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June 22, 2023. the ptownie dispatch!

Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet June 23 – June 25, 2023 Throughout Provincetown Preparations for the 2023 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet are currently underway. This year’s festivities promise to be a wonderful celebration of Portuguese heritage and the historic fishing fleet of Provincetown. Live music and...

The Club Turns Four—And Focuses on the Food

“The first year we were open feels like it took 10 years off my life!” laughs Frank Christopher, owner of The Club in Provincetown. That feeling is only a memory now, as The Club has emerged as one of Ptown’s most popular dining destinations. “We figured it out,” Christopher says. “The restaurant has to support...

Think You Can’t Afford Provincetown? Think Again!

Provincetown is super-exciting as a destination for women, whether you’re coming to get married, for a romantic getaway, to meet up with friends, hang out with your kids, or just get a little beach time in. But…wait…isn’t it too expensive? While it’s true that a visit to Ptown can wipe out anyone’s savings, it doesn’t...

Provincetown: Where Marriage Equality Began

While everybody in the US is—for now—onboard with marriage equality, there’s still something special about the place where it all started, Massachusetts, and in particular about getting married in Provincetown. Couples flock here all year round to tie the knot and as a première gay resort town, it’s the perfect place for a honeymoon too!...

The Governor Bradford: A Classic Restaurant Finds a New Vibe

One of the most noticeable changes in town over the past couple of years is the shift in ownership of the venerable and revered Governor Bradford on Commercial Street. The restaurant on the corner of Commercial and Standish streets has been an institution for well over 50 years, and this most recent changing of the...

Land’s End Inn Begins a New Chapter

New owners, Edmond Macri and Trevor Mikula don’t want to change a lot about the Land’s End Inn. “We want to preserve the landmarks in this town,” says Macri. “We knew Steve and Eva”—the inn’s former owners—”and knew they wanted to sell—we felt that when a door opens, you have to say yes.” The couple...

Linking the Past to the Future: the Provincetown Theater

r“When I was 24, I was doing off-off-Broadway plays,” says David Drake, artistic director at the Provincetown Theater. “My needs were different then; I needed a certain kind of community. Now that I’ve done that, I’d like to steady this institution that this town needs.” Drake is speaking to an old and established tradition. In...

Representation Matters

Celebrating the growing number of women and non-binary folx in the Ptown food & beverage scene Native Ptownie, Chef Raina Stefani, has created and led the helm of many successful restaurants on Cape, including Terra Luna (N. Truro), Spindler’s, Baie Bar Resto, and most recently, Crown & Anchor’s Balena. Raina’s early influences include her Portuguese...

Take a Moment for Moment Sailing, 10 Years Young!

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 from late May to September. Owner, Chris Bartick was always enthralled “with...

Have a Whale of a Time in Provincetown!

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 Hindu to Provincetown in 1947,” remembers his cousin Mary-Jo Avellar. But when he...