetown Business Guild is thrilled to announce the 47th Annual Provincetown Carnival: Summer Camp! Running from August 16 to 23, this beloved weeklong festival—Ptown’s original summer extravaganza of community, expression, and...

Provincetown Public Art Foundation: Creativity in the Open Air

August 11, 2025

On the tip of Cape Cod, where the land ends and the Atlantic begins, Provincetown has always drawn artists, dreamers, and free spirits. In 2020, a new chapter in that creative legacy began. The Provincetown Public Art Foundation (PPAF)was formed with one bold...