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For the Love of Oysters

Enjoying a fresh oyster is like diving into the ocean on a hot summer’s day. The shores of Barnstable Harbor are where I discovered my love for oysters. When people think of Cape Cod, Wellfleet’s ultra-briny oysters might come to mind, but tucked away deep inside the waterways of Barnstable Harbor, throughout the Great Salt Marsh and Sandy Neck Beach, local fisherman farm over 90 acres and millions of oysters every year. Their flavor is...

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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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Gunk’holing: December 1987/January 1988.

To know Brian was to sit and laugh with him huddled by a log fire, especially at Christmas. – Kevin Shortsleeve

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.

A New Movement: The Cape Symphony’s Next Crescendo

Meet Alyssa Wang, the dynamic new maestra bringing energy and imagination to the Cape Symphony podium.

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Simply Sippewissett

A new Falmouth home for a blended family brings together a dream team who flawlessly executes a vision for enjoying the natural world.

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Farm Reduction

Nick Waldman designs a home for the ages on Marthas’s Vineyard.

Special Spaces: Reimagined Retreat 

Lewis and Weldon create a carriage house that makes guests reluctant to leave.

Mastering the Trade: Mid-Cape Home

Mid-Cape’s Pamela Speciale crafts a kitchen that honors history and embraces function.

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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: Richard Vecchione

Like an absentminded connection between your brain and your creative side, the act of doodling is effortless and playful. It…

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: Lee Surette

“Cape Cod is a mirror,” says gifted watercolor and oil painting artist Lee Surette, reflecting the stunning beauty of natural…

Artist Profile: Kate Pelletier

In Kate Pelletier’s Nantucket studio, art begins not with a sketch or a plan but with a feeling. Her process,…

Artist Profile: Derek Macara

So many great artists achieve appreciation and recognition after they have left this earth. Van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet; the list…

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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.