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UPCOMING
Thursday, Jan. 27
Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “Battleship Potemkin” (1925). Directed by Sergei Eisenstein and starring Valdmir Barsky.
Saturday, Jan. 29
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD: “Rigoletto”: 12:55 p.m. Jan. 29, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, 2357 State Highway Route 6. Cost: $14-$30. For information: http://what.org/met-opera-21-22-season. Bartlett Sher’s bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy arrives in cinemas on Jan. 29. The Tony Award–winning director resets the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber, themselves boasting a combined 11 Tony Awards. Baritone Quinn Kelsey brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time.
Aaron Band: 9-11 p.m. Jan. 29, CShore, 554 Route 6, Wellfleet. For information: https://www.cshorewellfleet.com.
Tuesday, Feb. 1
Virtual reading with visiting writers Asako Serizawa and Tom Sleigh: 5 p.m. Feb. 1. To RSVP: . Serizawa was born in Japan and raised in Singapore, Jakarta, and Tokyo. She has received two O. Henry Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MacDowell, and The Civitella Ranieri Foundation. Spanish and Korean translations of “Inheritors” are forthcoming. Sleigh’s many books include “The King’s Touch” (forthcoming from Graywolf, February 2022), “House of Fact,” “House of Ruin” and “Station Zed.”
Paint Night: A Virtual Workshop with Artist Colin McGuire: 6-8 p.m. Feb. 1. Cost: $25. For information: . Join for a casual two-hour virtual painting class during which each student will complete a painting from start to finish, with guidance and instruction from artist Colin McGuire. Each month will offer a new piece of work. First-time painters as well as painters with experience looking for an informal workshop are welcome.
Thursday, Feb. 3
Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “Metropolis” (1926). Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Frolich and Brigette Helm.
Saturday, Feb. 5
Valentine’s Day Card Making Workshop: 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 5, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. Cost: $30. To register: . Beginning with the simple and universal image of a heart, the group will explore monoprint techniques in this Valentine’s Day card-making workshop. Attendees will walk away with some cards to send to loved ones. No experience necessary.
Virtual Forum on the Massachusetts Common Start Legislation: Understanding Its Impact on Cape Cod’s Families and Providers: 10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 5. To RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/Common-Start-Forum. The League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area and the Cape and Islands Chapter of the Common Start Coalition will hold a virtual forum to understand the importance of and funding for the Common Start Bill, https://commonstartma.org/bill. This bill addresses the historic challenges in providing child care and early education. The forum will be provided in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Straight Jacket Slumber Party: 9-11 p.m. Feb. 5, CShore, 554 Route 6, Wellfleet. For information: https://www.cshorewellfleet.com.
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Virtual Artist Talk with Andrea Pluhar: 5 p.m. Feb. 8. For information: https://wellfleetpreservationhall.org. Join on Zoom for a conversation with featured Wellfleet Preservation Hall artist Andrea Pluhar, who will be interviewed by local artist Connie Saems.
Wednesday, Feb. 9
Think Ahead to Spring Gardening: Winter Planning Sessions with Dave DeWitt: 4-5 p.m. Feb. 9, Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, North Truro. For information: https://trurolibrary.org. The topic will be on organic pest and disease control. This class, the group will dig into the most important concept in organic pest and disease control, prevention. The group will discuss common and uncommon pest and disease problems on the Cape and elsewhere. Participants will learn about pest ID, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and organic tools to combat these challenges when they arrive in the garden.
“It’s A Love In” with Barbara Ann Kearney: 5 p.m. Feb. 9 online. Free. To register: . Attendees will hear local poets read their work.
Thursday, Feb. 10
Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “Rain” (1932). Directed by Lewis Milestone. Starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston.
Saturday, Feb. 12
Half a Mind: 9-11 p.m. Feb. 12, CShore, 554 Route 6, Wellfleet. For information: https://www.cshorewellfleet.com.
Wednesday, Feb. 16
Think Ahead to Spring Gardening: Winter Planning Sessions with Dave DeWitt: 4-5 p.m. Feb. 16, Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, North Truro. For information: https://trurolibrary.org. The topic will be “Beyond Organic.” In the last class of the series, DeWitt will introduce more advanced production methods. Catering to the home gardener, he will discuss bio-dynamic, regenerative agriculture and Korean natural farming, production models that go beyond conventional organic gardening and farming.
Thursday, Feb. 17
Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “Nosferatu” (1922), 100th anniversary. Directed by F.W. Murnau. Starring Max Schreck with Fred Magee on keyboard.
Tuesday, Feb. 22
A Writing Garden with Indira Ganesan: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 22-24, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. Cost: $225. For information: https://wellfleetpreservationhall.org. Explore the possibilities in creating a writing practice. In this class, the class will use prompts to create short writing exercises. By sharing the raw work with each other, the class will begin to work with these starts, weed and cultivate to create the beginnings of short stories or essays. The class will let them grow, and discover the ones they want to work with, to nurture to full growth. The class will also read short, published works to further inspire creative work.
Thursday, Feb. 24
Thursday Night at the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 the Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Free. For information: https://womr.org. Featuring “M” (1931). Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre.
ONGOING
“A Walk in Her Shoes: An Homage to the Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman”: screening virtually. Cost: $5.99 for 48-hour viewing window. Streaming link: https://www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org. In a quest to overcome one of the biggest obstacles in her life, personal trainer and author Metra Lundy simulates a walk to freedom by retracing the steps of Harriet Tubman from Maryland to Canada. The film documents the 695-mile route that Tubman took in the 1880s.
“Citizenship in the 21st Century” with David McGlothlin: 6:30-8 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, Jan. 13 through March 24, Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, North Truro. To register, call 508-487-1125. In six, 90-minute sessions, the group will briefly revisit the founding of the government and then take a longer look at the basics concerning rights and responsibilities as citizens and at the democratic principles that serve as a cornerstone of the government. There will be short readings with discussion and guest speakers depending on their availability. This series will be led by David McGlothlin, a 33-year veteran social studies teacher with Provincetown IB Schools.
Cape Noir Radio Theater: 8:30-9 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays through April 28, 2022. For information: https://facebook.com/excitement4yourEars. Original stories, unique adaptations and a bit of the unexpected laced with mystery, suspense, thrills, adventure, even the supernatural. In cooperation with WOMR.
Yoga with Jen Shannon: 9-10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. For information: https://wellfleetpreservationhall.org. To register: text 508-367-7101. All level welcomes. Registration required. No drop-ins.
Book Recycling: 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Saturdays, book shed at Wellfleet Transfer Station, 370 Coles Neck Road. For information: https://bit.ly/3ykrAh8. The Friends of the Wellfleet Library are accepting used hardbound and paperback books in good to excellent condition, that they can sell at their summer book sales and their sale shelf in the library. They do not accept dictionaries, encyclopedias, magazines, journals, textbooks, test prep manuals or travel guides.
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