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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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Notable Neighbors

Meet these standout members of our community, whose skills and accomplishments have truly made an impression.

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Pages of History: A Gilded Age Getaway

For Grover Cleveland, our country’s 22nd and 24th President, Cape Cod was a special place.

Caffeination Destination

See what’s brewing at local coffee shops across the Cape!

Photo Portfolio: Tom Riley

Photographer Tom Riley’s deep affection for Cape Cod and its beloved scenery shines through in each click of his shutter.

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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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Past and Future Connections

A stunning Cape Cod home by Hammer Architects in Truro blends tradition and Bauhaus modernism as it joins spaces from the past with the promise of the future.

Mastering the Trade: LP Building Solutions 

LP® SmartSide® offers durable, sustainable, and beautifully designed building materials.

Built to Last, Crafted with Care

Through months of design, demolition, and renewal, Crafted Design-Build transforms a Brewster home.

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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: Liz Carney

For local gallery owner and artist, Liz Carney, retreating to the scenic shores of Provincetown during the hazy summer months…

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 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: Molly Avellar

There’s no question that Cape Cod has a vibrant community of artists, but few can say that their journey as…

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 Profile: Kate Pelletier

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

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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.