Recreation & Activities

This holiday party never ends, November/December Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

This holiday party never ends!

By Ellen Albanese | October 11, 2016

Monty’s of Provincetown sparkles with dazzling Christmas ornaments, Yuletide nostalgia, and holiday cheer all throughout the year He grew up poor in a housing project. His father died when he was…

Rise and Shine Its Game Time, November/December Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Rise and shine, it’s game time!

By Joe O'Shea | October 11, 2016

The Dennis Women’s Flag Football League offers competition, camaraderie, and some early morning exercise on the gridiron When watching members of the Dennis Women’s Flag Football League (DWFFL) in action,…

Hitting all the high notes, November/December Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Hitting all the high notes

By Marina Davalos | October 11, 2016

The Falmouth Chorale’s members enjoy performing and improving—but most of all they just love to sing! In the orchestra pit, the musicians, all dressed in black, tune their instruments. The…

Spring Ahead with Fall Planting, Autumn Cape Cod Home | capecodlife.com

Spring ahead with fall planting

By Haley Cote | September 19, 2016

While crisp autumn days await, now is the perfect time to get home and garden landscapes ready for prime time come spring. Warmer soil temperatures in the fall encourage strong…

Taking Flight, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Taking Flight

By Joe O'Shea | August 31, 2016

Craft beer brewing is alive and well on Cape Cod and the Islands   As of August 2015, seven brewers claim Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, or Nantucket as their home,…

Celebrate the harvest at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Celebrate the harvest at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

Locally grown produce, freshly baked treats, and handmade crafts and products are just a sampling of what can be found at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market, held downtown on…

Chappaquiddick—an island that’s tough to spell but hard to forget

Chappaquiddick—an island that’s tough to spell but hard to forget

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

If you want to get away from it all this fall—if only for a day or a few hours—the Martha’s Vineyard island of Chappaquiddick may be just the place for…

Harvesting 101—Harwich company offers cranberry bog tours, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Harvesting 101—Harwich company offers cranberry bog tours

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

For a behind-the-scenes look at how Cape Cod’s best-known fruit is grown, harvested, and marketed, consider spending a few hours learning about the life of a cranberry bog. Located at…

Experience the beauty of nature at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Experience the beauty of nature at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

If your idea of an ideal autumn day includes peaceful walks, fresh salt air, and glimpses of native wildlife, consider spending a few hours exploring Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife…

The Whydah Pirate Museum is a new Cape Cod treasure, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

The Whydah Pirate Museum is a new Cape Cod treasure

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

During the stormy night of April 26, 1717, fierce wind and rain sent the Whydah pirate ship to its watery grave off the coast of Wellfleet. As the ship went…

Barnstable Haunted Tours—a nice paranormal night in the village, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Barnstable Haunted Tours—a nice paranormal night in the village

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

Interested in local history? Curious about the paranormal? Feeling brave? If so, consider joining a Barnstable Haunted Tour, which commence nightly at 7 p.m. in the village of Barnstable. There…

Swing by the Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Swing by the Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens

By Catherine Kierce | August 30, 2016

Regarding the new Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, to say things are “looking up” would be quite an understatement. Through August, the ropes course had seen…

Exploring the World Beneath the Waves, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Exploring the World Beneath the Waves

By Rob Conery | August 30, 2016

There is another world, a bigger world. It’s a world both alien and familiar, and it starts at the beach. It’s the world of diving, and while this world is…

Take a ride on Nantucket's wildvside, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Take a ride on Nantucket’s wildside

By Matthew J. Gill | August 23, 2016

A bumpy beach road leads visitors to the stunning Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. Drivers attempting to make their way out to the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge and Great Point Light on the…

An afternoon at Eastham’s Cove Burying Ground, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

An afternoon at Eastham’s Cove Burying Ground

By Valerie Prancevic | August 23, 2016

During a recent visit to Cape Cod, my husband and I decided to visit the Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, and we were greeted enthusiastically by Robert Carlson, who was…

We are always learning, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

We are always learning

By Nancy White | August 23, 2016

Cape organizations offer a diverse palette of enrichment courses for students of all ages. September has arrived, bringing with it cooler air, quieter streets, and a return to routine. For many,…

Six decades in the making | Cape Cod LIFE August 2016

Six decades in the making

By Amanda Wastrom | July 21, 2016

Highfield Hall & Gardens exhibits “Kanreki: A 60 Year Journey,” a colorful collection of Japanese prints An exhibition of world-class contemporary Japanese prints may seem like an odd fit for the local…

“A noble and primitive wood” | Cape Cod LIFE August 2016

“A noble and primitive wood”

By Elwood O. Mills, Jr. | July 21, 2016

Thoreau was impressed by Naushon Island’s old-growth forest Henry David Thoreau visited Cape Cod and the Islands on at least five occasions during the mid-1800s, “wishing,” as he would write…