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January
JANUARY 2018
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
CASTLE HILL Winter Workshops check their website for schediule – CastleHill.org
PROVINCETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Women’s Write-In Tuesdays in January, 6:30-8:00 pm. The program offers a chance for women to work in each other’s company to polish an essay or op-ed piece, ask for feedback on a poem, or make progress on a novel, screenplay, play or any other written work. Writers will write for 30 minutes or so and then read excerpts of their work if they wish. On the last Tuesday (Jan. 30), there will be a Submit-A-Thon to identify publication opportunities, and writers will have the chance to hit the SUBMIT button. The Write-In program will take place in the Bowsprit Room on January 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30. Each meeting is free and open to the public. There’s no sign-up so come to as many as you can. Bring a laptop or notebook – ProvincetownLibrary.org
PROVINCETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: Free Movie Nights: Happy Birthday, Elvis! Wednesdays in January at 6:00 pm. The Provincetown Public Library welcomes the community to celebrate the late, great Elvis Presley’s birth month with our Happy Birthday, Elvis! film series consisting of five films screened during the month of January This line-up of classic films starring Elvis Presley has been selected by Stephen Borkowski, Board of Library Trustee – ProvincetownLibrary.org
January 3: G.I. Blues (1960)
January 10: Blue Hawaii (1961)
January 17: Harum Scarum (1965)
January 24: Girl Happy (1965)
January 31: Clambake (1967)
December 28-January 2, 2018 First Light Provincetown, Fireworks, Food and Fun! Fireworks January 1 over Provincetown Harbor. Come!
Mon, Jan. 1, Fireworks at dusk over Provincetown Harbor! (approx. 5:30 pm)
Mon, Jan. 1, Polar Bear Plunge, Johnson Street Parking Lot, early afternoon at high tide
Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon & Tus, Dec. 28-Jan 2 – Canteen Holiday Market, at The Canteen 225 Commercial Street
1 New Year’s Day
1 Suede’d Annual New Year’s Concert, 8pm. Reservations required, 508 487-1430 – OnlyAtTheCrown.com
3 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: THINGS TO COME (2016) directed by Mia Hansen-Løve 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
6 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center READING: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, 6:30pm – FAWC.org
10 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: OLDBOY (2003) directed by Chan-wook Park 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
12-15 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
24 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: COLUMBUS (2017) directed by Kogonada 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
31 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: MOTHER (2009) directed by Joon-ho Bong 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
February
FEBRUARY 2018
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
2 Groundhog Day 2017
2-7 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: HERMAN AGUIRRE, Opening Reception: Friday February 2, 6-8pm – FAWC.org
7 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010) directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
9-14 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: MAIA CHAO, Opening Reception: Friday February 9, 6-8pm – FAWC.org
10 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center READING: HANNAH BERESFORD & BRENDAN BOWLES, 6:30pm – FAWC.org
12 Lincoln’s Birthday
14 Valentine’s Day ~ Bring your Love to Provincetown!
16 Chinese New Year
16-19 President’s Day Weekend and Washington’s Birthday
16-21 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: JULIA GARTRELL, Opening Reception: Friday February 16, 6-8pm – FAWC.org
21 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981) directed by Herbert Ross 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
23-25 Snowbound Leather Weekend XI – MatesLeatherWeekend.com/Snowbound
23-28 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: JENNA PIRELLO, Opening Reception: Friday February 23 6-8pm – FAWC.org
March
MARCH 2018
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
2-7 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: SIMONETTE QUAMINA, Opening Reception: Friday March 2, 6-8pm – FAWC.org
3 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center READING: CANDACE WILEY & CHRISTA ROMANOSKY, 6:30pm – FAWC.org
9-14 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center EXHIBITION: ANNE CLARE ROGERS, Opening Reception: Friday March 9, 6-8:00pm – FAWC.org
10 Year Rounders Festival – Provincetown Town Hall
11 Daylight Saving
14 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: I KILLED MY MOTHER (2009) directed by Xavier Dolan 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
16-18 St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
17-19 Out of Hibernation Ursamen – ne-ursamen.org
21 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: WOMEN ART REVOLUTION (2010) directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
30 Good Friday
31 Saturday, Passover begins at sunset; ends Saturday at nightfall April 7
April
APRIL 2018
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
