The VIEW Calendar – What to do on the Cape this Season...

Art

SEPTEMBER 3–4 The Cape Cod Museum of Art offers free admission as part of its participation in the Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Friday program during the Grand Finale Weekend. Other Cape museums participating include the Edward Gorey House in Yarmouthport (Sept. 4) and the Cape Cod Children’s Museum in Mashpee (Sept. 4).

SEPTEMBER 7–10 Explore the “Changing Light: An Advanced Plein Air Painting Workshop” led by Hilda Neily at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The four-day workshop is part of the program at the Lillian Orlowsky/William Freed Museum School at PAAM.

SEPTEMBER 8–19 At the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 21 In Truro presents “Between Sea & Sky,” an exhibit that encompasses all four galleries at the center. A reception to meet the artists is Sept. 10. Demonstrations and talks by many of the artists will be Sept. 16. Also on Sept. 16, 21 In Truro artists Susan Hollis, Rosalie Nadeau, JoAnn Ritter and Christie Velesig are holding private sessions for individuals who want to have their paintings critiqued.

SEPTEMBER 11–12 The 23rd Annual Glass Show and Sale, sponsored by the Sandwich Glass Museum, will take place at Corpus Christi Church in East Sandwich.

SEPTEMBER 11–NOVEMBER 15 The exhibit “Striking Moments: New Works by the South Cape Artists” is being featured at Woodruff’s Art Center in Mashpee. An opening reception takes place Sept. 18.

SEPTEMBER 12–OCTOBER 6 The Creative Arts Center in Chatham is holding its Autumn Open Juried Exhibition, showcasing artwork featuring the theme of autumn light. The opening reception and awards presentation will take place Sept. 12.

SEPTEMBER 13–17 Enjoy outdoor field sketching with Mark Adams during the workshop “The Ecologist’s Eye: Reading Provincetown’s Landscapes,” offered by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

SEPTEMBER 14–OCTOBER 31 The exhibit “Pocketful of Posies: The Art of Salley Mavor” features 51 original fabric relief illustrations from Salley Mavor’s new children’s book, “Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.” The framed fabric scenes are hand sewn with embroidered details and ornamented with everyday objects such as acorns, buttons, beads, driftwood and shells. The exhibit at Highfield Hall in Falmouth is the first showing of the artwork that is scheduled to travel around the country.

SEPTEMBER 14–OCTOBER 31 On display at Highfield Hall is “A Fortunate Traveler: The Photographs of Howard Dunn.”  Dunn began as a school staff photographer in 1941. Since then, he has traveled throughout the world, chronicling his experiences with photographs. Dunn reflected on this period with an exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art entitled “People of the World.” Presently, he works solely on the processing of black and white silver gelatin prints; examples of these works are on display.

SEPTEMBER 15 and 16 The Village Garden Club of Dennis presents Cape Cod September, a flower show showcasing the bounty of the season, at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis.

SEPTEMBER 18 Provincetown Art Association and Museumis holding its annual fall consignment auction of vintage fine art by prominent Provincetown artists. A preview of included works is on view Sept. 3-18 online and in PAAM’s galleries.

SEPTEMBER 21–24 Learn drawing from observation during a class held at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The workshop is taught by Meg Shields.

SEPTEMBER 22–October 3 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents three watercolor exhibits featuring Priscilla Levesque in the Vault, Karol Wyckoff in the Blue Room and Cape Cod Waterworks in the Great Hall. A reception with refreshments will be Sept. 24.

SEPTEMBER 25 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth is hosting “For the Love of Animals: A Night of Music and More,” an evening benefit offering hors d’oeuvres, beverages and live entertainment by Pavia, Christa Delude and roots musician Owen Money. The event also features emcees Kathy Tarr of WOMR and Cat Wilson, host of “The Cheap Seats” on Cool 102, WCIB. There will be a raffle and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the New England Society for Abandoned Animals, a nonprofit organization that works to decrease the number of abused and abandoned animals on the Cape and in southeastern Massachusetts.

