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The Provincetown Business Guild presents A Gay and Lesbian Holiday Festival“Have a Holly Folly weekend! It’s the best time in P’town!”There will be free parking in municipal lots Nov 1 to Mar 30Below are the events & specials & what restaurants, stores, galleries that are open for 2011_______________________________________Holiday Lighting ContestsWhether it be a house, a store front window, a Lobster Trap, or even your yard we want to see it decoratedSo dig out that big ball of holiday...
Photos by Jim Bakker and Radu LucaBeforeAfterLighting of the Lobster Pot Tree, 2011Julian Popko setting up the Lobster Pot Treein Lopes Square, Provincet...
Giving Thanks, Provincetown StyleBy Laura ShabottNovember 22nd, 2011Today’s Provincetown Thanksgiving traditions aren’t really all that different from the Pilgrim’s first time to Land’s End. Visitors arrive ready to eat and drink, check out the native haunts, get new clothes, acquire treasures and then leave for Plymouth (and beyond). There’s something for everybody this holiday, with tons to do day-to-night. There’s something for everybody this holiday, with tons to do day-to-night.Free parking...
recommended by Cathy Winstonvia TheTravelEditor.com ZaNiaC/FlickrIt’s rare that a destination can bill itself as gay-friendly, uniquely historic, a protected nature reserve, and perfect for art connoisseurs, lobster lovers and anyone who fancies a browse by the seaside. But that’s just what makes Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod the perfect day trip for anyone staying in Boston or on the peninsula.The site of the Pilgrims’ first landing in America – they didn’t head to Plymouth and...
Fall is my favorite season in Provincetown. Many people catch up on their reading and others (re)start project they have been putting off since Spring. But if you're an outdoorsy person, a bonfire on the beach is always fun. It's just like in the fairy tales: a few people gathered around the warming fire, little sparks making their great escape into the misty fresh air coming from the ocean, great company and stories from "back in the day" served with fresh marshmallows.You do...
By Staff Reporters Provincetown BannerThe 391st anniversary of the Pilgrims’ first landing in the New World in Provincetown Harbor and the 390th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving in Plymouth will be celebrated on Nov. 11, 2011, or 11-11-11, in a Pilgrim Party at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum.The party was a concept created by Chatham resident Ron Nickerson as a way to mark the day 11-11-11, because he thought it was important to remember Nov. 11, 1620,...
November 5,11,12 at 7:30 and 6,13 at 2:00Seven short plays will make up the Fall Festival:The Boy From Montana, by Carl A. Rossi (from a story by Susan O'Neill)The Tour, by Candace PerryA String Bean Tempest, by Jerry ThompsonTony, by Doug Asher-BestThe Picture in the House, by Bragan Thomas (from a story by Howard Phillips Lovecraft)Fruit Of The Forest Pie, by Dawn McDermott(Man and Woman Encounter Their Differences, by Brigid Moynihan)Performances:Sat., Nov. 5, 7:30 pm;Sun., Nov. 6, 2 pm;Fri.,...
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Zoom PhotosPhoto Nancy Bloom A Roman warrior and a dance hall girl.By Pru SowersProvincetown Banner “Over the top.” That was the unanimous consensus of the 800-plus crowd that packed Town Hall Saturday night for Provincetown's Beaux Arts Ball, the lucky ones who begged, borrowed or stood in line to get a ticket to the hottest social event of the year.The event, underwritten by Marc Jacobs International, whose president, Robert Duffy, is a life-long visitor to Provincetown, raised approximately...
