Art & Entertainment
Artist Profile: Michele Usibelli
Twenty years ago, Michele Usibelli’s husband gave her the best Christmas present. It was a gift certificate for an oil painting class just down the street from where they lived…
Artist Profile: Russell Gordon
There are some pieces art of that are immediately evocative of a bygone era—in other words, timeless. It’s more than just subject matter. It’s the light, it’s the color palette,…
Artist Profile: Ryan Young
Ryan Young loved to draw and paint, even before grade school. Fortunately, his talent was nurtured at Falmouth High School by teachers who took him under their wings and expanded…
Artist Profile: Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight’s travels have taken his talents all over the world. He’s painted in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and France. But he settled down on the Cape, where his…
Emerging Artists: Masters in the Making
Four local artists creatively celebrate the Cape and its artistic future From sand dunes to marshes, bustling beaches to still winter mornings, storm-riled seas to quiet wooded paths, the Cape…
Emerging Artist: Daniel Michael Dobbins
“I’ve always been very mathematical, and that comes into play in my art,” says Daniel Michael Dobbins, whose preferred medium is watercolor. “A lot of people see watercolor as a…
Emerging Artist: Margot Keil
“I feel a lot of romanticism toward the land,” says painter Margot Keil, “and that comes in many different factions—I feel sorrow but also comfort. It’s like poetry. It’s profound…
Emerging Artist: Nick Heaney
For Nick Heaney, verbal communication doesn’t come naturally. With dyslexia, words don’t always come so easily. For the stumbling block that it is, dyslexia has actually been a building block…
Emerging Artist: Ted Skirvan
As a guidance counselor at Barnstable High School, Ted Skirvan is visiting art classrooms almost every day. “Watching students be creative,” he says, “it’s neat to see it through their…
Harvest Gallery Wine Bar
Harvest Gallery Wine Bar in Dennis is an oasis for the creative spirit, bringing together food, drink, art and entertainment in a way that is both mindful and astoundingly original:…
Cape Cod Camera Clubs
Cape camera clubs share insights into their photographic pursuits There’s one undeniable truth about photographers: They are all geeks, every last one of them, and they will continue to geek…
Cape Art Classes
these local arts centers are sure to bring out the inner artist in you At the heart of the reason people love the Cape and Islands are the splendid vistas…
Moby Dick-inspired art
Peter Michael Martin takes a page out of a legendary tale with his awe-inspiring artwork Herman Melville’s classic “Moby-Dick,” the story of Captain Ahab’s relentless pursuit of the giant white…
Village LIFE: Charming Chatham
Where heritage meets modern living Perhaps no other village ties together modern chic and quintessential classic Cape Cod quite like Chatham. It still maintains its image as a hardworking fishing…
INCREDIBLE shots of the Cape!
A photo portfolio by Steven Koppel Photography is all about capturing a singular moment in time, but that doesn’t mean an image has to be static. The beauty of the…
Village LIFE: The Allure of Orleans
This charming enclave at the elbow of Cape Cod has a little something for everybody If you view Cape Cod from space, its distinctive flexed and slightly bent arm reaches…
There are so many memories to be had in a Cape House… These talented locals pay homage to that
The unique history of a home—the hopes, dreams, challenges and failures of all who have lived there—is something tangible, captured in the weathered shingles and the aged floorboards of every…
LIFE’s Canvas: Bobby Baker’s art is a monochromatic symphony
Photographer Bobby Baker finds his rhythm along the Cape’s shores Music, as described by Sam Elliot’s character Bobby in the 2018 remake of “A Star is Born,” is essentially 12…