SEPTEMBER 30 Poet and writer Askia Touré is the featured reader at this month’s Poets’ Corner Open Mic gathering at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. Touré, a co-founding architect of the Black Arts Movement, is an internationally published poet. He is also the author of five books, including “From the Pyramids to the Projects,” winner of the 1989 American Book Award for Literature. The event is open to poets 14 and older. Bring your own refreshments.

THROUGH OCTOBER 3 “Harbor Your Arts,” with a visit to the seven artist sea shanties on Hyannis Harbor that provide studio and gallery space for the photography, paintings, ceramics, scrimshaw and other creations of more than 32 local artists and artisans. The shanties are on the boardwalk along Bismore Park.
   
OCTOBER 3 Museum of Fine Arts curator Fred Ilchman is presenting a lecture on Venetian artists at Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis.

OCTOBER 6–17 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents “Northeast Woodland Interpretations,” a special Native American art exhibit taking place in all four center galleries. The show features works in many genres from across New England. There will be related performances and an opening reception to celebrate the artists and their work.

THROUGH OCTOBER 10 “Glass Transformed: Celia Pearson Photographs” is on exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. Sea glass has demanded the attention of Pearson since she was commissioned to take photographs for the book “Pure Sea Glass” by Richard LaMotte (Sea Glass Publishing, 2004). The prints in this exhibit are some of the best examples of the artist’s body of work on this subject.

THROUGH OCTOBER 10 The Provincetown Art Association and Museum presents an exhibit of bold, sensual artwork by Larry Collins. With pieces spanning the artist’s creative career, the show includes paintings, photographs and drawings. An opening reception will be Sept. 14.

OCTOBER 23 Friends of Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis present a lecture by Paul Kelly, who recalls his career in the U.S. Secret Service. Kelly will also discuss the new science of detecting deception.

OCTOBER 23–24 Explore composition and collage techniques with internationally known artist Jonathan Talbot in a two-day workshop at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Talbot will share his collage technique that eliminates liquid adhesives from the collage-assembly process. Other subjects include the paperless transfer of printed and photocopied images, tissue overlays, permanency of materials, preparation of substrates, sources of tools and materials, presentation and framing of finished works.

OCTOBER 30 Enjoy a Gorey evening during the Ninth Goreyfest and Gala held this year at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. The event offers great food and drink, camaraderie and live music. Get into the spirit by wearing an Edwardian-era suit or dress as a nod to the man himself. The evening’s highlight will be the auctioning of the remainder of Gorey’s iconic fur coats, both online and on-site. (Four-legged-creature lovers and advocates need not feel torn by this, since several animal welfare groups have endorsed the auction, which raises money, not only for the Gorey House, but for the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, which provides funds for the care of animals.)

THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Pilgrim Monument, and take in the museum’s 2010 exhibit, “100 Views.”  The exhibit features 100 images of the Pilgrim Monument over the past 100 years, including artwork and decorative objects.

Theater

SEPTEMBER 1–18 Mystery, intrigue and greed combine in the genre-bending comedy “Dead Ringer” at the Harbor Stage of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. It’s Sunset Valley, Texas, 1885, and Tyrus Cole, a crusty, ill-tempered horse trainer is living on a ranch with his invalid sister, Mary. Then Dewey, a slightly goofy young stranger looking for help with his horse, enters their lives.

SEPTEMBER 3–4 The Big Time Comedy Show with the Seaside Clowns is appearing at Harwich Junior Theater, bringing rowdy and raucous hi-jinks to the stage for six matinee performances. The Seaside Clowns are veterans of The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
September 16-October 17 On stage at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster is “Side Man,” the story of the rise and decline of New York jazz through an intimate look at the men who lived the music - versatile trumpet and horn players who could jam with the greats and blow you away with their solos.  

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18 The Academy of Performing Arts in Orleans presents “Play It Again, Sam,” the story of the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic who is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films and obsessed over the movie “Casablanca.” Also on stage: “The Odd Couple,” Sept. 30-Oct. 31.

SEPTEMBER 23–26 The fifth annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, “Under the Influence,” includes artists from around the country and offers well-known and unknown plays by Williams, including the world premiere of “American Gothic.” Other highlights include “Orpheus Descending,” “Escape,” “Suddenly, Last Summer” and “Laughing in the Dark with Tennessee,” a selection of film clips that may have influenced Williams.

