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2009 Calendar of Events

JANUARY 2009

Check our Winter Guide to Provincetown

January 1, Thursday - New Year's Day

10, 1:00 pm Metropolitan Opera Broadcast @ WHAT 508-349- 9428 www.what.org, Live Broadcast: La Rondine (New Production) - Puccini

13, 7pm The thirteenth annual Winter Reading Series of the New Provincetown Players will begin at 7 pm next Tuesday, January 13, at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street.

First play of the series is Two Rooms, by Lee Blessing, directed by Jeff Spenser and starring Judith Partelow, Christy Morris, Henry Morlock, and Jeff Spenser.

The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by terrorists, and a room in his home in the United States that his wife has stripped of furniture so that at least symbolically she can share his ordeal. A single setting serves as both the locale for imaginary conversations between the hostage and his wife, as well as for her encounters with a reporter and a State Department official.

The popular series, which customarily has been on Wednesday evenings, has been moved to Tuesday to accommodate other theater scheduling needs. Planned for the balance of the season are nine more plays:

January 20 Shell Shock, by Eugene O'neil, directed by Deborah Peabody
January 27 Closure 6 by James McLindon, directed by Patrick Falco
February 3 Eucatastrophe, by Andy Reynolds, directed by Andy Reynolds
February 10 An Evening with Daniel Cleary
February 17 Big Bro/Little Bro by Jonathan Ciniceroz directed by Patrick Falco
February 24 The Tides at Herring Cove Beach, by Roger Chauvette, directed by Roger Chauvette
March 3 First Love, by Charles Mee, directed by Bob Seaver
March 10 TBA, by Jim Dalgliesh, directed by Jim Dalgliesh
March 17 TBA, by Jerry Thompson.

Admission is free for all performances, with a suggested donation of $5. For further information, please call Provincetown Theater 508 487 7487 - provincetowntheater.com

14, 7-9pm- The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

15, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Ed Wood - www.paam.org

15, 7:00pm Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, January Lecture Series: Sea Monster to Sea Gold and Back Again: the ecology of the mysterious North Atlantic right whale. Free and open to the public. Hiebert Marine Lab, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown. 508-487-3622 - www.coastalstudies.org

16, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings- www.paam.org

16 - 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

17, 8pm, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown will present the second in its annual series of readings by current Fellows.  Fiction writer Sophie McManus and poet Sarah Rose Nordgren will read from their work.  The readings will take place in the Stanley Kunitz Common Room at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.  Admission is free. 508-487-9960 - www.fawc.org

20, 7pm LOST O'NEIL PLAYS TO BE READ AT PROVINCETOWN THEATER. Theater buffs will be given a rare opportunity to hear a reading of two of Eugene O'Neil's early plays, "Shell-Shock" and "The Sniper" at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street, at 7 pm on Tuesday, January 20th. "Shell-shock" is O'Neil's century-old take on today's malady du jour, post-traumatic stress disorder, setting a bloody description of life and death under bombardment at Chateau-Thierry against the quiet calm of a Manhattan university club. It features Brian Carlson as a heroic infantry officer, Tom Wolfson as the man he rescued under withering enemy fire, Griff Griffeths as a medical officer, and Phoebe Otis on stage directions. "The Sniper", a snapshot of life under German attack and occupation, feature Tom Wolfson as a Belgian peasant farmer who has lost much under hostile shelling, and learns in the course of the play how much more he has lost; Brian Carlson as the village priest who consoles him; Griff Griffeths as a German infantry captain who spells out the draconian rules of engagement, Sumner Phillips as a peasant boy, and Phoebe Otis again on stage directions. The reading is part of the New Provincetown Players' Winter Reading Series, and is directed by Deborah Peabody, who resurrected the plays from a collection, all written before O'Neil's triumphant Broadway debut in 1930, and published in 1950, as "10 Lost Plays of Eugene O'Neil", most of which have not been performed until now, and all of whose copyrights had been allowed to lapse. More info Provincetown Theater 508 487 7487 - provincetowntheater.com

23, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

23, 10:00am Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Bird Walk: Winter Wonder Birds of the Sea. 508-487-3622 - www.coastalstudies.org

23-25, 2pm Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Freil, directed by Susan Grilli - Counter Productions at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street. Tickets $22.50/$18.50 Senior/Student 508-487-7487 - counter-productions.org

24, 1:00pm WHAT Live Broadcast: Orfeo ed Euridice - Gluck

29, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Alice Neel - www.paam.org

30, 31 & Feb 1, 7:30pm Philadelphia Here I Come! by Brian Freil, directed by Susan Grilli - Counter Productions at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street. Tickets $22.50/$18.50 Senior/Student 508-487-7487.

