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Provincetown Calendar of Events 2009

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Provincetown Town Hall

2009 Ongoing Winter Events

PAAM www.paam.org
FAWC www.fawc.org
Provincetown Theater www.newprovincetowntheater.org
WOMR - www.womr.org

JANUARY 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

1 Thursday - New Year's Day

10, 1:00pm Live Broadcast:  La Rondine (New Production) - Puccini   pm; Jan. 17, 1:00 pm Encore Screening; Jan. 24, 1:00 pm Live Broadcast: Orfeo ed Euridice - Gluck Jan. 31,   (1:00 pm) Encore Screening Metropolitan Opera Broadcast @ WHAT 508-349- 9428 www.what.org

15, 7:00pm PAAM Film: Ed Wood - www.paam.org

16, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

16-19 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

23, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

29, 7:00pm PAAM Film - Alice Neel - www.paam.org

 

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FEBRUARY 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

7, 1:00 pm WHAT Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Live Broadcast:  Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti 508-349- 9428  www.what.org

12, 7:00pm PAAM Film - Aparajito - www.paam.org

13-15 Valentine's and President's Weekend

14, 2:00pm Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM Free - open to the public - www.paam.org

14-15, Noon-4pm Pilgrim Monument Goes Red - free admission www.pilgrim-monument.org

17, 7:00pm PAAM Reading by Kathleen Rooney - "Live Nude Girl" - www.paam.org

20, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

26, 7:00pm PAAM Film - Goodbye Lenin - www.paam.org

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MARCH 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

7, 1:00pm WHAT Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Live BroadcastMadama Butterfly - Puccini   Encore:  March 14, 1:00pm 508-349- 9428 - www.what.org

8 Daylight Savings time begins

Year Rounder's Festival

12, 7:00pm PAAM Film - Frida - www.paam.org

13, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

14, 2:00pm   Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM Free - open to the public - www.paam.org

17 St. Patrick's Day

21, 1:00pm WHAT Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Live BroadcastLa Sonnambula- Bellini   Encore Screening:  March 28, 1:00pm 508-349- 9428 - www.what.org

26, 7:00pm PAAM Film - Nights of Cabiria - www.paam.org

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APRIL 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

Whale Watch season - Mid April through October  Reservations recommended: 800-826-9300 - www.whalewatch.com

Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens - www.nps.gov/caco

1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens - Free Admission. April 1-November 29 - Special Exhibition Pilgrims, Patriots and Products: Selling the Colonial Image organized by Historic New England - www.pilgrim-monument.org

3, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

10-12 Easter Weekend

17-20 Patriots’ Day Weekend

17-20 Celebrate Provincetown - www.celebrateprovincetown.com

18-20 Purple Feather 2 nd Annual Spring Chocolate Festival   334 Commercial St.   580-487-9100  www.thepurplefeather.com  Chocolate tasting, children's activities, roll out of new chocolate confections for 2009, chocolate sculpture and demonstrations, sampling of chocolate, homemade gelato, and lots more.

20-24 PAAM Family Week - www.paam.org

24, 6:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

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MAY 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

31- June 5 Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival - Cape-wide, launch event 5/31 at the Rectix Aerodome in Hyannis. Enjoy great food from the Cape's restaurants as well as great wines from around country. 508-775-9800 ext. 35 - www.capecodlife.com

1-31 Cape Cod Maritime Days - www.CapeCodMaritimeDays.com

Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens - www.nps.gov/caco

1-3 Gays for Patsy Spring Stomp Weekend - www.gaysforpatsy.org

2 Kibbles and Skits (CASAS Benefit) - www.casasanimalshelter.org

8-10 Mother's Day Weekend

9, 12:30 pm WHAT Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast: La Cenerentola - Rossini - Encore: May 16, 1:00 pm - www.what.org

13, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

15-17 Cabaret Fest - www.ptown.org

15-17 Annual Single Women's Weekend 508.487.3692 www.womeninnkeepers.com

22-25 Memorial Day Weekend

23-24 Raku Extravaganza and Ceramic Show - www.castlehill.org

29, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

31, 3-6pm Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival, Admission: $20-75 - www.capecodlife.com/events/foodandwine/

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2009 Ongoing   Summer Events

FAWC Summer Workshop Program Late June- End of August www.fawc.org

Provincetown Art Association and Museum www.paam.org

Great Music on Sundays at 5   www.ptownmusic.com

JUNE 2009

May 31-June 5 Cape Cod Life Food & Wine Festival   Cape-wide, launch event   5/31 Rectix Aerodome in Hyannis 508-775-9800 ext. 35    aduquette@capecodlife.com     www.capecodlife.com Enjoy great food from the Cape's restaurants as well as great wines from around country. This is the second year.

