Join a diverse group of six talented writers who love sharing their stories of growing up and living in Provincetown. They have presented many public readings, preserving history through their experiences and memories, laced with heartwarming anecdotes and humorous escapades. Members: Peter Cook, Mel Joseph, Avis Johnson, Russell Sanderson, Sheila Colburn, and Tonya Cook. Donations accepted benefit Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) sponsors this beach cleanup (Earth Day proper), hosted by the CCS Marine Debris & Plastics Program. This is not your typical cleanup. Bring a lunch, get ready to hike, and participate in this ambitious effort to comb Wood End, the breakwater, and the area between Long Point and Herring Cove in Provincetown. Large caches of debris will be set up for later removal by boat. This cleanup effort is essential because the winter weather deposits plastic trash including aquaculture gear. Registration is required via email directly to Laura Ludwig at the center for Coastal Studies, lludwig@coastalstudies.org. Meeting location information forthcoming upon registration.

Enjoy this entertaining tale of adventure set during the 17th Century in the Caribbean Sea. For the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow, the crystalline waters of the Caribbean, like the high seas the world over, present a vast playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town. (Rated PG-13, 143 minutes) POSTPONED: Check back for information about rescheduling.

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

Enjoy this fascinating film chronicling the American whaling industry from its origins in New England in the 17th century, through the golden age of deep-sea whaling, up to its decline following the Civil War. Narrated by Willem Dafoe, this film binds the story of American capitalism on the rise with a case study in maritime culture. (PG, 120 minutes)

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

"Into the Wild" is a 2007 biographical drama film directed by Sean Penn, based on the 1996 book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. (Rated R, 148 minutes)

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

This 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, depicts the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object; and Jillian, a single mother whose three-year-old son was also abducted by a UFO. (PG-13, 137 minutes)

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

Enjoy this entertaining tale of adventure set during the 17th Century in the Caribbean Sea. For the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow, the crystalline waters of the Caribbean, like the high seas the world over, present a vast playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town. (Rated PG-13, 143 minutes) POSTPONED: Check back for information about rescheduling.

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

This heroic action-thriller is based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history. In 1952, a massive winter storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, ripping a T-2 oil tanker in half and trapping more than 30 sailors inside it's rapidly sinking stern. When word of the disaster reaches the U.S. Coast Guard, four men led by Captain Bernie Webber set out in a 12-seat boat on a daring mission to rescue the stranded men, braving freezing cold, 60-foot waves and hurricane-force winds, and guided by Webber's vow that "We all live, or we all die." Packed with thrilling, larger-than-life action and anchored in a belief in the strength of the human spirit, THE FINEST HOURS is a triumph. (Rated PG-13, 126 minutes)

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

“OCEANS” is a 2009 French nature documentary film directed, produced, co-written, and narrated by Jacques Perrin, with Jacques Cluzaud as co-director. The film, produced in association with the Census of Marine Life, explores the marine species of Earth’s five oceans and presents details and facts about the journey of the ocean and the impact of humans. (Rated G, 1 hr. 24 min.) Walt Disney Pictures

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore co-sponsors free films on Sunday afternoons on the big screen at the Salt Pond Visitor Center.

This hike explores the wooded trails and beaches of Great Island. Natural history and wildlife, the Herring River restoration, and local research will be covered, led by FCCNS Board Members Melissa Lowe and Agnes Mittermayr. The walk is 4-5 miles on a sandy trail. Wear comfortable shoes for hiking, dress in layers, and bring drinking water. Bring binoculars if you have them. Walks will occur in the sunshine and light showers; however, they are canceled in heavy rain. Meet at the Great Island Visitors Parking lot off of Chequessett Neck Road.

Please register here.

This hike with explores the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp in Wellfleet. Led by FCCNS Board Vice President Frank Dobek and Carol Dobek, this trail descends through a stunted oak and pine forest into a mature woodland, leads to a boardwalk that winds through the picturesque Atlantic White Cedar Swamp, and returns via the historic "Wireless Road" (a sand road) to the starting location. Wear comfortable shoes for walking, dress in layers, and bring drinking water. Meet at 195 Marconi Station Road, Wellfleet. Length of walk is 1.5 mile

Please register here in advance.

CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED Join park staff for "Tidy Up the Trails", Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 10:00-12:00 for this year's National Public Lands Day project. Volunteers will prune and repair the Pamet Area Trails starting from the trailhead parking near the Truro Hostel. Register by calling the Province Lands Visitor Center: 508-487-1256.

All supplies are provided. Volunteers are encouraged to bring a water bottle and sun protection. There is ample parking. Link here for a map with directions.

Cape Cod National Seashore’s (CCNS) Atlantic Research and Learning Center (ARLC) will host the thirteenth annual Science in the Seashore Symposium on Thursday, September 19th, from 9:30 am to 1 pm. The event is free and will be held at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham, MA. It can also be viewed remotely through Microsoft Teams.  

The Science in the Seashore Symposium is a great opportunity to learn about the scientific research at Cape Cod National Seashore from the experts working in the park. There will be seven engaging presentations with opportunities to ask questions. Some of the topics include diseases impacting spadefoot toads, horseshoe crabs in East Harbor, coyote ecology, archaeology at the park and Herring River just to name a few.   

The Atlantic Research and Learning Center at Cape Cod National Seashore, the host of the symposium, is one of seventeen research and learning centers in the National Park system. Science and education come together at these centers to preserve, protect, manage, and understand park resources. 

The 2024 Science in the Seashore Symposium is sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. The Friends have been the national seashore's philanthropic partner since 1987, and sponsors of the Nickerson Fellowship, which provides annual grants for research in the national seashore.

Please register for the event regardless of whether you plan to attend virtually or in-person to ensure that you receive any updates. Registration and more information on the Science in the Seashore Symposium can be found on the park’s website, www.nps.gov/caco.

The Rip it Ups are a Cape Cod-based band playing a variety of styles – R & B, jazz, rock, blues, country, folk and originals, best described as Americana or roots music. It’s not uncommon for the band to go from Johnny Mercer to Robert Johnson to Frankie Valli, all in a row. The band’s concept is to provide a great show along with humor, superior musicianship and swing.

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

The Value Leaders play souped up boogie rock and roll, mixing originals with pulled-from-the-vault covers of lesser known great songs. This tight, fun group will have you on your feet. Johnny Spampinato plays a mean lefty guitar and sings.  Mark Usher plays guitar.  The rhythm section is comprised of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist J. Cournoyer on bass along with Sam Wood smashing the drums.  

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

Sensible Shoes, a band from Vermont and more recently Cape Cod, presents an irresistible mix of dance floor grooves from rock and blues classics and thoughtful songwriting, blending songs drawn from blues, country, soul, folk, Motown and New Orleans R & B with originals you’ll find yourself singing. 

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

Award winning singer/songwriter Kim Moberg was born in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter of a classical pianist mother of Alaska Native Tlingit descent and a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas. At the age of 14, Kim began playing guitar but debilitating stage fright kept her from pursuing her dream of becoming a professional performer. In 2014, after a career spanning nearly two decades in the financial industry, Kim set out to overcome her stage fright and wrote her first song. Kim teamed with Grammy-nominated producer Jon Evans to record her 3 albums "Above Ground”,  “Up Around The Bend” and her newest release “The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity.” Kim's passionate and heartfelt vocals mesmerize listeners while her compositions tug at feelings of melancholy, heartbreak, healing and social consciousness. With guitarist Steve Gregory holds a Bachelor’s degree in music / classical guitar and is owner and instructor at Score Music in Sandwich. Outdoor concert.

Weekly, evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

Peter Donnelly and Jon Richardson form a singer-songwriting duo based in Provincetown, on Cape Cod. They have quickly become a local favorite on the Cape for their tight harmonies and quirky arrangements of folk and country tunes.

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

Our fragile oceans are plagued with plastics and other man-made trash. This documentary by filmmaker Johnny Bergmann explores how artists have come together to create art out of this detritus in an effort to bring awareness to what individuals can do to help.

