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Think Global, Film Local
The annual Provincetown International Film Festival brings us work from around the globe, representing a huge range of storytelling practices, themes, and experiments that can entertain, provoke, and move us in that way only the cinema can. But it is also a place to see local and regional films you might not see anywhere else, films that represent a variety of experiences, viewpoints, and results. And this year is no different. Documentary and fiction, short and feature-length films—there is a range of opportunities over the course of the five-day event (June 12 – 16) to check in with the specifically Provincetown and New England talents and perspectives on larger themes that reach far beyond our region. Several directors and cast members are scheduled to attend their screenings, so you can ask questions and give direct feedback after the films. Here’s a day-by-day snapshot.
Living a Legacy: James Jackson, Jr. Celebrates Provincetown’s Black Entertainment History
James Jackson, Jr. has been on a deep dive into Provincetown history. A self-described nerd, once Jackson becomes obsessed with a topic, he’s relentless in his pursuit to learn more about it. Jackson performed in the original Broadway run of A Strange Loop, a Tony Award and Pulitzer-Prize-winning musical about a queer Black man telling a queer Black story. Throughout the run, and since, Jackson hears emotional stories from those who saw it and were moved by finally seeing themselves represented on the stage. Along the long road to Broadway the production heard time and time again that the show was “too Black” and “too gay” for mass appeal. Indeed, those critics and cynics were wrong as the show was a commercial and critical success not just in New York, but London as well, furthering the pursuit for an expansion of who gets to tell their story and where. The show made Broadway history in a field that can live up to the nickname the Great White Way. That got Jackson thinking about Provincetown.
35 sizzling pics from Provincetown Pride 2024
The 7th annual Provincetown Pride Festival presented by the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG) took place from May 31 through June 2, 2024. This year’s celebration featured the Queer Comedy Showcase, Pride Cruise with Bay State Cruise Company, Feet Over Front Street 5K Pride Run & Walk, Official Pride parties, and more.
Single-family home sells in Provincetown for $4.3 million
The spacious, recently built property located at 3 Pilgrims Landing in Provincetown was sold on May 2, 2024 for $4,300,000, or $1,576 per square foot. The house, built in 2020, has an interior space of 2,728 square feet. This two-story home has three bedrooms and four bathrooms. The home's outer design showcases a a flat roof frame, with roofing materials crafted from roll composition roofing. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 9,440 square feet.
Multiple reports of dead seals with bite marks as great white sharks return to Mass. waters
The number of reports of dead seals found with shark bites is on the rise as great whites make their return to Massachusetts waters ahead of the official start of summer.
Impropriety Alleged In Governor Prence Housing
ORLEANS – A member of the committee charged with reviewing two proposals for the redevelopment of the Governor Prence Inn property is under scrutiny for his alleged role in trying to influence the process in favor of one of the applicants. The select board convened in executive session June...
Orleans' Beach Road on Bike Lane Path
Beach Road in Orleans may be on a path to make the popular road more bike and pedestrian friendly ... before a tragic accident happens. At the end of the current feasibility study, the town will have four bike lane layouts to choose from. "We did have a circumstance where...
Former Massachusetts Builder Guilty of Tax Fraud in Luxury Home Scheme
A former Massachusetts luxury homebuilder has been found guilty on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Jason Pecoy, 44, was involved in an elaborate scheme designed to evade taxes by concealing income and falsifying books during the construction of two luxury houses. The trial, which concluded with a conviction on June 7, spanned five days before U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni, who has now set the sentencing for September 12, 2024.
Emotions run high after Barnstable educators placed on leave for leaving students behind during field trip
Hope Taylor, Alik Taylor, and Raffaella Almeida have been on administrative leave since April 8 after leaving two students in Boston on a field trip. Dozens of Barnstable High School students, parents, and alumni pleaded with the School Committee last week to give two veteran educators a second chance after they and a third adult left two students behind during a trip to Boston.
Letters: Global Wind Day, hurricane season calls for proactive plan for Cape erosion
Cape towns should pay more attention to erosion The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 17 to 25 named storms, with eight to 13 hurricanes this season which has already begun. My concern is not what has been written here but what hasn’t or barely touched on. Many towns on the Cape have been...
Man rescued from Hyannis fire flown to Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries
A man required “extensive decontamination” before he could be flown to a hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries he suffered after an oil tank failed, sparking a fire in Hyannis, officials said. A fire or explosion at 105 Ferndoc St. in Hyannis was reported to police around 2:23...
Doc Talk: Movies on Loss and Recovery at the Provincetown International Film Festival
A trio of films in which certainty and security has been disrupted and people must make the best of what remains. In these troubled times one might heed the advice given in the Robert Frost poem “The Oven Bird” and learn to make the most of a diminished thing. This is one of the themes in several of the documentaries in this year’s Provincetown International Film Festival (June 12-16), beginning with Lisa Olivieri’s aptly titled, deeply affecting and inspiring Recovery City (screens June 13 at 6:30 p.m. and June 14 at 6 p.m. at Waters Edge. The director and filmmakers Kai Kilburn and Matthew Kilburn will be attending).
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