31, 1:00pm WHAT Encore Screening

Saturday, January 31, 7:00pm, and Sunday, February 1, 3:00pm Imagine: The Music of the Beatles! including McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Choral Suite. THE OUTER CAPE CHORALE Provincetown's 140-voice community chorus. Jon Arterton, conductor with Chuck Griffeth & John Thomas, keyboards; Susan Goldberg, bass; Mark van Bork, drums. Provincetown's UU Meeting House. All concerts are FREE!

FEBRUARY 2009

Check our Winter Guide to Provincetown

7, 1:00pm (Saturday) Metropolitan Opera Broadcast @ WHAT 508-349- 9428 www.what.org Live Broadcast: Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti

10, 7:30pm (Tuesday) Provincetown Theater, First Decade of AIDS in Provincetown - What was the first decade of the AIDS crisis like in Provincetown? How did the community come together and marshal resources to take care of its citizens? A documentary that answers those questions in the actual words of four survivors, by playwright Daniel Cleary. The testimonials are monologues adapted from the transcripts of video interviews, taken as part of the Provincetown Library's AIDS documentary video project. They will be read by Sasha Curran, Susan Grilli, Bruce de Sainte Croix and Bob Seaver, with introduction by Daniel Cleary. www.provincetowntheater.com

11, 7-9pm (Wednesday) - The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

12, 7:00pm (Thursday) PAAM Film: Aparajito - www.paam.org

13 - 15 Valentine's and President's Weekend

13 - 16, Noon-4pm The Pilgrim Monument will shine red in recognition of the American Heart Association (AHA) annual Go Red for Women campaign. In an effort to raise awareness about women's risks from cardiovascular disease, the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (PMPM) will join other landmarks across Cape shining red. Additionally, the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum will be open and free of charge to the public. On Saturday, February 14th, Dr. Judy Yorio, a physical fitness trainer from Willy's World Wellness and Conference Center has volunteered to lead A Heart Healthy Winter Climb of the 252 ft. Monument and be on hand to discuss the benefits of heart healthy walking. This will be the second year that PMPM and Willy's Gym have offered a Heart Healthy Climb up the Monument. www.pilgrim-monument.org

14, 2:00pm Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM - www.paam.org

14 Kobalt Gallery: HEART’S DESIRE: Show Opening Reception Saturday, February 14th, 2-4pm. Purchase one piece for your Valentine on this day and receive 20% off on a second piece of equal or lesser value!
366 & 432 Commercial Street, 508-487-1132

14 - 15, 12-4pm The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum exhibits art treasures at a special winter opening. Free admission. www.pilgrim-monument.org

17, 7:00pm PAAM Reading: Kathleen Rooney, "Live Nude Girl" - www.paam.org

20, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

21-22, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) and Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) are collaborating again this year in presenting the 2nd Annual Cape Cod Filmmaker Takeover. This juried festival of local filmmakers will be screening Saturday and Sunday, February 21 & 22. Entries will be selected by a panel of judges, and the chosen works will be viewed and voted on by the public. An admission charge of $5.00 will qualify viewers for a full-day's worth of movie-viewing pleasure. All films will be screened at WHAT's Julie Harris Stage. Prizes will be awarded at a celebratory party hosted by PIFF on Sunday, February 22 at 6pm - immediately preceding WHAT's live, high-definition broadcast of the 2009 Academy Awards. Both award shows are free and open to the public. For more information contact Filmmaker Takeover, c/o WHAT, Box 797, Wellfleet, MA 02667, 508 349-3011 x 104 - www.what.org 

26, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Goodbye Lenin - www.paam.org

27-28, 7:30pm Counter Productions: Wonder of the World, Provincetown Theater. Tickets $22.50/$18.50 senior/student TheaterMania or at the door. - www.counter-productions.org

MARCH 2009

Check our Winter Guide to Provincetown

1, 7:30pm Counter Productions: Wonder of the World, Provincetown Theater. Tickets $22.50/$18.50 senior/student TheaterMania or at the door - www.counter-productions.org

6-April 19 Castle Hill @ PAAM - www.castlehill.org

6, 7:30pm Films with a Conscience: Young @ Heart, UUMH Social Justice Film Series, 236 Commercial St. Free admission. Free refreshments. All ages welcome.