Weekly, Tuesday evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

Sarah brings to her music and performance a depth and passion that is nothing short of contagious. Whether she is belting out a blues, caressing the melody of a delicate love song, encouraging social consciousness and change or singing about her pajamas, it is an experience that inspires courage, strength and hope. She does all of this while creating atmosphere of playfulness and spontaneity that is disarming and uniquely Sarah. It takes no time at all to understand she is here to have fun and brings her audience right along with her. 

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

A popular summer favorite, the Festival kicks off the 2024 season with its annual free outdoor community concert! This year’s program features Dan Block (Faculty, Juilliard Jazz Studies Program) and friends performing an evening of jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and more. Selections to be announced from the stage. In Concert: Dan Block, clarinet; Chris Flory, guitar; Lee Hudson, bass; and Tom Melito, drums.

Weekly, Tuesday evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

Cheryl Aruda's gravelicious vocals, give-it-all-away energy, solid writing and talented bandmates make live shows with her band, Dirty Blonde, a guilty pleasure! Her debut recording captures that energy and showcases the influences of New Orleans, down-home blues, velvet soul and gritty funk that comprise her distinctive style.

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

The “Geography Gameshow" is an educational performance that feature the rendering of various world and regional maps from memory. The audiences engage in these programs that challenge comprehension skills and inspire learning. International traveler, artist, and creator of the shows, Neal Nichols, Jr. has hosted Geography Gameshow events in schools throughout the world. Indoor program.

Weekly Tuesday evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

Wendy Northcross, Executive Director of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum, will speak about “Presidential Summers: The Kennedys on Cape Cod.” Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore brief, annual meeting precedes. Indoor program.

Weekly, evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

THE CHANDLER TRAVIS PHILHARMONIC is an 8-piece technicolor extravaganza from Boston that includes a horn section, string bass, mandocello, guitar, drums, accordion, keyboard, and singing valet. It’s possible they might be the missing link between the Kinks and Sun Ra… The band has introduced the concept of alternative dixieland and omnipop to dumbfounded/delighted audiences all over Massachusetts (most frequently in Cambridge at the Middle East, Toad, or the Lizard Lounge; or on Cape Cod at the Wellfleet Beachcomber), and far beyond (San Francisco, Chicago, and especially New Orleans and New York City have proved particularly responsive -the Village Voice declared them “keenly entertaining”, called Chandler “a true New England eccentric and a master of daft power pop”, and the band “a blend of Ringling Bros. and Ra” that “puts the harm back in Philharmonic”; the New Yorker has repeatedly concurred.)

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

Alternative tragic Americana, invocations for peace & judgment reshaping with bleeding heart stream of consciousness poems.  Anna's lyrical sensibility is steeped in wisdom, and layered with evocative musicality and metaphysical embroidery while eschewing the mainstream & parting with platitudes. Anna has performed at wildflower music & arts festival, treefort music festival, boston arts festival, Globe Hall in Denver, Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Broadway Comedy Club in Manhattan, the Mint in Los Angeles, and many more. Outdoor concert.

Weekly, Tuesday evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

The Grab Brothers are true brothers—Larry and Marc Grab—with music that explodes in a kick-ass blend of “Retro for Today” lead guitar crunching rhythms, mystical-leaning lyrics and arena-filling vocals that pull your heart strings on a whim. But there’s more. These brothers can also strum you a pot-full of acoustical gems and have you singing along to their life-fulfilling stories even when you’ve never heard the songs before.

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.

Jackson Gillmans’ performances for families, children and educational groups, reach out and touch the audience making them laugh, making them think, and leaving them delighted! Indoor program.

Weekly, Tuesday evening programs at Salt Pond Visitor Center are free and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore. For outdoor programs held at the Salt Pond Amphitheater, bench and lawn seating are available, picnicking is welcome, and bug spray is suggested. Indoor programs are in the air-cooled auditorium, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Some events are geared toward families. In the event of rain, outdoor programs will be moved indoors unless rain dates are listed.

Sarah Swain & the Oh Boys have been together since 2009, playing Sarah’s originals, rockabilly classics, and always some unexpected treasures. Their set has a vibrant energy... whether you're on the dance floor or not, you just can’t help but feel good! They play to packed houses across the Cape, with Sarah on guitar and vocals, Ron Siegel on upright bass, Liam Hogg on drums, and Mark Usher on lead guitar.

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.