OCTOBER 7–24 The Cotuit Center for the Arts presents “The Dark of the Moon,” a perennial favorite based on the haunting folktale of “Barbara Allen.” Employing a large cast and imaginative setting in the Smoky Mountains, it recounts the story of John, a strange “witch boy,” who falls in love with the beautiful Barbara.

Music, Dance & Entertainment

SEPTEMBER 11 Enjoy music for listening or dancing at Boogie Woogie Night with the Bart Weisman Group at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. The group includes Dan Sullivan on sax, Suzanne Davis on piano, Alan Clinger on guitar, Laird Boles on Bass and Bart Weisman on drums.

SEPTEMBER 17 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents an evening of Latin music with Sol y Canto, a nationally touring and Boston Music Award-winning Pan-Latin ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and bongo player Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist and composer Brian Amador. The sextet has established a reputation for quirky original compositions that address matters of the heart, social and global aspiration, and for their unique and driving interpretations of contemporary Latin music.

SEPTEMBER 18 Music lovers will find plenty to enjoy at the fourth annual Provincetown Music Festival, an off-season event showcasing many styles of music, held in the Madeira Room at the Pilgrim House in Provincetown. Performers include Freddie and the Maybellines, a show band performing ’50s, ’60s and ’70s classic rock; Peter Donnelly, folk and country; Sol y Canto, Latin music; and Carol and Jamie Wyeth, two generations of musicians from Cape Cod performing jazz, rock and pop. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Helping Our Women and the Carrie A. Seaman Animal Shelter.

SEPTEMBER 25 Enjoy the classic music of Ol’ Blue Eyes at “Sinatra Sings Sinatra” at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford. Accompanied by a 20-piece orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr. presents an intimate tribute to his father and the music that defines the legend. Also on stage at the Zeiterion: Marianne Faithful, Sept. 26; Ron White, Oct. 1; Phil Vassar, Oct. 10; Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo, Oct. 17; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” Oct. 18; and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Oct. 31.

OCTOBER 8 American pianist Thomas Pandolfi is appearing in concert at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. Praised for his innovative programming, Pandolfi’s recitals regularly include works by Busoni, Godowsky, Dohnanyi and Chasins, and his orchestral appearances often feature concerti by Paderewski, MacDowell, Moszkowski and Anton Rubinstein.

OCTOBER 15 Enjoy the unique sounds of Tripping Lily, a musical quartet that offers cutting-edge vocals accompanied by acoustical instruments, at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. The band includes Demetrius Becrelis (guitar/vocals/ukulele), brother Alex Becrelis (mandolin/vocals), Monica Rizzio (fiddle/vocals/ukulele), and Laird Boles (stringed bass).

OCTOBER 16  The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents vocalist Dane Vannatter in concert with the Bart Weisman Jazz Group, featuring Joe Mongelli on trumpet, Fred Boyle on piano, Greg Loughman on bass and Bart Weisman on drums. Vannatter has performed in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and on Cape Cod. 

And More

SEPTEMBER 4–11 Join the fun at the Ninth Annual Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta, where historic schooners and modern sloops come to Provincetown for a week of fun and lively competition. Four classes of all size boats race the same course alongside two classes of schooners in what can only be described as a visual spectacle for those who love sailing. For landlubbers, the week offers cookouts, receptions, special events, talks and more.

SEPTEMBER 5 and OCTOBER 3 Learn about the building of Highfield Hall in Falmouth and its sister mansion, Tanglewood, and explore the grounds and gardens during an estate walk. Participants will also learn about Beebe family members who lived a lavish Victorian lifestyle during the late 19th and early 20th century. 

SEPTEMBER 11 Explore the history of Eastham during a historic district walking tour that focuses on the lives of the early inhabitants and the homes they lived in on Salt Pond, Locust and Old Country roads. The tour is offered by the Eastham Historical Society and takes place during Windmill Weekend.rs and offer special exhibits and talks. 