March 8 Daylight Savings time begins

8 International Women's Day

8, 2pm Counter Productions: Sunday Salon, Provincetown Theatr Lobby, 238 Bradford St. - hosted by John Tomas - www.counter-productions.org, johnthomas.com

7, 1:00 pm Metropolitan Opera Broadcast @ WHAT 508-349- 9428 www.what.org Live Broadcast: Madama Butterfly - Puccini

10, HOW Dinner Benefit at the Crowne Pointe. Chef Amy Howell will be offering a menu, including wine, designed specifically for this event. The cost will be $75 per person and seating is limited. - www.helpingourwomen.org

11, 7-9pm- The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

12, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Frida - www.paam.org

13, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings: 38 Years of Inspiration. Celebrating the Castle Hill Community - www.paam.org

14, 7-11pm Eat Chili & Dance Like It's 1971. Castle Hill Barn, $10 tickets, $bar - www.castlehill.org

14, 2:00pm Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM Free - open to the public - www.paam.org

15, 2pm A conversation with Founders, Faculty, Artists and the Castle Hill Community at PAAM - www.paam.org

17 St. Patrick's Day

26, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Nights of Cabiria - www.paam.org

29, 2pm Counter Productions: Sunday Salon, Provincetown Theatr Lobby, 238 Bradford St. - hosted by John Tomas - www.counter-productions.org, johnthomas.com

APRIL 2009

Whale Watch season - April through October. Reservations: 800-826-9300 - www.whalewatch.com; 508 487-1102 - www.alphawhalewatch.com

Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens - www.nps.gov/caco

1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens - www.pilgrim-monument.org

1 - November 29 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Special Exhibition Pilgrims, Patriots and Products: Selling the Colonial Image organized by Historic New England - www.pilgrim-monument.org

3, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

3, 7:30 pm Films with a Conscience: Marjoe , UUMH Social Justice Film Series, 236 Commercial St. Free admission. Free refreshments. All ages welcome.

10 - 12 Easter Weekend

11, 7-9 pm- The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

12, 2pm Counter Productions: Sunday Salon, Provincetown Theatr Lobby, 238 Bradford St. - hosted by John Tomas - www.counter-productions.org, johnthomas.com

15-20 Provincetown Poetry & Literary Arts Festival alarmpup@verizon.net

16, 7:00 pm PAAM Film: L'Enfant - www.paam.org

16, 6:30 pm Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Spring Lecture Series, Hands-on Clams: Shellfishing and Aquaculture on Cape Cod, Larkin Auditorium - www.coastalstudies.org

18 - 20 Purple Feather 2nd Annual Spring Chocolate Festival 334 Commercial St. 580-487-9100 www.thepurplefeather.com. Chocolate tasting, children's activities, roll out of new chocolate confections for 2009, chocolate sculpture and demonstrations, sampling of chocolate, homemade gelato, and lots more.

24, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

MAY 2009

1-31 Annual Cape Cod Maritime Days www.CapeCodMaritimeDays.com Village festivals, maritime presentations, lighthouse & walking tours, boat-building demonstrations, maritime art exhibits, cruises and other activities related to current or past aspects of maritime life on Cape Cod.

1, 7:30pm Films with a Conscience: The Real Dirt On Farmer John , UUMH Social Justice Film Series, 236 Commercial St. Free admission. Free refreshments. All ages welcome.

1 - 3 Gays for Patsy Spring Stomp Weekend - www.gaysforpatsy.org

2 Kibbles and Skits (CASAS Benefit) - www.casasanimalshelter.org

8-10 Mother's Day Weekend

9, 12:30 pm Metropolitan Opera Broadcast @ WHAT 508-349-9428 www.what.org Live Broadcast: La Cenerentola - Rossini

16, 10am Re-Opening of Provincetown Dog Park, the Pilgrim Bark Park, Shank Painter & Route 6

13, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

13, 7-9pm- The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

15-17 Cabaret Fest - www.ptown.org

15-17 Single Women's Weekend - www.singlewomensweekend.com

22 - 25 Memorial Day Weekend

23-24 Raku Extravaganza and Ceramic Show - www.castlehill.org

29, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

30 Castle Hill Tag Sale - www.castlehill.org

May 31- June 5 Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival www.capecodlife.com Enjoy great food from the Cape's restaurants as well as great wines from around country.