Mid April – Whale Watching season begins – WhaleWatch.com, PtownWhalewatch.com
1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens – Pilgrim-Monument.org
1 Easter Sunday
1 April Fool’s Day
4 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS (2016) directed by Thorsten Schütte 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
7 FAWC Fine Arts Work Center READING: APRIL FREELY & FRANCES HWANG, 6:30pm – FAWC.org
13Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday
13-16 Patriot’s Day Weekend
14-15 Miss Gay Mass US of A – OnlyAtTheCrown.com
17 Tax Day
18 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: ATLANTIC CITY (1980) directed by Louis Malle 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
27-29 Moby-Dick Marathon at Provincetown Public Library – The Moby-Dick Marathon brings together over 120 participants to read Melville’s classic work aloud over three days for a total of 24 hours. The event honors Provincetown’s maritime and literary heritage and an international group of Melville enthusiasts. – ProvincetownLibrary.org
27-29 Gays for Patsy Annual Stomp: A Hoedown in P-town – – gfp.org
May
MAY 2018
Mid May Ferry Service Resumes
Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens – NPS.gov/caco
Highland Lighthouse reopens – Highlandlighthouse.org
Twenty Summers at Hawthorne Barn event series – check website for full 2018 schedule 20Summers.org
FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org
PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule- PAAM.org
An all ages live music series at the Focsicle, in the basement of the Governor Bradford on 16 Saturdays, Memorial Day – Labor Day. Live jazz, blues, country and funk with a pub menu and full bar. A different act each week. Doors open at 7pm, music 8 – 11pm. 312 Commercial Street, 508 487-2781, 508 487-9681.
2 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: WANDERERS (1979) directed by Philip Kaufman 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
6 Run to the Top of the Pilgrim Monument – RunToTheTop.org
11-12 Ragnar Relay Race: Hull to Provincetown – RagnarRelay.com
13 Mother’s Day
16 PAAM+Provincetown Film Society at Waters Edge Cinema: NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE (1976) directed by Paul Mazursky 7:00pm – ProvincetownFilm.org
17 and 18 Outer Cape Chorale Spring Concert 2018 – OuterCapeChorale.org
18-20 Monumental Yard Sale – Ptown.org
18-20 Nauticons The 21+ Convention, a creative and fun way for fans of anime, science fiction, fantasy, comicbooks, and all things nerdy to get together and get to know one another – Nauticons.org
18-20 Single Women’s Weekend – ProvincetownForWomen.com
22 Harvey Milk Day
24 Center for Coastal Studies 2018 Women in Science Banquet – CoastalStudies.org
24-27 Girl Party – ProvincetownForWomen.com
25-28 Memorial Day Weekend
27 Annual Piano & Organ Celebration Concert – PtownMusic.com
31-June 3 Women of Color & Friends Weekend – ProvincetownForWomen.com
31-June 3 Cabaret Fest Night Clubs of the 1950’s, The Sinatra Era – ProvincetownCabaretFest.com
June
JUNE 2018
FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org
PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule- PAAM.org
An all ages live music series at the Focsicle, in the basement of the Governor Bradford on 16 Saturdays, Memorial Day – Labor Day. Live jazz, blues, country and funk with a pub menu and full bar. A different act each week. Doors open at 7pm, music 8 – 11pm. 312 Commercial Street, 508 487-2781, 508 487-9681.
2-9 International Encaustic Conference – CastleHill.org
3 Provincetown 10K – Provincetown10K.com
7 A Night at the Chef’s Table – ASGCC.org
9 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Homeport Banquet – CoastalStudies.org
9 Provincetown Coastal Rowing Regatta – Regatta Central
9-10 Beyond The Plate: A symposium of Food, Writing & Community- – CastleHill.org
10-11 WorldFest – Provincetown’s International Cultural Festival – Facebook.com/WorldFestPtown
12 Sisters in the Name of Love – ASGCC.org
13-18 Provincetown International Film Festival – PtownFilmFest.org, 508-487-FILM
14 Provincetown Public Library, Heritage Day Celebration, Tuesday 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm – ProvincetownLibrary.org
17 Father’s Day
21-24 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet – ProvincetownPortugueseFestival.com
22-23 Provincetown Dance Festival presents seven professional dance companies performing tap, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop and more at the Provincetown Theater/238 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA 02657 PH: (508) 487-7487. For tickets and more information go to: CastleHill.org
22-August 31 Artisan Craft Fair at UU Church green lawn , every Thursday, 10am-4:30pm. The only exception is week of Carnival: Craft Fair is on Friday Aug 18th instead of Thursday. For more information contact UU Meeting House website – uumh.org
July
JULY 2018
FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org
PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule- PAAM.org
An all ages live music series at the Focsicle, in the basement of the Governor Bradford on 16 Saturdays, Memorial Day – Labor Day. Live jazz, blues, country and funk with a pub menu and full bar. A different act each week. Doors open at 7pm, music 8 – 11pm. 312 Commercial Street, 508 487-2781, 508 487-9681.