SEPTEMBER 11 and 12 Twenty of the state’s most prestigious bird carvers will show and sell their wares at the Bird Carvers’ Show & Sale at Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen in East Sandwich. Carving will also be demonstrated. Proceeds benefit the Thornton Burgess Society’s educational programs.

SEPTEMBER 11, 14, 18, 22 and 25 Take in nature’s changing landscape during a naturalist-guided kayak trip offered by Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, including tours of the Mashpee River, Cotuit Bay and Barnstable Harbor.

SEPTEMBER 12 and 19 Discover the windswept landscape of Cuttyhunk Island on a naturalist-led full-day excursion aboard a privately chartered boat. Participants will learn of the geology, wildlife and history and explore the island’s quaint village and harbor. The tour, offered by the Mass Audubon Society, departs from Woods Hole. 
September 18 The Sixth Annual Historic House Tour through Provincetown’s most beautiful historic homes and buildings offers a glimpse of the town’s rich past. Proceeds benefit the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum.

SEPTEMBER 23 Join naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary in Cummaquid and search for the tiny tracks of diamondback terrapins, as the young turtles make their treacherous journey from the sand dune nests where they were born to the safety of the marsh. To register, call 508-362-7475.

SEPTEMBER 24–26 Wine and dine at the annual Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival that returns to The Breakers and Marble House with a Vintage Evening at The Breakers gala celebration. Also during the festival: a two-day Grand Tasting at Marble House with more than 100 of the world’s finest vintners, food samplings from regional restaurants, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations by national and regional celebrity chefs, auctions and a jazz brunch.

SEPTEMBER 25 The Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Long Pasture Wildlife Center in Cummaquid celebrates the Cape Cod Wildlife Fest, honoring the organizations that study and protect the region’s birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. This free event, overlooking Barnstable Harbor, brings together wildlife organizations from the Cape and beyond and features educational activities for children, exhibits, food and “wild” entertainment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rain date is the following day.

SEPTEMBER 25–26 The 12th Annual Chatham Historical Society Antiques Show and Sale with more than 35 dealers is being held at the elementary school on Depot Road. Also featured is a silent auction and book signing.

SEPTEMBER 27 The monthly gathering of the Tutti Italiani cultural exchange group for folks who have an interest in Italy takes place at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. September’s meeting features Frank van Riper and Judith Goodman, authors of “Serenissma, Venice in Winter,” sharing their story in words and pictures.

SEPTEMBER 28 and OCTOBER 26 Enjoy a walk through Beebe Woods at Highfield Hall in Falmouth to look for native plants and animals. Alison Robb will lead walkers on the journey and help them gain an understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary natural resource. A bit of history of the woods and of the Beebe family, as well as a description of the unique geology of the glacial moraine, are included. Reservations are appreciated, especially for groups of five or more.

OCTOBER 2 Celebrate our native berry at Cape Cod Cranberry Day at the Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen, East Sandwich. Watch cranberry cooking demonstrations in the historic 1903 kitchen, see some special exhibits and enjoy a delicious cranberry dessert. Stroll the trails and visit with the small animals at the nature center.

OCTOBER 9 The annual Eastham Historical Society’s Fall Antiques Show and Sale will take place on the Eastham Windmill Green. The show features more than 40 dealers offering furniture, glass, pottery, textiles and other antiques.

OCTOBER 9 Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary presents Farm Day 2010, a daylong event highlighting different aspects of organic farming and beekeeping. Also featured: Goat Chip Bingo with the resident goats, spinning and cider-making demonstrations and more. Rain date is Oct. 10.

OCTOBER 16–17 Feast on the famous oysters of Wellfleet and explore the Cape’s shell fishing roots during the 10th Annual Wellfleet OysterFest, highlighted by an oyster shuck-off competition and an oyster plate auction of dishes hand painted by artists. The weekend celebration also offers arts and crafts, activities for children, kayak and road races, walking tours, cooking demonstrations and live music.

OCTOBER 29 The woodlands will come alive during an exploration of “The Enchanted Forest,” a one-night-only program offered by Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary. You’re sure to encounter creatures of the night during this lantern-lit guided tour. 

— Compiled by Jorene Massi Souweine