Music, dance, hot topics & ospreys: 13 top things to do on Cape Cod Sept. 16-22
Current events are in the forefront of a few top events this week, as local groups look at the effects of recent times. A dance troupe celebrates renewal following pandemic isolation, poets and artists come together to raise money for Planned Parenthood's abortion fight, and a professor explains the history behind what's happening in Ukraine.
Concerts this week include the Cape Symphony starting its season on a Mozart note, musicians on porches in Sandwich, an open mic night in Yarmouth Port and the Courante quartet celebrating baroque music in theater.
Among other highlights are Estuaries Day being celebrated in Waquoit; Smithsonian Day being celebrated in Cotuit, with an author and more; actress Brooke Adams discussing a movie from her past; an author talking about her new book and bisexuality; a lecture on Cape ship captains, and a tour of Truro's cemeteries. For more details on all, take a look:
Movimento Project dance group presents contemporary program about renewal
The six-year-old, Brewster-based Movimento Project will present “Reset,” a contemporary dance concert at Cape Cod Theater Company/Harwich Junior Theatre. The company describes the theme as “about renewal, about finally being able to gather, explore and create dances together,” of overcoming isolation and issues of the pandemic, of hope and “about reflecting, remembering, re-imagining, reconnecting and restarting.”
When: 7 p.m. Sept. 16-17 and 3 p.m. Sept. 18
Where: Cape Cod Theater Company/Harwich Junior Theatre, 105 Division St., West Harwich
Tickets: $20
Reservations: https://capecodtheatrecompany.org/productions/#move or 508-432-2002
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Brooke Adams to talk about 'Vengeance' movie
Actress Brooke Adams ("Invasion of the Bodysnatchers," "Days of Heaven") will be on hand for a discussion of her 1984 movie “Vengeance Is Mine.” The part-time Martha's Vineyard resident will introduce the movie for the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival/Circuit Arts presentation and be part of a post-screening discussion. The plot centers on a woman just divorced from an abusive and manipulative husband who tries to repair broken relationships in her life.
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17
Where: Grange Hall, 1067 State Road, Vineyard Haven
Tickets: Pay what you can
Information: https://tmvff.org/vengeanceismine
Cahoon Museum open house marks Smithsonian day
The Cahoon Museum of American Art will hold a Smithsonian Museum Day and Open House on Saturday with art activities for the whole family. Author Lee Roscoe will be at the museum to sign copies of her newly published book “Wampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional” from 1 to 3 p.m. Museum Day is described as “an annual celebration of boundless curiosity” hosted by Smithsonian magazine.
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17
Where: Cahoon Museum of American Art, 4676 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit
Admission: Free
Information: https://cahoonmuseum.org/
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Tour Truro's cemeteries
For those interested in finding out who’s buried in Truro’s historic cemeteries, Truro Public Library and Truro Cemetery Commission will host a tour of several locations. There will be an accompanying lecture at the library before the visits, which require attendees to use their own transportation. The tour will take place rain or shine.
When: 10 a.m. to noon
Where: Starts at Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, North Truro
Admission: Free
Registration: 508-487-1125 or at the library
Information: https://trurolibrary.org/
Porchfest brings music back to downtown Sandwich
The Sandwich Arts Alliance will hold its sixth annual Porchfest, with 20 musical acts playing on 10 porches at businesses within walking distance around the downtown village area. Maps outlining the porch locations and musicians are available online at the alliance website, at its center and gallery (124 Route 6A) and throughout the village on the day of the event. Music for the family-friendly, outdoor event will include Americana, folk, singer-songwriter, rock, classical, jazz and traditional Irish music.
When: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 (rain date Sept. 18)
Where: Throughout Main Street and nearby streets in village heart of Sandwich
Admission: Free
Information and maps: https://www.sandwichartsalliance.org/
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Poets and artists support Planned Parenthood
Voices of Poetry will host a “For Our Rights” program as a benefit for Planned Parenthood and what organizers describe as that nonprofit's “ongoing struggle for reproductive freedom.” The event will feature the work of six poets: Robert Carr, Martin Jude Farawell, Laurel Peterson, Tzynya L. Pinchback, Heather Treseler and Ellen Dore Watson. There will also be music by singers/songwriters Diana Di Gioia and Gabriella Simpkins, and folksinger Mary Ann DeMello. The Voices of Poetry event, organizers say, was put together following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision reversing the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the right to abortion, and to protest “the various attacks by state legislatures on women’s reproductive freedom.” Attendees are asked to wear a face mask (regardless of vaccination status).
When: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17
Where: AMP Gallery, 432 Commercial St., Provincetown
Suggested donation: $20 (with all proceeds donated to Planned Parenthood)
Symphony starts season with Mozart and violin prodigy
The Cape Symphony will open its 2022/23 season with “Mozartiana,” a program of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky, featuring a guest artist who is the winner of the symphony’s international violin competition. Clarissa Bevilacqua, a violin prodigy who debuted at age 9 at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago and has since completed her Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, was chosen in a 2019 contest by artistic director/conductor Jung-Ho Pak. Here local debut was postponed by the pandemic. In these concerts, she will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, and, Pak says, “her talent will astonish the audience.” The program will also include “Mozartiana: Theme and Variations (Based upon Piano Variations by Mozart on a Theme by Gluck)” by Tchaikovsky and that composer’s Fourth Symphony.