June 29-July 8 4th of July Celebrations ~ July 4th Parade starts at 11am, begins East End, Harbor Hotel and proceeds up Commercial to Franklin Street. Fireworks start at dusk over Provincetown Harbor (view from any bayside beach). Lots of fun! Come and celebrates with us! Make your accommodation reservation early!
June 29-July 6 Independence Day Weekend, Crown & Anchor – OnlyAtTheCrown.com/independence
7 Sunset Whale Watch Cruise to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.coastalstudies.org
7-15 Bear Week in Provincetown – www.ptownbears.org
15 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour – www.paam.org
15-29 Sail on Kalmar Nyckel, the Queen of the Tall Ship fleet! Advance tickets recommended on Sundays, July 15 and 29 and Tuesday – Friday July 17 – 20 and July 24-27 with two sails per day ($60 for adults and $40 for children under 17). Tickets available online. For information and private charters call weekdays (302) 429-7447. – KalmarNyckel.org/BookASail.asp
17-21 Girl Splash – ProvincetownForWomen.com
21 July Solstice
28 Full Moon Bash – CastleHill.org
28 Sunset Whale Watch Cruise to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.coastalstudies.org
28 GLAD Annual Summer Party at the Monument – www.GLAD.org
28-August 4 Family Week – www.familyequality.org/familyweek/
28-August 4 Annual Whale Week to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.coastalstudies.org
29 Run the Trails for Coastal Studies – www.CoastalStudies.org
August
AUGUST 2018
FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org
PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – PAAM.org
An all ages live music series at the Focsicle, in the basement of the Governor Bradford on 16 Saturdays, Memorial Day – Labor Day. Live jazz, blues, country and funk with a pub menu and full bar. A different act each week. Doors open at 7pm, music 8 – 11pm. 312 Commercial Street, 508 487-2781, 508 487-9681.
2 Homemade Boat Race – www.coastalstudies.org
4 Coast Guard Birthday
8 Sunset Whale Watch Cruise to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.coastalstudies.org
9 The 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival – ProvincetownJazzFestival.org
11 Art Auction – CastleHill.org
11-17 “Mardi Gras by the Sea” Carnival Week – fabulous week with lots of music, dancing, romance and adventure! Whole Town decorated with rainbow flags! Accommodation reservations a must! – www.ptown.org
16 “Mardi Gras by the Sea” Carnival Parade, starts at 3pm, from East End to West End – www.ptown.org
Aug 31-Sept 1 AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Annual Labor Day Art Auction After 31 years the ASGCC has decided to put our Labor Day Auction on hiatus. ASGCC is infinitely grateful to everyone who has supported us – www.ASGCC.org
Aug 31-Sept 3 Labor Day Weekend
September
SEPTEMBER 2018
FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org
PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule- PAAM.org
1 The 31st Annual White Party, Saturday, 2pm til Tea, Delft Haven on the Bay, Provincetown – OuterCape.org
3-6 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta – ProvincetownSchoonerRace.com
7 25th Annual Celebration of Life Concert, produced by John Thomas, co-sponsored by UU Meeting House and Great Music on Sundays @ 5, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 236 Commercial Street.
