Spooky season is upon us, and if you’re searching for a fun evening out with a costume contest, great food, and a digitally remastered horror classic that’s never looked better, the Chatham Orpheum is your Halloween party destination this Saturday, Oct. 29.           The fun will begin at 8 p.m. with a reception in the Orpheum’s haunted lobby. Put together your best zombie costume, and you just ...

As I stood on the beach the other day, a huge flock of double crested cormorants flew over the water in a long, long skein heading south. They were silent but the small flock of snow buntings that recently arrived from farther north was not. One of the dune rabbits, which I swear is twice the size of a normal cottontail rabbit, sat under a prickly rosa rugosa, smugly chewing on some leaves, getting even fatter an...

          The Creative Arts Center (CAC) in Chatham is holding a members show through Nov. 14, showcasing the talent of current CAC members.             Prizes will be awarded in all categories with 10 or more participants. First prizes will be $100 and second prizes will be $50 in each category. The categories are oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculpture and a new category in th...

Early voting begins Saturday, one of several options Massachusetts residents have for casting a ballot in the Nov. 8 mid-term elections. Town clerks were busy last week preparing and sending out requested mail-in ballots to local residents. Many people asked for ballots for the November election when they sent in ballot requests for the primary election in September, said Chatham Town Clerk Julie Smith. “I ...

Of all the miracles of life, a seed may be one of the most wondrous. Usually tiny and unassuming, each seed holds the potential of a fully grown new life. Inside that small, humble package is everything a plant needs to grow, mature, and prosper before it sets its own seeds. Imagine that. Can we really imagine that? It’s pretty mind boggling. The truth is each tree, each flower, each grass plant puts forth a m...

          The Galley West Art Gallery will celebrate its first anniversary at its Orleans location on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.           The cooperative community art gallery in the restored historic Galley West on the campus of Church of the Holy Spirit has shared the work of 50 artists from the Lower and Outer Cape Cod towns of Brewster, Chatham, Harwich, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and P...

          Bank Street Beach was the setting. “Forever Summer” was the song, and it was lights, camera, action on Aug. 31 when local singer and actor Susanna Creel took to the shoreline with videographer Joseph Santangelo, actor Brendan Prentiss and songwriter, producer and video editor Maureen Condon to shoot a music video, drawing the attention of interested onlookers who were there for a day of fun in the sun....

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky. Mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky. The Addams Family…” Snap your fingers and join the fun at the Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre’s musical production this October. “The Addams Family, A New Musical” is the perfect Halloween treat. It’s silly, ghoulish fun with an incredible array of talented folks. They’re all here: Morticia and Gomez, Wednesday...

You know you've had an exceptionally bad day at work when the experience is covered by worldwide media, you are held hostage at gun point and the outcome results in a gripping movie featuring piracy on the high seas.  Richard Phillips, the former Captain of the MV Maersk Alabama and the titular subject of the movie "Captain Phillips," recounted his “bad day” experience and lessons learned as the guest speaker ...

          They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky. You know who I’m talking about.           October is here and “The Addams Family” is right on time, kicking the spooky season into high gear with a new musical comedy at Cape Cod Theatre Company/HJT. Wednesday Addams, everyone’s favorite princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a young man from a resp...

On Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. creative women from across the Cape will gather together to perform, network and have fun at the third annual Ladies of the Cape Art and Music Festival. The free event will take place at the Elks Lodge in Eastham, and will include art, jewelry, clothing, live music and an open mic. Event founder and organizer Melissa McMahon works at Abroad Global Cuisine in Orlean...

ORLEANS – In 2010, Bill Doherty was driving down Cedar Cove Road on his way to a yard sale. Recently retired from a long career as a captain of U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine ships, he had begun busying himself with taking apart and rebuilding old fishing gear, and he was curious to see what he'd find. But his biggest discovery that day came as he turned past an old, worn sign that bore a familiar name. "I p...