Concerts, dance, a look at space & Cape League players: 13 top things to do on Cape Cod July 15-21
Fans of a certain Cape Cod Baseball League team will be able to meet their on-field heroes at an event Monday night, while space enthusiasts have a chance on Saturday to see the first images from a telescope 1 million miles from Earth.
Some concerts this week include chamber music, a choir from England and classical musicians. Dance fans can find a contemporary look at women on Martha's Vineyard or student interpretations of visual art in Dennis.
Other highlights include a book-signing, chances to meet artists from Cuba or local writers, a panel discussion about the climate crisis, a new movie, and a lecture about murder. Take a look:
Galería Cubana to host Cuban artists
Galería Cubana in Provincetown is hosting a new exhibition, “Camino Sinuoso (Winding Path)" that features paintings and prints by three artists: Darwin Estacio Martinez, Dairan Fernandez De La Fuente and Harold Lopez. The latter two, both from Havana, Cuba, will be present for a special reception and an artist talk over two days in connection with the show. While their work has been shown at Galeria Cubana for several years, this will be the first chance to meet the artists. The trio of artists explores the relationship between viewer and art and themes of memory and time.
When: 6 p.m. Friday, July 15, for the reception; 11 a.m. Saturday, July 16 for the artist talk; the exhibition will run through Monday, July 18.
Where: Galería Cubana, 357 Commercial St., Provincetown
Admission: Free
Information: https://lagaleriacubana.com/
Adele Myers and Dancers are in residence at The Yard
As part of a July 9-18 residency, Adele Myers and Dancers will present performances of "These Women In Space and Time (T.W.I.S.T.)" Friday and Saturday at The Yard in Chilmark. Adele Myers and Dancers is a Miami-based not-for-profit dance theater company committed to advancing and amplifying female dance artists, and "T.W.I.S.T." is a dance theater performance related to female solidarity. It is performed by five female athletes, who embody Myers’ fusion of personal theatricality and physicality. The company will also host two "TWISTalk" gatherings for women to talk and listen about disempowering ways we often move through the world.
When: 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, July 15-16; talks at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12 and 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 13
Where: Patricia N. Nanon Theater, 1 The Yard, Chilmark (Tuesday talk at Slough Farm)
Admission: for performances $30; $25 for senior 65+/military; $10 for youth under 18.
Information: https://www.dancetheyard.org/adele-myers-and-dancers
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First images to be seen from James Webb Space Telescope
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is among the facilities selected by NASA to host an event Saturday to view the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The event will focus on the telescope, how at 1 million miles from Earth it is designed to revolutionize the understanding of the universe and include guest speaker Charles Law, a fifth-year PhD student and National Science Foundation graduate research fellow at Harvard University and the Center for Astrophysics. Attendees will get a chance to view the first images taken of the farthest reaches of space and watch the live-stream of an expert NASA panel discuss the results. The telescope, an international partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies, launched on Dec. 25 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
When: 3 p.m., Saturday, July 16
Where: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Main St., Brewster
Admission: Free, RSVP required
Information: 508-896-3867, ext. 133; https://ccmnh.org/
“My Darling Angel” film to screen in Wellfleet
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will host a screening of "My Darling Angel,” a new film produced by past WHAT performers Joe Pietropaolo, a playwright and actor based in New York City, and Kelsey Torstveit, a professor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. A Q&A session with the producers will follow the film, which tells the story of two mothers coming together after a politically fueled attack at a school. What they expect to be a discussion about their radicalized children becomes a vulnerable examination of their own parenting.
When: 7 p.m. Sunday, July 17
Where: Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, 2357 State Highway (Route 6)
Admission: $10
Information: 508-349-9428; http://www.what.org/
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Curtis on Tour to perform at Highfield
Highfield Hall & Gardens in Falmouth will host a performance by Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia that explores musical works through the ages. The musicians, all affiliated with Curtis, will include David Shifrin, award-winning clarinetist; internationally known violinist Roberto Díaz, institute president and CEO; violinist Eunice Kim, winner of the Milka Violin Artist Prize; violinist Takumi Taguchi; violist Yizilin Liang; and cellist John Lee.
When: 7 p.m., Monday, July 18
Where: Highfield Hall & Gardens, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth
Admission: $70; $60 for members; registration required.
Information: https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/
Choir of Christ’s College to sing at Chatham church
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Chatham will welcome the Chapel Choir of Christ's College in Cambridge, England for a concert of sacred and secular music accompanied by music on the new Dobson pipe organ. The choral ensemble is on tour of the east coast of the United States.
When: 7 p.m., Monday, July 18
Where: St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 625 Main St.
