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

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 were also part of another extraordinary moment in history, the flourishing of the intellectual and artistic colony...

It’s Your Radio Station!

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 station has only three paid staff. Everyone else is a volunteer donating their time to support community...

Provincetown History Snippet: The Outermost House

Note: From time to time we venture farther afield than Provincetown to bring you history snippets. Today we’re going slightly up-Cape to remember Henry Beston in honor of the opening of Outermost Art & Objects in Ptown. American writer and naturalist Henry Beston was born in 1888 and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts. After a stint...

View of Provincetown From Pilgrim Monument

What’s New in Provincetown?

What’s New for 2019? You know how it is: you turn your back on a place and, before you know it, everything’s changed! We want to keep you “in the knows” about what’s new in Ptown for 2019, and also about what changes are happening. We’re excited about a lot of the changes and the new ideas percolating this...

A Glimpse of Switzerland in the Middle of Provincetown

There’s something subtly different about the Benchmark Inn. It’s a beautiful boutique bed-and-breakfast, yes; but there are a lot of beautiful boutique bed-and-breakfast establishments in Ptown. And still this one stands out. That’s largely because of what owners Daniel Judas and Dan Luethi bring to the table: they’re Swiss—and all those stereotypes about Swiss...

Provincetown History Snippets: Who is William F. Boogar Jr.?

He loved birds. He also loved bronze, and the combination made for exceptional art created by William F. Boogar, Jr., a noted sculptor who studied in Provincetown with Charles Hawthorne and settled here permanently in 1933. He worked in the lost-wax method in his Provincetown foundry, creating graceful sculptures of gulls, sandpipers, and whales. His...

Who Are the New Faces at Perry’s Wine & Liquors?: Charlie Greener and Billy Marshall!

Charlie Greener and Billy Marshall met rather dramatically—on an around-the-world yacht race in 2004! The race made a stop in Boston coming up from Cape Town, and during this stopover someone recommended that the couple visit Provincetown, “and we never stopped coming here!” says Greener. “During our visits we became customers of Perry’s and friends...

Who Are the New Faces at Provincetown’s Joe coffee?

There are some new faces at an established business this spring: joe coffee has been recently purchased by three friends (Mark Shaw, Peter McBrien, and Glenn Siegmund), known collectively as MPG. And for them, it’s literally a dream come true. They vacationed in Provincetown for over twenty years, and, as Glenn Siegmund explains, “We’ve been...

Provincetown History Snippets: East Harbor? Pilgrim Lake?

Once a natural embayment deep enough to serve as winter quarters for Provincetown’s fishing fleet, the body of water across from Beach Point was once known as Eastern Harbor, then as East Harbor. It was diked in 1868 (so that the railroad connecting Provincetown to the mainland and thus enabled a new chapter in the...

Provincetown History Snippets: Why Was Tennessee Williams in Ptown?

Tennessee Williams spent four summer seasons in Provincetown (1940, 1941, 1944, and 1947) where he wrote plays, short stories, and glowing poetry. He experienced a lot of drama offstage as well as on, falling in love, having his heart broken, surviving a purported attempt on his life, and experiencing both wealth and poverty. He took...