Art & Entertainment

Artist Profile: Sharon McGauley

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

In some ways, the form and process of Sharon McGauley’s art represents the scope of Cape Cod’s landscape. Just as the eye can take in an entire harbor or an…

Addison Art Gallery Exhibition at the Mary Heaton Vorse House

By Cape Cod Life Publications | August 8, 2022

An exhibition of artists represented by the Addison Art Gallery of Orleans will run at the Mary Heaton Vorse House, 466 Commercial Street, Provincetown, from Thursday, September 15th, through Sunday, October 23rd.

Of Ink and Bone

By Chris White | July 17, 2022

At a new exhibit at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, history is recorded through scrimshaw by the whalers who knew their quest better than anyone else.

Plein Air Painting is Life Imitating Art and Vice Versa

By Mary Stanley | July 17, 2022

Nothing entices the painting muses more than nature. Their story brings painting and floral design together in a very unique way.

Photo Portfolio: LIFE Reflections

By Christina Galt | July 16, 2022

Whether you’re a born-and-raised Cape Codder, a washashore or a summer visitor, you have felt the hold the Cape & Islands has on one’s heart. Every year, we receive thousands…

Home for all Seasons

By Susan Dewey | May 26, 2022

A debut book traces an author’s journey to self-awareness shaped by 50 years of Craigville summers in her family’s Cape Cod cottage.

From the Whims of a Wave

By Rachel Walman | May 26, 2022

Sara Jane Doberstein brings the often unnoticed sea life found at the ocean’s edge into the glittering spotlight.

Gunkholing: Photos by Joshua Shortsleeve

By Brian Shortsleeve | May 25, 2022

We have just introduced a new section in our online shop under our Photography Prints: Photos by Joshua Shortsleeve.

Let’s Take It From the Top

By Larry Lindner | May 18, 2022

The Valle Group gives College Light Opera Company a new rehearsal space that is the talk of West Falmouth.

Shape, Value, and Color

By Chris White | May 3, 2022

Deborah Quinn-Munson uses pastels to create paintings which draw you in and transfix your soul.

Painting From The Inside Out

By Chris White | April 11, 2022

Jack Dickerson paints a world of pure expression–nature, light, & saturated hues meld to create a distinct Cape landscape.

On The Horizon

By Chris White | March 24, 2022

Husband/wife duo Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh bring the Cape to life in their beguiling oil paintings.

Photo Portfolio: James Penswick

By Christina Galt | March 24, 2022

James Penswick’s photos of the Cape and Islands make the ordinary extraordinary!

Through the Looking Glass

By Christina Galt | December 2, 2021

How do you hold on to a memory or place? Maybe it’s a collection of trinkets or a small souvenir? Often times, it is the imagery we place in our…

A Holiday Showcase for the Ages

By Susan Dewey | November 19, 2021

The Garden Club of Hyannis celebrates 400 years of Cape holidays with a magical transformation of South Yarmouth’s historic Cultural Center. Four centuries ago in early winter, the Pilgrims aboard…

‘Tis the Season for Love

By Kathleen McKenna | November 19, 2021

Falmouth Main Street takes center stage when a local filmmaker returns to the roots of his own love story. There’s nothing like a Cape house, right? Especially if it’s a…

Tidings of Comfort & Joy

By Julie Craven Wagner | November 19, 2021

A Copely Master artist and local businesses join together to alleviate homelessness among veterans on the Cape. The underlying and unifying image during the holidays often includes home and hearth.…

Inspired by Nature

By Rachel Walman | November 19, 2021

Áine Cole (pronounced on-ya), has an artist’s heart. There’s an innate sense of story and insight in each of her pieces, whether it be an abstract female form or a…