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Outdoor Dining: Table for Sun

Cape Cod is a fantastic dining destination year-round, but it truly comes to life in the summer when harbor side picnic tables, seaside patios, decks with a view and bars with a breeze all help to create unforgettable summer memories.Levitate Backyard & Rexicana Surf Cantina1871 Ocean Street, Marshfield • levitatebackyard.comLevitate Backyard in Marshfield, Massachusetts, is your one-way ticket to escaping the madness of summer traffic and the daily grind—without leaving the comfort of the backyard of...

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Traditions of Giving

These local businesses cultivate enduring partnerships with the nonprofits they support all year long.

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Flour Power: A Dash of Sugar, a Pinch of Dreams

Meet talented local baker Natasha Aschoff from Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship, who brings sugar, spice and everything nice to all her creations.

Photo Portfolio: David Long

A visual storyteller, photographer David Long captures moments of beauty in everyday scenes.

Coastal Tidings Across the Cape & Islands

Local traditions light up the Cape and bring communities together during the festive season.

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A Season Well Lived

Local author and designer Marc Seivers reimagines and transforms his home into a warm, festive showcase of holiday spirit.

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Through a Painter’s Lens

Photographer Patricia Chamberlin’s images of the region transform any home into a gallery of inspiration.

The Bessey Blueprint

Nantucket’s Bessey Construction nails the stunning combination of quality construction with world-class design.

Elements of Nature, Comforts of Home

With boundless trust, a couple gave Armina Interiors full rein to design the home they had yet to see.

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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!

2025 Artist Profiles

Artist Profile: Thomas Hoffmann

It’s not unusual for an artist to carefully navigate the delicate balance between the pull of creative inspiration and the…

Artist Profile: Joseph McGurl

For artist Joseph McGurl, one of the country’s premier landscape painters, each brushstroke is like a love letter to the…

Artist Profile: Andrea M. Sawyer

The journey along life’s unexpected twists and turns has brought Andi Sawyer to a place where she’s still happily mystified…

Artist Profiles: Pete Hocking

For lifelong artist Pete Hocking, memory is instrumental to his work, both in the way it is created and the…

Artist Profile: John Ricciardi

There is a picturesque quality to John Ricciardi’s paintings that invites the viewer to step into them, to spend time…

Artist Profile: Kenneth Evans

Ken Evans was a young boy in the early 1950s when he received a John Gnagy charcoal drawing set as…

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An Artist’s Assistant

With her trusty Golden Retriever by her side, there is nothing artist Meredith Hanson cannot create.

One Wag At A Time

Thanks to their team of dedicated volunteers (of human and canine kind), Hearts and Paws Comfort Dogs is bringing pawsitivity to our community.

Not Ruffin’ It

These accommodations across the Cape & Islands are ready to pamper you and your pup on your next getaway.

A Doggone Good Day

The Daffy Dog Parade, an annual event hosted by the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce in partnership with NiSHA, is a tail-wagging good time.