Make sure you see The Humans at the Provincetown Theater before joining your family for the holidays; it will reassure you that your people’s insanity is way down on the crazy scale. Dysfunctional family gatherings are a staple of theatre and literature, and for good reason: explosive emotions, hidden secrets, enabling behavior, seething resentments, even...
Hmmm, what is the right Gay Guesthouse for me? ptownie has you (un)covered with some great (clothing) options for your stay in Palm Springs. Some of us here at ptownie are growing to love the desert as much as the ocean. If you haven’t been to Palm Springs recently, it’s absolutely worth the trip. It...
Dear Marsha & Melissa Crispo: Touring Together With over 1300 performances under their belt and a new full length album releasing 2022, Dear Marsha is a well-oiled rock & roll machine. While studio recordings are forever, Dear Marsha, is a magically live band. They play upbeat, energetic rock/Country tunes, and are known as “the band...
NYC comedian Sam Morrison (The Drew Barrymore Show) grapples with the death of his partner. He makes grief hilarious through tales of love, diabetes and seagull attacks. Sugar Daddy is fresh off its hit run at Edinburgh Festival, where it was one of the best reviewed comedies of the festival, was featured in The Times,...
Dear Marsha & Melissa Crispo: Touring Together With over 1300 performances under their belt and a new full length album releasing 2022, Dear Marsha is a well-oiled rock & roll machine. While studio recordings are forever, Dear Marsha, is a magically live band. They play upbeat, energetic rock/Country tunes, and are known as “the band...
Provincetown says good-bye to Summer and hello to what we ptownie’s call “Second Summer”. What we all agree is the BEST time of the year in Ptown. Here is your Guide to What To Do! Thirty-Fourth Annual Provincetown White Party September 3, 2022 Provincetown’s White Party will be entering its 34th year in 2022. It...
“Something good did come out of something terrible,” says Jackie Kelly, thinking back to the effects of the AIDS epidemic on Provincetown. “Before it happened, we were two separate communities, gay men and lesbians. What it did was make us become one.” As has often historically been the case, community grew out of tragedy. On...
Jon Richardson remembers the moment he arrived in Provincetown. “I was living in Boston and I was invited to have Thanksgiving with some friends who owned a home in Truro,” he remembers. “The afternoon after Thanksgiving, we drove into town and parked and I remember having a moment where my brain totally didn’t understand what...