8 31th Annual Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla – Swim4Life.org
10-16 Afterglow Alternative Performance Arts Festival – AfterGlowFestival.org
13-16 National Gay Pilots Association Cape Cod Classic – ngpa.org
14 Provincetown Public Library Rose Dorothea Award Ceremony – ProvincetownLibrary.org
15-16 Provincetown Public Library, Provincetown Book Festival – ProvincetownLibrary.org
14-16 13th IWFFA Ptown Classic Women’s Flag Football Tournament, sanctioned by International Women’s Flag Football Association, Provincetown Motta Field – www.IWFFA.com
14-16 Annual Yankee Lambda Classic Car Show & Parade. This year’s theme is Anchors Aweigh., Saturday, Sept. 15, 1:30pm Parade through town – yankeelcc.com/invitational/
15 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride Boston to Cape Cod, Saturday – ASGCC.org
22 PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum Fall Consignment Auction – PAAM.org
27-30 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival – TWPtown.org
23-29 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) CASAS – CasasAnimalShelter.org 508-487-4243
23 Bike Run for K9 Fundraiser
27-October 1 Mates Leather Weekend – www.matesleatherweekend.com
29 Provincetown Dance Trophy Ballroom Dance Competition, Provincetown Town Hall, 339-832-2812 – BostonOpenDanceSport.com
October
OCTOBER 2018
1 Provincetown Dahlia Show – www.facebook.com/groups/PtownDahlias
5-8 Columbus Day Weekend
5-8 Fall Monumental Yard Sale Weekend – Ptown.org
6 PAAM Provincetown Art Association Annual Gala – PAAM.org
8-14 35th Annual Women’s Week – WomensWeekProvincetown.com
14-21 44th AnnualFantasia Fair – FantasiaFair.org
18-22 Provincetown Round Up Weekend – ProvincetownRoundUp.org
26-November 2 Halloween in Provincetown BOO! Haunted attractions, lots of parties, kids parade and much more! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.
26-27 Spooky Bears and Costume Balls – – OnlyAtTheCrown.com
26-27 Provincetown Ghost Tours – The 90-minute walking tours explores old Provincetown buildings and cemeteries and provides a taste of the town’s long history and reported ghost stories. The Coffee Pot, 315 commercial street, Lopes Square, Provincetown Center – ProvincetownGhostTours.com
27 Provincetown Masquerade Ball – – ProvincetownMasqueradeBall.com
27 The Ptown Ghost Hunt – Join one of the stars of TLC’s Kindred Spirits and the SyFy Channel Ghost Hunters alum Adam Berry for an investigation of the First Universalist Church, one of Provincetown’s most notorious haunts – PtownGhosthunt.com
30 Provincetown Rec’s 5th Annual Greet N’ Treat, 4:30-6pm (the kids parade through town from 3:30-4:30). Looking for businesses and organizations to decorate a vehicle and hand out candy to kids! The kids go trick-or-treating from vehicle to vehicle on Motta Field.
31 Halloween! Parties! Costumes!
November
NOVEMBER 2018
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
2 Provincetown Annual Day of the Dead Performing Arts Festival – Inspired by the Mexican traditions of El Día de los Muertos, the Festival includes art workshops, an ofrenda exhibition, a procession, performing arts and a dance party – ProvincetownDayoftheDead.com
11 Veteran’s Day
15-18 Mr. New England Leather – MrNewEnglandLeather.com
21 Lighting of the Monument Wednesday, 5-7pm – Pilgrim-Monument.org
22 Thanksgiving Day
22 Annual Pilgrim 5k Trot, Thanksgiving morning, 9am – A benefit for the PAAM – PAAM.org
24 Drag Bingo – Ptown.org
24 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree, created by Julian’s Popko Family, Lopes Square
30 “Tis the Season for Giving” AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod – ASGCC.org
December
DECEMBER 2018
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME SHOPPING!
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, 10 Shank Painter Road 12:30-1:30 Monday-Friday.
1 World AIDS Day – www.asgcc.org
Nov 30-December 2 Holly Folly Stroll – www.ptown.org
2 “Souper Saturday” Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen in Provincetown – www.ptownsoup.org
8-9 Outer Cape Chorale Concert – OuterCapeChorale.org
13 Chanukah (first day)
20 Last Day of Chanukah
24 Christmas Eve
25 Christmas Day
December 28, 2017-January 2, 2018 First Light Provincetown, Fireworks! An exciting weekend of Celebrations: Fireworks over our beautiful Provincetown Harbor! Holiday Market! Special Holiday Menues at our fabulous restaurants! Dance parties! Polar Bear Plunge! Lite Brite Bike Ride! Drag Bingo! Theater! Movies! Cabaret! Art! Live Music! www.ptown.org
31 New Year’s Eve – Begin the year in Provincetown! Reservations a must! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.
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