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18
Where: Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center, 744 W. Main St., Hyannis
Tickets: $38-$79; $23-$44 for ages 6-22
Reservations and information: https://www.capesymphony.org/, 508-362-1111, tickets@capesymphony.org, or the symphony box office (9 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday) at 1060 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Hyannis
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Waquoit reserve celebrates Estuaries Day
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Reserve will celebrate National Estuaries Day as an osprey-themed family day that includes games, coastal crafts, live music, an osprey-related lecture and refreshments. There will be guided boat tours at noon and 1 p.m.; at 1 p.m., there will be a talk on ospreys by Alan Poole, an author and associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and at 2 p.m., a celebratory concert by Out Late with Diane DiGioia.
When: noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18
Where: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 131 Waquoit Highway
Admission: Free
Information and required registration for boat trip: http://waquoitbayreserve.org/
Ensemble plays first of two baroque concerts
The Courante baroque music ensemble will present “The World’s a Stage,” a concert of music from the baroque theater in a show this weekend in Woods Hole and Oct. 2 show in Harwich. Highlights will be a suite from the opera “Cephale et Procris” by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, the ballet sequence from Handel’s “Almira” and instrumental selections from Lully’s “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,” plus short pieces by Henry Purcell, J. P. Rameau, and Allesandro Scarlatti. Courante, founded in 2017, features local musicians David Gable (violin), Jan Elliott (recorder), Molly Johnston (viola da gamba) and Brittany Lord (harpsichord) playing music in a variety of baroque styles, using authentic instruments and playing at baroque pitch (slightly lower than modern pitch).
When and where: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at Church of the Messiah, 22 Church St, Woods Hole and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 at St Peter’s Lutheran Church, 310 Route 137, Harwich
Admission: $20 suggested donation; free for children
Information: http://courantecapecod.com/, gambalady@gmail.com or 508-237-2278
Open Mic back at Thacher Hall
Lary Chaplan and Frank Poransky of Blu Central will host their third monthly open mic at the renovated Thacher Hall, offering a chance for musicians and poets. Also performing will be invited guests Alex Brewer, Greg and Rachel Hischak, Tanya Rosa, Kristin Knowles, Blu Central, Steven Russell and Tom Fettig. Beverages will be served.
When: Sign-up at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20
Where: Thacher Hall, 266 Route 6A, Yarmouth Port
Admission: Donations to Thacher Hall at the door
Learn Cape history through its captains
Author Michael Pregot will give a virtual talk about “Cape Cod Sea Captains: Each Town’s Contribution to Maritime History,” which is also the topic of two of his books, as part of the Talk of the Town Speaker Series sponsored by the Sandwich Cultural Council and presented by the Sandwich Glass Museum. The talk is designed, according to an announcement, to provide “a glimpse into heroic maritime adventures, entrepreneurial brilliance, and an appreciation of the resolve needed by captains to thrive in a hostile seaside environment.”
When: live at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 and re-aired at 7 p.m. Oct. 12
Where: https://sandwichcommunitytv.org/government-live-stream/ and Sandwich Community Television, Channel 15
Cost: Free
Information: https://sandwichcommunitytv.org
Professor explains history of Ukraine conflict
Several area libraries are involved with presenting a virtual talk by Professor Michael Strmiska on “The Crisis in Ukraine in Historical Perspective.” The scholar and researcher from SUNY Orange will discuss history from Kyivan Rus as an original Ukrainian/Russian state circa 1000 through the creation of independent Ukraine at the end of the Soviet Union in 1991; Ukraine's relationship with countries in the East and West; Russian seizure of Crimea and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the Eastern Ukrainian Donbas region; Putin's rejection of Ukraine’s existence as an independent nation, and the role of Russian propaganda.
When: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22
Where: Via Zoom
Admission: Free
Information and to connect: araff@clamsnet.org or https://brewsterladieslibrary.org
Local author talks about new book, bisexuality
Cape Cod native Felice Cohen will talk about her new book “Half In: A Coming of Age Memoir of Forbidden Love” on Thursday, Sept. 22 at Centerville Public Library. In time for Bi Awareness Week, Cohen will discuss her new memoir that details what she describes as a secret, lesbian, age-gap love affair she had when she was 23, with her 57-year-old female boss that she says led her to coming to terms with, and accepting, her bisexuality. Cohen, a grandchild of two Holocaust survivors and author of “What Papa Told Me” related to them, is also known for living in a 90-square-foot studio apartment in New York City that was the subject of a viral YouTube video she says got 25 million views internationally and became the topic for a self-help book.
When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22
Where: Centerville Public Library, 585 Main St.
Admission: Free
Information: https://www.centervillelibrary.org/
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This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod things to do: Music, dance, current events, ospreys, authors
