People & Businesses

Jia Tian Shi

Jia Tian Shi

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 23, 2014

Wang Xiao Song met her husband, Jia Tian Shi, at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China’s Liaoning Province. The two were kindred spirits who bonded over their…

Monica Rizzio

Monica Rizzio

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 22, 2014

Quitman is a small town in the northeast corner of Texas, best known as the birthplace of actress Sissy Spacek. However, here on Cape Cod, another performing artist is putting…

Carole Rabe

Carole Rabe

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 21, 2014

Carole Rabe’s oil paintings never feature people, yet her interiors and still lifes exude a warmth typically associated with human presence. Through her meticulous use of light and color, Rabe…

Anne Packard

Anne Packard

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 20, 2014

Anne Packard never intended to become a painter, even though painting is in her blood. Her grandfather, Max Bohn, arrived in Provincetown in 1916 and established himself as a leading…

Susan Overstreet

Susan Overstreet

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 19, 2014

“I’m constantly trying to experiment and explore—to develop my own style,” says painter Susan Overstreet. “Still, I take all of the past with me. I try to fit myself in…

Jon Nakamatsu

Jon Nakamatsu

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 18, 2014

Rarely can a man pinpoint the day his life changed forever. On June 7, 1997, Jon Nakamatsu was a 27 year old high school German teacher who had miraculously qualified…

Katie Most

Katie Most

By Mary Stanley | May 17, 2014

When Katie Most arrived at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) for a college internship in 2006, she never could have guessed how a Cape Cod summer would alter her…

Cherie Mittenthal

Cherie Mittenthal

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 16, 2014

As a little girl in Norwalk, Connecticut, Cherie Mittenthal lived and breathed art. “Growing up, I was never without a sketchbook in my hand,” the artist says. A talented musician—Mittenthal…

Joan Kirchner

Joan Kirchner

By Cape Cod Life Publications | May 15, 2014

In modern American culture, it can be difficult to escape the perception that bigger is better. For soprano Joan Kirchner, Renaissance music offers a respite from this ethos. “In a…

A Page from Real Life

A Page from Real Life

By Eliott Grover | May 12, 2014

Sara Hoagland Hunter has worked as a journalist and a teacher in her career as well as a documentary film producer and a writer of both songs and children’s books.…

Beautiful Things

In Search of Beautiful Things

By Amanda Wastrom | April 16, 2014

One of the triumphs of Provincetown is that in the face of ever rising real estate values and a national trend to cede downtown retail spaces to national chains (see…

Home By All

Home By All

By Laura McMahon | April 15, 2014

 September 28, 2013 marked the completion of one of the most ambitious building projects the Cape has seen in years. Known as Blitz Build, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association…

A Permanent Legacy

By Matthew J. Gill | April 7, 2014

JFK, Falmouth’s pink granite, and a special memorial Every year, millions of people visit John F. Kennedy’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, paying respects to the late president…

Eden by the Sea, Cape Cod HOME Spring 2014 | capecodlife.com

Eden by the Sea

By Sara Hoagland Hunter | April 7, 2014

Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and her husband, Paul, could have chosen any exquisite corner of the globe as the summer holiday retreat for their growing family. They were the original post-war power…

As She Sees It

As She Sees It

By Lilly Lowe | April 5, 2014

Valerie Leri’s home studio glows with beams of sunlight streaming in from several windows. The sun’s warming effect, however, is not the only brightness illuminating the residence: the artist’s many…

Adelaide Cummings

The Adventures of Adelaide Cummings

By Matthew J. Gill | April 1, 2014

In 1938, Tennessee native, Adelaide Cummings, resigned her post as a reporter for Life magazine to travel the world for a year with her mother, Martha. The pair visited Adelaide’s…

A Grand Synergy

A Grand Synergy

By Laurel Kornhiser | April 1, 2014

A Pleasant Bay home combines the best of nature with Polhemus Savery DaSilva’s architectural innovation, creating a showcase for the homeowners’ art and furniture collections—and a cherished retreat for their…

35 and Going Strong

We’re 35 and Going Strong!

By Matthew J. Gill | March 31, 2014

This year Cape Cod LIFE Publications celebrates its 35th anniversary. In 1979, Brian Shortsleeve, our publisher, had an idea for a magazine he thought readers and advertisers would like, one…