1, 6:00pm PAAM King Hiram's White Party - www.paam.org

1, 4-6 pm Cape Cod Life Food and Wine Festival at the Monument - www.pilgrim-monument.org

4 ASGCC Annual Chef's Table - www.asgcc.org

4-7 Women of Color Weekend www.womenofcolorweekend.com

5, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

6 By the Sea Bike Trek - www.helpingourwomen.org

13, 7:00pm Provincetown Art Association and Museum Spring Consignment Auction www.paam.org

13-14 Heritage Day 2009 - Provincetown Public Library - www.ptownlib.com

17-21 Provincetown International Film Festival 508-487-FILM   Celebrating 11 years of cutting edge, independent filmmaking on the edge. Enjoy 5-days of films, panels and parties - www.ptownfilmfest.org

19 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Annual Meeting - www.pilgrim-monument.org

19, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

20-21 Cape Cod Life Boating and Outdoor Recreation Expo Hyannis Harbor. In the water boat show filled with lots of ideas for the expert and novice boater - www.capecodlife.com

21 Father's Day

24, 6:00pm Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM - www.paam.org

25-28 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet - www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com

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JULY 2009

Thursdays in July at 6 PM - Historical re-enactment of Beach Apparatus Drill at Old Harbor Life-Saving Station, Race Point Beach - www.nps.gov/caco

3-5 Independence Day Celebrations

4 The 4th of July Weekend Parade and Fireworks AT DUSK

11 Wet Dry Paint Off Auction To Benefit the Renovation of the Provincetown Public Library. Come and be part of the artistic documentation of this magnificent historic landmark. Provincetown Public Library, 356 Commercial Street. Dry Auction 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Wet Auction 4:30 Pre-showing, 5PM Auction. For further information contact the Library: 508-487-7094 or email wetdryauctionppl@gmail.com.

11 - 18 Bear Week in Provincetown - www.ptownbears.org

12, 10am-3pm  PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour - www.paam.org

15, 6:00pm  Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM - www.paam.org

16-19 Truro Celebrates 300 Years - www.truro300.org

17, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

17 - 25 Barnstable County Fair - www.BarnstableCountyFair.org

22, 6:00pm  Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM www.paam.org

22-26 Girl Splash - www.girl-splash.com

24, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

29, 7:00pm PAAM Blue Door - www.paam.org

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AUGUST 2009

1 & 2 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge - www.pmc.org

1-8 Family Pride Week - www.familypride.org

5, 6:00pm  Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM www.paam.org

7, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

8 Castle Hill Auction - www.castlehill.org

12, 7:00pm PAAM Blue Door - www.paam.org

14-16 Provincetown Jazz Festival www.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org

15 FAWC Art Auction - www.fawc.org

16-22 Carnival Week 2009 www.ptown.org

20 Carnival Parade - Summer of Love ~ Peace, Love & GoGo Boots! starts at 3pm

22-23 Summer Art Fair - www.provincetownartistregistry.com

23-24 Modernist House Tour - www.castlehill.org

26, 7:00pm PAAM Blue Door - www.paam.org

29 Mass Equality Clambake  info: https://www.massequality.org/ptown/

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SEPTEMBER 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

2  Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM - www.paam.org

4 Full Moon Extravaganza at Highland Center - www.castlehill.org

4-7 Labor Day Weekend

4, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

5 AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Silent & Live Auction - www.asgcc.org

7-12 Fishermen's Cup Race and The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta & Yacht Race - www.provincetownschoonerrace.com

11 Provincetown Harbor Lights - www.iamprovincetown.com

11-12 Celebration of Life Concert & Harbor Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla - www.swim4life.org

11-13 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Parade - www.yankeelcc.com

12 Castle Hill Paints the Town www.castlehill.org

13 PAAM Last day to bid on 12 x 12 - www.paam.org

18-20 Gay Pilots Association Cape Cod Classic - www.ngpa.org

18, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

19, 7:00pm PAAM Fall Consignment Auction - www.paam.org

19 Provincetown Music Festival - www.ProvincetownMusicFestival.org

24 - 27 Tennessee William’s Festival - www.twptown.org

25, 8:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

25 - 27 Pet Appreciation Weekend (“PAW”) - www.casasanimalshelter.org

26 PMPM Historic House Tour - www.pilgrim-monument.org

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OCTOBER 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

2-4 Mates Leather Weekend - www.matesleatherweekend.com

9 - 12 Columbus Day Weekend

9-18, Annual Women's Week in Provincetown - www.womeninnkeepers.com

10 - 11 Artists Open Studios 10am to dusk

15 HOW Casino Night - www.helpingourwomen.org

16, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

16-18 Cape Cod Life Home & Garden Expo & Home Tour - Hyannis Resort and Conference Center  -  www.capecodlife.com

18-25 Fantasia Fair www.fantasiafair.org

21-25 Provincetown Round Up Weekend - www.provincetownroundup.org

23-24 Annual Provincetown Dance Festival www.castlehill.org

30, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

30 - November 1 Halloween & Spooky Bear Weekend

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NOVEMBER 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

11 Veterans Day Weekend

20, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

25, 5-7 pm Annual Lighting of the Monument - www.pilgrim-monument.org

25-29 Thanksgiving Weekend with Craft Fairs and Great Shopping

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DECEMBER 2009

What's open & happening in off-peak months? www.celebrateprovincetown.com

1 AIDS World Day - www.asgcc.org

4-6 PBG Holly Folly - www.ptown.org

4, 7:00pm PAAM Exhibitions Openings - www.paam.org

11 - 12 Outer Cape Chorale Concerts - www.outercapechorale.org

12 Hanukkah Begins

19, 2:00pm Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman at PAAM Free - open to the public - www.paam.org

25 Christmas Day

31 ( Thurs.) New Year's Eve Begin the year at the beginning of Cape Cod ... Provincetown! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation ... Reservations a must!