JUNE 2009

FAWC Summer Workshop Program Late June- End of August - www.fawc.org
Great Music on Sundays at 5 - www.ptownmusic.com

May 31 - June 5 Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival www.capecodlife.com Enjoy great food from the Cape's restaurants as well as great wines from around country.

1, 4-6 pm Food & Wine Festival at the Monument - www.pilgrim-monument.org

4 ASGCC Annual Chef's Table - www.asgcc.org

4-7 Women of Color Weekend - www.provincetownforwomen.com/women-of-color-weekend/

5, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

6, 7 pm, Spring Consignment Auction of Vintage Provincetown Art - Free

10, 7-9pm- The Writer's Voice Cafe meeting upstairs at Napi's. Public is invited. Free will donations welcome.

13, 7 pm Provincetown Art Association and Museum Spring Consignment Auction - www.paam.org

14 - 15 Heritage Day 2009: AIDS - Provincetown Public Library - www.ptownlib.com/

17 - 21 Provincetown International Film Festival 508-487-FILM info@ptownfilmfest.org - www.ptownfilmfest.org Celebrating 11 years of cutting edge, independent filmmaking on the edge. 5-days of films, panels and parties.

19, 6:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

19 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Annual Meeting - www.pilgrim-monument.org

20 - 21 Cape Cod Life Boating and Outdoor Recreation Expo Hyannis Harbor 508-775-9800 ext. 35 - www.capecodlife.com In the water boat show filled with lots of ideas for the expert and novice boater.

21 Father's Day Weekend

24, 6:00pm Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM - www.paam.org

25 - 28 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet - www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com

26 - 27 and July 2 - 3, 8:00pm. Tickets: $20 at the door; Seniors/Students $10. Popular singer/songwriter Stephan David Hewitt performs the East Coast Premiere of Full of Life Now: (Walt Whitman's) Songs of Liberation, (timed in honor of the 150 anniversary of the third Leaves of Grass volume, "Calamus", from which many of the song lyrics were taken), a Joni/Elton meets Puccini concert of original song settings from Walt Whitman's still-radical lyrics championing love, sex, body, and soul. From the piano at Provincetown's famous Unitarian Meeting House summer theater, Hewitt celebrates the poet's visionary call to liberate passion from prejudice and fear - and to recognize that Body and Soul are one. Info 310-450-2465.

JULY 2009

Thursdays in July at 6 PM - Historical re-enactment of Beach Apparatus Drill at Old Harbor Life-Saving Station, Race Point Beach - www.nps.gov/caco

1 - 5 Independence Day Celebration and Parade at 4th and Fireworks

2 - 3, 8:00pm. Tickets: $20 at the door; Seniors/Students $10. Popular singer/songwriter Stephan David Hewitt performs the East Coast Premiere of Full of Life Now: (Walt Whitman's) Songs of Liberation (timed in honor of the 150 anniversary of the third Leaves of Grass volume, "Calamus", from which many of the song lyrics were taken), a Joni/Elton meets Puccini concert of original song settings from Walt Whitman's still-radical lyrics championing love, sex, body, and soul. From the piano at Provincetown's famous Unitarian Meeting House summer theater, Hewitt celebrates the poet's visionary call to liberate passion from prejudice and fear - and to recognize that Body and Soul are one. Info 310-450-2465.

10 Provincetown Arts Publication Party 2009 @ Provincetown Art Association And Museum 508-487-3167 - www.Provincetownarts.org

11 Wet Dry Paint Off Auction To Benefit the Renovation of the Provincetown Public Library. Come and be part of the artistic documentation of this magnificent historic landmark, Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial Street, Dry Auction 10:00AM to 2:00PM, Wet Auction 4:30 Pre-showing, 5PM Auction. For further information contact the Library: 508-487-7094 or email wetdryauctionppl@gmail.com.

