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Pumpkin Palooza!
Oct
31
5:00 PM17:00

Pumpkin Palooza!

Halloween is coming soon and that means another Pumpkin Palooza at Prez Hall!
So get your pumpkin carving sets out, host a carving party with friends and family, and bring your creations to the Hall Sunday 10/31 before 3pm and we’ll display them that eve!

Costumes encouraged and we’ll have treats for kids! And some TRICKS too….

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Jul
28
10:00 AM10:00

Sketchbook Workshop with Walker Mettling *Weds. 7/28*

SKETCHBOOK WORKSHOP WITH WALKER METTLING
A 2 hour workshop for all ages & levels
$25

REGISTER HERE

About the workshop:
For the past 10 years the Providence Comics Consortium has created the weirdest generative sketchbook games to get our kid and adult artist's brains warmed up, flexible and loose. We will sprint through an assortment of improvisational, mind-bending sketchbook games that will leave you with idea-generating strategies for future projects and a sketchbook full of images for you to mine later. Great for adult and kid artists, teachers looking for ideas, people on dates, grandmas, and anybody else.... SO FUN!!

About the instructor:
Walker Mettling is a cartoonist, printmaker, and since 2010 he’s directed the Providence Comics Consortium, an experimental education-based intergenerational comics micro-publisher which teaches comics classes at public libraries and publishes a huge array of comics, zines and books In 2019, Walker had a solo show next door at FARM projects. You can see some of his work there.

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MLK Day WalKING Celebration *At home & virtual!*
Jan
15
to Jan 22

MLK Day WalKING Celebration *At home & virtual!*

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Sponsored by ArtPeacemakers, the 19th Annual WalKING event is going virtual this year!

We won’t be walking all together on MLK Day this year, but we can keep the flame alive by encouraging all kinds of offerings to Dr. King’s legacy through these activities: Mindful writing, music & art-maKING, acts of kindness, nonviolence, donations, community service & walKING meditations around the Cape and around the world…anywhere, any time... but esp. from now through MLK’s birthday 1/15, MLK day 1/18 and through Inauguration Day until 1/21/21.

JOIN US wherever you are: Send your selfies, art, writing, music links by tagging your Instagram and FB posts #MLKlives2021 (thru 1/21)

ArtPeacemakers will also be collecting drop-offs for the Wellfleet Food Pantry on Mon. JAN 18th, MLK day from 11 am til 1 pm.

The 2021 MLK Art Show featuring local artists and activists of all ages can be viewed HERE

You can also check out the Wellfleet Elementary School’s 2021 “I Have A Dream” art show HERE

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Join ArtPeacemakers in spirit, in the real world and online via facebook.com/artpeacemakers and instagram.com/artpeacemakers. Visit ArtPeace for more info or email info@capecool.org.

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NATIONAL VIRTUAL EVENTS

Sun. JAN 17th, 9 am and 11 am

Special MLK service at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church
Watch it live HERE

Sun. JAN 17th at 3 pm
Screening of White Space, a short film by Michael Cestaro
Four women of color share stories about growing up on Cape Cod.
One of the women featured is Artpeacemaker collective member Alejandra Cuadra.
Link: upabovecreative.com/whitespace

Mon. JAN 18th, 9:30 or 11 am
Free interactive inter-generational program for kids 7 and up and their adults, sponsored by Museum of the City of New York
Register HERE

Mon, JAN 18th all day
MLK Day is a day of service - There are many projects mobilizing volunteers; but now more than ever, you don’t have to look far to find ways to reach out to someone in need.
Learn more HERE

AND THERE ARE MANY MORE WAYS TO CELEBRATE !

The Wellfleet Library is a fantastic year-round local resource for kids & adults alike. They have compiled a wonderful list of 10 books In honor of MLK Day, all available for curbside pick-up. Check out the list and the library’s other great programs and services available HERE

Feeling nostalgic for past marches? Watch Jason Kolnos’s video for CC Times of 2017 WalKING celebration HERE

Need more inspiration? You can listen to an original musical tribute to WalKING by #thebeatgreens with Sallie Tighe HERE

Then watch this 5 minute short history of Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech, produced by the History Channel!


You can read or listen to Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech in full at the the Stanford King Institute HERE

More recommended viewing:
King in the Wilderness (released Jan. 2018, HBO)
Description: A portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. during the last years of his life, from his part in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to his assassination in 1968.
Trailer below. This film is available to rent at Amazon or watch for free on YouTube.


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Jan
8
to Feb 4

Doc Days Film Series: The Reason I Jump *Extended thru 2/4*

Opening virtually Friday January 8th!
Doc Days Film Series: The Reason I Jump
(Dir. Jerry Rothwell/USA & UK / 82 min)

$12 for a 5-day viewing pass
BUY TICKETS HERE

Winner: Sundance Film Festival: Audience Award & World Cinema Documentary
Winner: Denver Film Festival: Maysles Brothers Award

Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, THE REASON I JUMP is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe.

Moments in the lives of each of the characters are linked by the journey of a young Japanese boy through an epic landscape; narrated passages from Naoki’s writing reflect on what his autism means to him and others, how his perception of the world differs, and why he acts in the way he does: the reason he jumps. The film distills these elements into a sensually rich tapestry that leads us to Naoki’s core message: not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say.

