After all this time cooped up inside the house and socially distancing, are you yearning to get outside and explore the springtime landscape? Are you a little bit anxious about the idea of getting lost, or accidentally taking a route that ends up covering a few more miles than you are ready for? Fear no more. On Tuesday, April 6 from 7 to 8 p.m. Harwich Conservation Trust will host a free webinar in which Harw...

Eventide Theatre Company's Virtual Playhouse is back with an original work written and directed by Matthew Senie. “Quakeress” is the story of Helen Magill White, the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. The play explores duty, ambition, and 19th-century conceptions of womanhood and domesticity. Helen is torn between her Quaker upbringing – her ideals of virtue and equality – and the expectations put upon femin...

There’s a certain predictable element to the seasons here on Cape Cod. We know almost to the day when the ospreys arrive, mayflowers bloom, and the herring run. We can guess within a day or two in most instances. In mid to late March, the chipmunks and groundhogs wake up, the snakes and turtles stretch out in the sun and the red-winged blackbirds, grackles and robins return. On rainy nights, even those tinged ...

Cape Noir Radio Theater is back with a brand new interpretation of the classic Yukon adventure tale which has caused many readers to shiver in their boots, Jack London's masterful “To Build a Fire.” In London's 1908 story, an unnamed newcomer to the unforgiving cold and treacherous terrain of the Yukon Territory ignores the advice and warnings of those experienced with the extreme cold and embarks on a solo hi...

CHATHAM – Protect Our Past, a Chatham-based group focused on saving historic properties on Cape Cod, delved into some of the background and origins of historic preservation recently, welcoming internationally recognized architect Gunny Harboe as guest speaker at the group's fourth program in its online lecture series. What we have called historic preservation is perhaps best thought of as cultural heritage, fo...

A red-tailed hawk lives in my neighborhood. Many of you probably also have one for a neighbor, whether you know it or not. Red-tails are large hawks and prey primarily on small mammals such as mice, chipmunks, rabbits and squirrels. I’ve seen a few grab a bird in the lean winter months, but usually they stick to furrier meals. On a recent sunny but cold morning my hawk, as I fondly refer to it, was sitting ato...

Are you ready for an escape down the rabbit hole? Grab your top hat and a cup of tea, as Monomoy Regional High School presents an innovative virtual theatrical performance of “Alice in Wonderland” via Zoom. The production will be livestreamed March 18, 19, and 20 at 7 p.m., and the public is encouraged to attend virtually. The experience of auditioning, planning and performing a high school play is somethin...

A year ago, local theaters had to face the same challenges the rest of us did, as COVID-19 arrived and ran roughshod over plans for summer seasons, auditions, events and opening nights. At that time, tough choices had to be made. Auditions were postponed, then canceled. Seasons were suddenly filled with question marks instead of dates. Some venues decided to experiment with virtual versions of their planned offe...

With the advent of spring comes hope of growth and renewal. It seems as if every living thing is feeling it, just waiting to bust out of winter doldrums and get going and growing. Plants are anxious to break through the soil and push out leaves and blossoms. Animals and birds are thinking of courting and reproducing and even we humans are feeling that natural sap rising within us. Our time of dormancy and hanging...

How do we know what routes are taken by migrating birds? We may know where they start their migration and where it ends, but exactly how do they get there? These were some of the questions answered by Wildlife Biologist Pamela Loring of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service last Thursday evening when over 90 people tuned in to learn more about tracking shorebirds in the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center's Virtual ...

When we first saw our house 37 years ago, it was about this time of year. It was a traditional Cape built in 1929 and occupied by only one family all that time. We fell in love instantly. There were old lilacs and many trees even with the tiny lot. The house itself was old and very small, rundown and in need of a lot of work. We didn’t care. It was in a neighborhood I had played in many times as a child, was with...

Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster, with support from the community and the state, is in the midst of transforming the property's historic Crosby Barn from a storage space for scenery and props into a fully restored performance space which will double as a venue for rehearsal, classes and community events.  The Crosby Barn, the final building on the Cape Rep campus to be renovated, was built in 1889 by one of Brewst...