Provincetown News

We Still Remember: Sacco & Vanzetti’s Divine Comedy at WHAT

June 29, 2025

I first heard the names Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti when I was thirteen years old, through the famous song Here’s to You, written by Ennio Morricone and Joan Baez for a 1971 film about the men. I heard it sung in French by Georges Moustaki (real...

June 26, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

June 26, 2025

Provincetown Heats Up! Provincetown sizzles with fireworks, festa, and fierce queens—where Portuguese traditions meet star-spangled drag, gallery strolls, and standing ovations. It’s a month-long masterpiece of pride, pageantry, and performance....

Welcome to WHAT’s 2025 Season

June 21, 2025

This summer, WHAT charts a bold path forward with three world-premiere productions, each inspired by a true story. These stories celebrate the power of community, the power of our convictions, and the power of friendship. They speak to the world we live...

Dream a Little Dream of Me: “Midsummer Dreamers” at the Cape Rep

June 21, 2025

Something unusual is happening to me here: I cannot find words adequate to communicate the feeling, the intensity, the sheer beauty of Midsummer Dreamers, now playing through July 13 at the Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. Kirsten Peacock and Nick...

“Dinner and threshing”: The Bohemian at the Harbor Stage Company

June 21, 2025

Willa Cather is said to have written to a friend, in apparent surprise, “I have actually sold The Bohemian Girl. Isn’t that a jolt?” Yet many scholars see the story as the piece that honed her skills, the voice that would later develop My Antonia. What...

Family Dynamics and More: A Review of “Haven’t Killed in Years” by Amy K. Green

June 19, 2025

Numerous authors and filmmakers have created stories around our curiosity about the families of criminals—what did they know, how did they survive, all those questions. Amy K. Green’s new novel Haven’t Killed in Years takes up the question through her...

June 19, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

June 19, 2025

Provincetown in Full Bloom When summer turns official, Provincetown comes alive—art spills from studios, drag queens reign in sequins, and music drifts from every porch, stage, and sand dune. Welcome to the season. The ptownie Calendar ensures you don’t...

A Story of Song and Strength: 11th Annual Cape Cod Women’s Music Festival

June 16, 2025

Each June, as the light lingers over the dunes of North Truro, a wave of harmony sweeps through the Cape. The Cape Cod Women’s Music Festival (CCWMF) is more than an evening of performances—it’s a celebration of creativity, resilience, and care. Now in...

Masters of Confucquary

June 16, 2025

The 2025 season opens with the Masters of Confucquary, which, once again, pairs Painter Steve Bowersock and Sculptor/painter Jeanne’ McCartin, and Joe Lupiani, artists known for their unordinary insights, visions and storytelling. Described by one...

June 12, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!

June 12, 2025

Experience the magic of Provincetown in June! Where drag dazzles, comedy cracks, music moves, and dance ignites the streets. A month-long celebration of joy, pride, and community in the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant queer destinations....