Tag: arts

12 Mar 2023: “The Mind and Mindset behind Humor for Humanity” with Jimmy Tingle

10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 12, 2023 For years, Boston comedy and theater fans have known what Jimmy Tingle does, now Humor for Humanity gives audiences a glimpse of why he does it. Humor for Humanity is Tingle’s new social enterprise focused on making meaningful change in the world. The mission is to use comedy, commentary and conversation through social media, radio, television and live events to raise spirits, funds and awareness for non profits, charities and social causes. For our Sunday … Continue reading 12 Mar 2023: “The Mind and Mindset behind Humor for Humanity” with Jimmy Tingle

18 Dec 2022: “Stopping on the Bridge” with Dianne Ashley

10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 18, 2022 Sorry! This service will not be shown on Zoom. Dianne Ashley will read from her just published book, Stopping on the Bridge, which presents the wonder of the Eastham bridge on Bridge Road and the Boat Meadow River that flows under it. Cape Cod towns, marshes, and beaches are at the heart of this book, but Ashley presents a full life from many places. The morning will be enhanced by the reading of poems by … Continue reading 18 Dec 2022: “Stopping on the Bridge” with Dianne Ashley

12 Jun 2022: No Surrender: A short play by Candace Perry

Chapel in the Pines Sunday Program for June 12, 2022 via Zoom only No Surrender takes place after the statue of Robert E. Lee is removed from its pedestal, when the displaced General stumbles into a homeless encampment and gives a history lesson. The play was filmed last year, when live performances were rare, and features actors are John Shuman, John Dennis Anderson, and Patrick Riviere. No Surrender was originally shown as part of a three-play collection, “Racial Reckonings,” produced by … Continue reading 12 Jun 2022: No Surrender: A short play by Candace Perry

15 May 2022: “Doing the Steps”: Edward Gorey’s Fascination with Dance

Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m.  —-   This service will be held live in the chapel. Famous as an illustrator, set and costume designer, as well as book artist, playwright and collector, Yarmouth Port artist Edward Gorey is also well-known in some circles as the man who attended the New York City Ballet every night for 30 years between 1953 and 1983. Doing the Steps, on display now at the Edward Gorey House, looks at the influence that NYCB choreographer George … Continue reading 15 May 2022: “Doing the Steps”: Edward Gorey’s Fascination with Dance

24 Apr 2022: “Black Art Matters” with Robin and James Miller

Program for Sunday, April 24, 2022 While we’d probably all agree with the title of this Sunday’s program, “Black Art Matter,” let’s take some time to deepen our understanding of why they matter so much. Robin Joyce Miller and James W. Miller will share the video Black Art Matters: Master Artists Tell Our Story created with support from the Cotuit Center for the Arts as part of their BLM Series and lead a discussion afterwards. This presentation highlights the struggle … Continue reading 24 Apr 2022: “Black Art Matters” with Robin and James Miller

20 Mar 2022: Lee Roscoe and Janet Robertson present “Water Spirits Colloquy”

Program for Sunday, March 20, 2022 Myth meets science as angry gods confront humans for their misdeeds to the waters of earth in “Water Spirits Colloquy,” the first of Lee Roscoe’s Four Plays for a Planet in Peril to become available for public viewing. As filmed by collaborator Janet Murphy Robertson during the COVID-19, this production uses a combination of green screen and outdoor/on-location filming sessions with the actors, self-filming and/or audio recording by the actors themselves, photography and video … Continue reading 20 Mar 2022: Lee Roscoe and Janet Robertson present “Water Spirits Colloquy”

20 Feb 2022: “Simply Perfect for Times Like These” with Pancheta Peterson

Program for Sunday, February 20, 2022 Poets and their poems are gifts—sometimes serious, often amazing. Poetry, such as that delivered by Amanda Gorman and Langston Hughes of the Harlem Renaissance, has carried us emotionally through these difficult times, reminding us of what others have successfully endured. Pancheta Peterson will share some poems she hopes will be encouraging, assuring us that we are stronger than we think, reminding us of the inner strength we all have been exhibiting. Pancheta Peterson is … Continue reading 20 Feb 2022: “Simply Perfect for Times Like These” with Pancheta Peterson

19 Dec 2021: “A Christmas Memory” –  based on a short story by Truman Capote

Program for Sunday, December 19, 2021 We will be streaming a production of “A Christmas Memory” created for television in 1966, starring Geraldine Page and Donnie Melvin with narration by Truman Capote. The largely autobiographical story, which takes place in the 1930s, describes a period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The evocative narrative focuses on country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas … Continue reading 19 Dec 2021: “A Christmas Memory” –  based on a short story by Truman Capote

28 Nov 2021: “The Zion Union Heritage Museum” with John Reed

Program for November 28, 2021 Nauset Fellowship will share the film “Journeys in the Light: Untold Stories of Cape Cod” hosted by John Reed, Executive Director of the Zion Union Heritage Museum. The film, by Janet Murphy Robinson, celebrates the museum and the museum celebrates the proud history of African-American, Cape Verdeans and Wampanoag people on Cape Cod, as well as groups that arrived here more recently from Brazil and the Caribbean. The Museum features the series of Civil Rights … Continue reading 28 Nov 2021: “The Zion Union Heritage Museum” with John Reed

26 Sep 2021: Beginnings of the Provincetown Players with Bob Seay

Program for Sunday, September 26, 2021 “Beginnings” is a rare recording of some of the survivors and descendants of the original Provincetown Players made in 1986. Featuring Mary Heaton Vorse’s two sons, Joel O’Brien and Heaton Vorse, along Trixie Hapgood Faust and Miriam Hapgood, daughters of Provincetown Players’ founders Hutchins and Neith Boyce Hapgood, “Beginnings” takes us back to Provincetown in 1915. They were all teenagers when the famed Provincetown theater group formed. Join us for a fascinating slice of … Continue reading 26 Sep 2021: Beginnings of the Provincetown Players with Bob Seay