Admission: $20, available at the door
Information: https://www.stchristopherschatham.org/concerts/
Williams to discuss murder for Tales of Cape Cod
Historian Gregory Williams will talk about “Murder Myths: Medieval Europe to Osterville” as part of the Tales of Cape Cod series. This talk looks at three historically curious ways to understand murder: blood libel, the "pernicious anti-Semitic defamation" that Jews ritually murdered Christian children to obtain their blood; optography, the hope that the last image a murder victim saw would be imprinted on their retina; and the centuries-old “murder will out” belief that a corpse would identify its killer by bleeding afresh in that criminal’s presence.
When: 7 pm., Monday, July 18
Where: Old Colonial Courthouse, 3046 Main St. (Route 6A), Barnstable Village
Admission: $15; $10 for members
Information: https://talesofcapecod.org/programs
Meet and play with Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox players
Ryan’s entertainment center will host an afternoon of interactive fun with the entire roster of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, including chances for photos and autographs. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the players in different ways, including bowling, cornhole and catch as well as watch them battle for bragging rights in the axe-throwing lanes. Manager Scott Pickler, who recently broke the record in Cape League history with 540-plus wins, will also be at the meet and greet. There will be a raffle and team swag available for purchase.
When: 1 p.m., Monday, July 18
Where: Ryan’s entertainment center, 1067 Route 28, South Yarmouth
Admission: Free
Information: https://ryanfamily.com/locations/south-yarmouth/; for Y-D Red Sox schedule: https://ydredsox.com/
Virtual event to explore climate crisis
A virtual event on the impact of climate change on communities will be hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The panel will discuss the impact of climate change on underserved communities and explore collaborative, justice-centered responses to the challenges of climate change, both locally and on a global scale. Panelists will be Danielle Deane-Ryan, director of Equitable Climate Solutions, Bezos Earth Fund; Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; and Peter de Menocal, WHOI president and director. Mindy Todd, host and producer of WCAI radio will moderate the discussion.
When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19
Where: Virtual event, Zoom registration required
Admission: Free
Information: https://www.whoi.edu/
Zoom registration: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zvdDRrDATleUh1QkHb_nQQ
Author to discuss new historical book
Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin will sign and discuss his new book, “Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution” in a joint presentation by the Brewster Historical Society and the Brewster Bookstore. A cash bar will open at 6 p.m., and complimentary appetizers will be provided by Apt Cape Cod. Dolin is the author of 15 books, including “Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America.”
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19
Where: Old Sea Pines Inn, 2553 Main St. (Route 6A), Brewster
Tickets: $20, $15 for members
Reservations: brewsterhistoricalsociety.org
International musicians to play at chamber music concert
The Meeting House Chamber Music Festival will this week feature two international artists, Romanian-born violinist Irina Muresanu and cellist Sergey Antonov, with pianist Donald Enos, festival’s artistic director. The musicians will perform Johannes Brahms’ Piano Trio and Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for violin and cello (which is based on the final movement of Handel’s Harpsichord Suite).
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19
Where: Church of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal, 204 Monument Road, Orleans
Admission: $25
Information: 508-896-3344; http://www.meetinghousemusic.org
Local writers spotlighted at book fair
Twenty-four local writers will gather under a tent for the outdoor Cape Cod Writers Book Fair, presented by the Osterville Village Library in collaboration with The Cape Cod Writers Center. Genres represented will include fiction, historical biographies, memoirs, and children’s and young adult books. The center assists both published and aspiring writers of all genres, ages and abilities to develop their skills and navigate the editing, publishing and promotion of their work.
When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 19
Where: Outdoor tent at Osterville Village Library, 43 Wianno Ave., Osterville
Admission: Free
Information: http://www.ostervillefreelibrary.org/
Young dancers to show how art inspired them
A "Dance Inspired by Art: Youth Ballroom Presentation" will be featured as a joint effort by Studio 878 Trust and the chance2dance program inspired by the Cape Cod Museum of Art's "All the World's A Stage" exhibition. Youth dancers ages 6 to 18 who are part of the Adam Spencer's Adam in Chatham ballroom dance school have used pieces of art as the basis to create movement-based reflections of what the audience experiences. Teachers Angel Fox, Francis Grant and Brandon Simmons will also present their interpretations.
When: 2 p.m. Thursday, July 21
Where: Cape Cod Museum of Art, 60 Hope Lane, Dennis
Admission: Free with museum admission; RSVP appreciated.
Information: https://www.ccmoa.org/events/dance-inspired-by-art-youth-ballroom-presentation-with-studio-878-trust-and-chance2dance
Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod to do: concert, telescope, art, dance, books, baseball league