11-18 July Bear Week Provincetown - www.ptownbears.org

12, 10 am- 3 pm Provincetown Art Association and Museum Secret Garden Tour - www.paam.org

15, 6:00 pm PAAM Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman - www.paam.org

17, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

6-19 Truro Celebrates 300 Years - www.truro300.org

19 Celebrating Truro Small Painting Art Sale - www. castlehill.org

22, 6:00 pm PAAM Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman - www.paam.org

22-26 Girl Splash, a week for women in the summer - www.provincetownforwomen.com/girl-splash/

24, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

29, 7:00 pm PAAM: Blue Door - www.paam.org

AUGUST 2009

1 - 8 Family Week - www.familypride.org

1 - 2 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge - www.pmc.org

3 Truro Tercentenial - Recycle, Re-use, Reinvent with Connie Hatch - www.castlehill.org

5, 6:00 pm PAAM Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman - www.paam.org

7, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

8 Castle Hill Silent & Live Auction - www.castlehill.org

12, 7:00 pm PAAM: Blue Door - www.paam.org

14 - 16 Provincetown Jazz Festival - www.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org

16-22 Carnival Week 2009 - www.ptown.org

20 Carnival Parade - www.ptown.org

22-23 Summer Art Fair, open studios, food & music - www.provincetownartistregistry.com

23-24 The Modernist House Tour - www.castlehill.org

26, 7:00 pm PAAM: Blue Door - www.paam.org

SEPTEMBER 2009

2, 6:00 pm PAAM Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman - www.paam.org

4 Full Moon Extravaganza at Highland Center - www.castlehill.org

4, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

4-7 Labor Day Weekend

5 AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Silent & Live Auction - www.asgcc.org

7-12 Fishermen's Cup Race fom Gloucester to Provincetown and The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta & Yacht Race www.provincetownschoonerrace.com

11 Provincetown Harbor Lights, Long Point lights art installation. Provincetown remembers Sept. 11 - www.iamprovincetown.com/harborlights/

11-12 Celebrating Life Concert and Harbor Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla - www.swim4life.org

11-13 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Parade - www.yankeelcc.com

12 Castle Hill Paints the Town - www.castlehill.org

13, PAAM Last day to bid on 12x12 - www.paam.org

18, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

18-20 Gay Pilots Association Cape Cod Classic - www.ngpa.org

19, 7:00 pm Fall Consignment Auction of Vintage Provincetown Art - www.paam.org

19 Provincetown Music Festival - www.ProvincetownMusicFestival.org

24-27 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival - www.twptown.org

25, 8:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

25-27 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) - www.casasanimalshelter.org

26 PMPM Historic House Tour - www.pilgrim-monument.org

OCTOBER 2009

Great Music on Sundays at 5 - www.ptownmusic.com

2-4 Mates Leather Weekend - www.matesleatherweekend.com

9 - 12 Columbus Day Weekend

9 - 18 Women's Week 508-487-3692 - www.womeninnkeepers.com

10, 6 pm Annual PAAM Gala - www.paam.org

16, 7:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

16 - 18 Cape Cod Life Home & Garden Expo & Home Tour - Hyannis Resort and Conference Center 508-775-9800 ext. 35 - www.capecodlife.com

18 - 25 Fantasia Fair - www.fantasiafair.org

21-25 Provincetown Round Up Weekend - www.provincetownroundup.org

23-24 Provincetown Dance Festival - www.castlehill.org

30, 7:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

Oct 30 - Nov 1 Halloween & Spooky Bear Weekend

NOVEMBER 2009

1 Daylight Savings Time Ends

3 Election Day

11 Veterans Day

20, 7:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

25 - 29 Thanksgiving Holiday with Lighting of the Monument (Wed, Nov. 25, 5-7pm), Craft Shows and Great Shopping- www.pilgrim-monument.org

DECEMBER 2009

1 World AIDS Day - www.asgcc.org

4, 7:00 pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

4-6 Holly Folly - www.ptown.org The kick-off of Provincetown’s winter season; it is the perfect way to get into a festive holiday mood: shop, feast, party, and of course, don your “gay apparel.” Lots of great winter sales and most accommodations will have off-season rates.

19, 2:00 pm PAAM Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman Free - open to the public. www.paam.org

25 Friday - Christmas Day

31 Thursday - New Year's Eve Happy 2010!

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