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Girls Got Gills

During the pandemic, the Lower Cape-based Gills Club wasn’t able to do in-person activities, but found a silver lining in virtual programming. With social media and online podcasts, they have reached a wider audience around the region, the nation, and the world. Now in its third season, the “Gills Talk” podcast features interviews with female shark scientists, sharing the scientists’ research and advice for young girls interested in sharks and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and...

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Cleansing Tides

The proverb “It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest” first appeared in the written word sometime around 1250—in the Middle English poem, “The Owl and the Nightingale”—and yet, as humanity approaches the quarter turn of the 21st Century, the implications in that medieval wisdom still resonate. There’s no denying that much of our home environment suffers from the accumulation of “fouling.” Sometimes an area’s degradation is the result of outside interests, such as when...
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Dining & Lodging Guide

The best places to grab a bite or rest your head.

  • Arts & Culture Guide

    Your source for arts and entertainment on Cape Cod.

  • Gifts & Shopping Guide

    An insider's guide to local gifts and shopping.

  • Waterview Dining Guide

    Dine with spectacular views and delicious food.

  • Wedding Guide

    Featuring Cape Cod's most popular venues and merchants.

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The Watch List

Our Watch List identifies and recognizes some of the rising stars on Cape Cod—the people who are reimagining and changing things for the better in their industry, who are perhaps building a brand but also building a dream.

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Good Reads in LIFE: A Feast For Your Eyes

Living on Cape Cod we (thankfully) have no shortage of extraordinary fish markets and restaurants featuring locally sourced seafood; it’s in fact, one of the reasons that the Cape is so popular. However, we often find ourselves stuck in a rut of how to prepare the endless …

The History of Heritage

Celebrating its 55th year, Heritage Museums & Gardens sheds light on the people who inhabited the historical grounds.

Gunk’holing: Thanks for the Memories

It is always a pleasure to receive feedback from our audience and followers. Over the past 45 years, the correspondence…

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The Beauty of Balance

Doreve Nicholaeff merges a client’s vision with her sophisticated respect for design and symmetry.

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Somewhere, beyond the sea…

Improvements to the Cape’s premier oceanfront destination makes Wychmere Beach Club the ultimate seaside beach haven.

Renovate to Update

Longfellow Design Build helps bring a family’s dated summer home into the present day making it practical as well as inviting for generations to come together.

Special Spaces: Stay Awhile

Style meets comfort in this barn-inspired guesthouse designed to make you feel right at home. 

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Our feelings of support and gratitude for what the art community contributes to this unique landscape are deep. Therefore, all the content in this year's Cape Cod ART is available for everyone to read!

2023 Artist Profiles

Artist Profile: Arthur Egeli 

Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again,” and despite some intentional efforts, Provincetown artist, gallery owner and filmmaker Arthur…

Artist Profile: Joyce Utting Schutter

Born and raised New England native, now Sandwich local, Joyce Utting Schutter was born in Boston and grew up in…

Artist Profile: Carol Bennett 

Peace—a feeling that is ever present when you’re submerged underwater, floating in quiet stillness looking up at an ethereal world…

Artist Profile: Claire Kendrick

Looking outwards onto the blustery Atlantic Ocean amid a storm from both America’s easterly outcrop and Europe’s westerly outcrop brings…

Artist Profile: Alla Zbinovsky 

“I think I’ve always been a really visual person,” says Alla Zbinovsky. A self-described “potter and painter,” Zbinovsky is no…

Artist Profile: Neil McAuliffe

Oil painter Neil McAuliffe was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and moved to Hyannis in ‘68 when he was four…

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By King or Storm

Two Cape growers, Sandwich’s Bob King and Provincetown’s Stormy Mayo, share the straight scoop on growing magnificent Dahlias.

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Sea & Soil and Frost & Found

Two floral designers interpret their passion for flowers and the natural world with unique perspectives.

Blooming at the Water’s Edge

Landscape Designer Maria Hickey sets a seaside embankment ablaze with blooms!

Encompassed by Nature

Sudbury Design Group transforms a tranquil property on Fox Island in Osterville, a project that reflects the natural allure of this Cape gem.