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Message in a Garden

Perhaps it is perfect that this home and garden oasis is located in a Cape Cod place called Wild Harbor. Nearly every day, Instagram images of Hydrangeas, Roses, Lilies, and just about every cottage garden flower you can envision stream like wild magic from Liz Whitcher’s serene harbor of a home. Followers from “all over the world” says Liz with surprised delight, respond with questions, praise, comments, and dreams, all seemingly inspired by the age-old...

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Inside “The Academy”

The Queen of Beach Reads, Elin Hilderbrand, pens a new novel with her daughter.

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The Chilling Crimes of Jolly Jane 

The story of Jane Toppan, a serial killer known as “Jolly Jane” and her ties to the village of Cataumet.

Bach to the Beach

It’s a shore thing! Cape Cod offers the ideal setting for the perfect bachelor or bachelorette party.

Seaside Sentiments: Cape Cod Summer Memories

It’s true what they say—it does go by fast. One mother’s look back on special Cape vacations.

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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.

Mastering the Trade: Mid-Cape Home

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

The Garden Next Door

Terry and Reg Soares invest their knowledge and passion for gardening in their own private sanctuary.

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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 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: 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: Bobby Baker

e.e. cummings once wrote, “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in…

Artist Profile: Gwen Marcus

For more than a century, the Cape has had a history of being a significant crossroad for artists of distinction.…

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: Rob Longley

The word Impressionism conjures certain ideas about art–heavy brushstrokes, an emphasis on nature, and a European ideal. In Rob Longley’s…

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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.