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Provincetown:
Something for everyone...

When you vacation in Provincetown you are one of us. You can be yourself. Or you can be someone else. Whatever you want to be please be respectful to all. We are a diverse, cosmopolitan community with open arms... WELCOME.

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Beaches and the Cape Cod National Seashore Park (CCNS)

In the early 1960’s the entire ocean side of Cape Cod was preserved as a national park - ocean beaches, critical coastal habitats and endangered wildlife were protected forever. Today you are the beneficiary of this far sighted legislation. There are two Cape Cod visitor centers, one in Eastham and another here devoted to the sand dune environment found only in Provincetown. Both provide educational exhibits and films, along with information about walking and biking trails, and ranger-guided activities.

Cape Cod National Seashore
The Province Lands Visitor Center is located on Race Point Road, off Route 6, at the northern end of Cape Cod National Seashore, approximately one mile from Provincetown.
Open daily from May 1 through October 31st from 9 AM - 5 PM. 508- 487-1256.
http://www.nps.gov/caco

Dune Excursions

Art Costa came back from World War II with a dream that the public would like to explore the vast desert of sand dunes surrounding his home town of Provincetown. Putting fat tires on Model A’s he launched Art’s Dune Tours to carry passengers out into this inaccessible environment where only hardy artists and nature lovers lived in primitive shacks without amenities like electricity and indoor plumbing. Today a fleet of SUV’s are federally permitted to give the general public access to this harsh and protected environment. It is truly a ride on the wild side.

Bird Watching

Provincetown’s abundance of migrating shore and sea birds is well documented. The outer Cape peninsular is some forty miles out to sea and migrating fowl use the protected woodlands, ponds, wetlands and salt marshes in the Cape Cod National Seashore Park as a welcome refueling stop on their trips from North to South America and back. The best starting point for bird watching information is the Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary found at www.wellfleetbay.org or the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster at www.ccmnh.org.

Provincetown Off-season

More and more people are discovering the delight of a spring or fall vacation or a long weekend at the tip of the Cape. The weather is often beautiful. The summer crowds are gone. And off-season rates are in effect, saving the vacationer about 30% on most accommodations.

If you can take a spring or fall vacation you're lucky. You'll discover a quieter, more peaceful town, with plenty to keep you occupied.

And winter is a delight with crisp, clean air, spectacular sunsets, and very little snow, because the surrounding waters keep the temperature up. Many guest houses, hotels, restaurants and shops remain open all winter.

Join us this Thanksgiving Eve

for the Annual Lighting of the Monument when we honor the Pilgrims for landing in Provincetown in 1620 by lighting the Monument with 5,000 lights. The town's restaurants, shops and hotels are open to welcome you to the celebration which continues through New Year's. This event was created by the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce and is sponsored by the Pilgrim Monument Association. 508-487-1310.

There's lots of happenings in Provincetown.

Contact these organizations directly for various ongoing activities:

Castle Hill /Truro Center for Arts Box 756 Truro, MA 02666 508-349-7511. Workshops in the fine arts, clay, writing and classes for kids as well as special lectures and events.

Fine Arts Work Center  
24 Pearl St.  508-487-9960. Classes and programs with established writers and artists.

Pilgrim Monument

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, High Pole Hill, 508 487 1310, 508 487-4702 (fax) - Commemorating the First Landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims & the Signing of the Mayflower Compact and featuring the History of Provincetown.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum 460 Commercial 508- 487-1750 Workshops in the  arts including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, clay, writing and classes for kids,  lectures, craft fairs, exhibits, events & concerts.

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
59 Commercial St.  508-487-3622 Classes, programs etc.

Provincetown Public Library
330 Commercial St.  508-487-7094 
Various programs, art exhibits & children's programs. www.ptownlib.com

Provincetown Recreation Dept. 
44 Bradford Street 508-487-7097
Classes in the arts, yoga, exercise etc. e-mail: recreationdir@provincetown-ma.gov

Provincetown Theater  
Box Office 508-487-9793

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), Box Office: (508) 349-9428, Admin. Office: (508) 349-3011

Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, 386 Commercial St., 508-487-5921, Fax: 508-487-6114, www.twptown.org   

Provincetown International Film Festival
170 Commercial St #161, 508-487-FILM
Workshops focusing on the many aspects of filmmaking.

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