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Girls Got Gills

During the pandemic, the Lower Cape-based Gills Club wasn’t able to do in-person activities, but found a silver lining in virtual programming. With social media and online podcasts, they have reached a wider audience around the region, the nation, and the world. Now in its third season, the “Gills Talk” podcast features interviews with female shark scientists, sharing the scientists’ research and advice for young girls interested in sharks and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and...

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Layers of Time

Marc Kundmann did not initially intend to fall in love with the Cape. In 1995, his partner, now husband, “dragged” him along to a family event in Truro. Kundmann was quickly immersed in the Cape’s natural beauty, which overwhelmed him with unexpected familiarity and nostalgia. Growing up in Chicago, Illinois, his childhood scenery was marked by family trips to the sandy dunes, pine forests and grand bodies of water that characterize the shores of eastern...
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He was in the Room

Local photographer Jack Bradley spent much of his career quietly capturing some of jazz’s greatest musicians.

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Gunk’holing: Shifting Sands

It seems impossible that merely during my lifetime, the precious entity—Cape Cod—which I have celebrated with our magazine, is diminishing…

The Bucket-Listers

Retirement agrees with these local gentlemen who finally put pen to paper.

Jazzed Up

Entering its 20th year, the Provincetown Jazz Festival brings community together with another lineup of powerhouse performers.

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From the Ground up

When a family felt the growing pains of their older house, they enlisted a dream team comprised of Patrick Ahearn Architect & McPhee Associates of Cape Cod to update & recreate the home for future generations to enjoy.

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Cultivating a Culture

Landscape professional Paul Miskovsky has been artfully and masterfully transforming outdoor spaces on Cape Cod for 40 years.

Mastering the Trade: George Davis  

George Davis has built a company upon a strong work ethic and the values instilled in him from his father.

A Lasting Legacy

A3 Architects, Inc. gives a West Barnstable home an update that preserved its historical integrity while modernizing it for today’s homeowners.

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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!

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Artist Profile: Justin LaRocca Hansen

Justin LaRocca Hansen sat in front of gold-framed watercolors and an unmissable Ms. Pac-Man machine. He held a paintbrush in…

Artist Profiles: Process and Perspective

Profiles of 25 local artists including 4 emerging artists.

Artist Profile: Jennifer McCalmont

Oil painter Jennifer McCalmont’s treatment of the coastal light provides a diffused essence that floats atop her paintings; whether they…

Artist Profile: Mary Nolan

In the world of the chicken or egg question, is it an artful life or a life lived with art?…

Artist Profile: Marie Fischer

Marie Fischer was born with a passion for art, but it wasn’t until she was in the ninth grade that…

Artist Profile: Elizabeth Lazeren Daglio

When Elizabeth Lazeren Daglio begins a painting, she covers the canvas with a dark ochre wash and begins to rub…

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By King or Storm

Two Cape growers, Sandwich’s Bob King and Provincetown’s Stormy Mayo, share the straight scoop on growing magnificent Dahlias.

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Sea & Soil and Frost & Found

Two floral designers interpret their passion for flowers and the natural world with unique perspectives.

Blooming at the Water’s Edge

Landscape Designer Maria Hickey sets a seaside embankment ablaze with blooms!

Encompassed by Nature

Sudbury Design Group transforms a tranquil property on Fox Island in Osterville, a project that reflects the natural allure of this Cape gem.