This is non-fiction filmmaking at its most enlightening.
— David Ehrlich, Indiewire
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Exquisite. THE REASON I JUMP will change how you think.
— Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily

Watch a Q&A from Jan. 13th with director Jerry Rothwell, presented by Reel Abilities and moderated by Lawrence Carter-Long


Critical praise FOR THE REASON I JUMP

This is a wondrous work... that enlightens and informs but that is also ravishing to behold.
— Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter
This superb documentary has more heroes than any blockbuster would dare to put on the same screen.
— Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
An inventive, sensuous documentary worthy of its source. This compassionate, creative documentary will open ears and eyes in equal measure. As emotionally piercing as it is beautiful to behold.
— Guy Lodge, Variety
The Reason I Jump is both advocacy and art... it’s a rare perspective onto the world we all share, a gentle but admirably firm request for compassion we’d all do well to heed
— Chris Vognar, Houston Chronicle
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Dec
11
to Dec 24

Annual Holiday Craft Fair & Bazaar *VIRTUAL THRU 12/24*

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This year’s bazaar has been moved exclusively online - please support participating local businesses in your holiday shopping, which you can now do from the safety and comfort of your own home!

Vendor names, a description of their goods and web links to their online shops are listed below. Questions about how to reach any of the vendors? Let us know and we’ll help!

Thank you for visiting our virtual craft fair and we wish you all the best this holiday season!

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The Works Gallery - Fine art and pottery
wellfleetworksgallery.com

Pottery by Anne Suggs, Works Gallery

Pottery by Anne Suggs, Works Gallery

Sandspit Alpaca - Winter accessories made from local Alpaca fur
www.sandspitalpaca.com

Assorted goods by Sandspit Alpacas

Assorted goods by Sandspit Alpacas

Nature Island Botanicals - All natural soaps & body products
Nature Island Botanicals

Art Matenwa - Scarves, embroidered art and more all handmade in Haiti
https://artmatenwa.org/

Art Matenwa maker & goods

Art Matenwa maker & goods

Sky Blue Farm - Natural body products
www.skybluefarmcapecod.com

Lotion, soap and lip balm by Sky Blue Farm

Lotion, soap and lip balm by Sky Blue Farm

Dacha - Handmade woodblock-printed textiles
https://dachastore.com/

Table setting by Dacha

Table setting by Dacha

Mauclere Leather - Hand crafted leather accessories
Mauclereleather.com

Handmade leather bag by Mauclere

Handmade leather bag by Mauclere

Christine Niles - Small original oil paintings of local landscapes
www.christineniles.art

Painting by Christine Niles

Painting by Christine Niles

Heart At Work Jewelry - Thoughtfully designed & crafted artisan jewelry
heartatworkjewelry.com

Earrings by Heart At Work Jewelry

Earrings by Heart At Work Jewelry

Wellfleet Wild Wreath Company - Handmade wreaths for every season
www.wellfleetwildwreath.com

Wellfleet Wild Wreath Co.

Wellfleet Wild Wreath Co.

Lucia Moon Designs - Handmade shell bead jewelry
https://www.luciamoondesigns.com/

Hand-crafted jewelry by Lucia Moon Designs

Hand-crafted jewelry by Lucia Moon Designs

Art & jewelry by ChicShells

Art & jewelry by ChicShells

Mandy Sue Enterprises - Bags, pouches and masks, with custom orders available
Enter the discount code HOLIDAYS for 25% off orders placed now through December 25th at Mandy-Sue.com!
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Goods by Mandy Sue Enterprises

Goods by Mandy Sue Enterprises

Lara’s Cuisine - Italian style pasta, pesto, relishes & sauces
www.LarasCuisine.com

Lara’s Cuisine

Lara’s Cuisine

Cape Glass - Unique handmade glass ornaments & jewelry
Capeglass.com

Sea To Shelf Designs - Decoupage & hand painted shells
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeatoShelfDesigns?ref=shop_sugg

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Foxglove Glass Company - Stained glass art & decor
https://www.instagram.com/foxglove.glassco/

Stained glass piece by Foxglove Glass

Stained glass piece by Foxglove Glass

Amy Mason Design - Whimsical Holiday Cards, Notecards, Prints, Original Artwork www.amymasondesign.com

Illustrative Holiday cards by Amy Mason Design

Illustrative Holiday cards by Amy Mason Design

Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce
The Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization whose mission is to represent the business community, assist visitors and promote communication between residents, guests and town agencies.
wellfleetchamber.com

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Oct
31
4:30 PM16:30

Pumpkin Palooza!

Excited about the fall season and its centerpiece, Halloween? Us too! Join us for our first ever Pumpkin Palooza, outside in the back yard at the Hall. Get crafty and carve your best pumpkin (or two!)…bring it to the Hall by 4pm Fri. the 30th…then come back on Saturday in your best costume and enjoy the display! We’ll alight all the pumpkins at dusk for an extra spooky and fun visual!

Along with the pumpkin display, there will be a wonderful art installation of painted Halloween-themed 35mm slides, “Spooky Projections”, created by 13 & 14 year old students of PAAM’s Youth Art Reach 101 class taught by Wellfleet artist Megan Hinton.

Social distancing and COVID safety guidelines will be present…along with treats, prizes and a few surprises!

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Sep
15
7:00 PM19:00

Movie in the Backyard: Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare's Shipwreck

This 90-minute documentary film follows the story of the only Mayflower passenger who had been to North America previously. A decade earlier, Stephen Hopkins had been aboard a Jamestown-bound ship that wrecked on Bermuda, inspiring Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND - This program is free, but capacity is limited!

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This 90-minute documentary film follows the story of the only Mayflower passenger who had been to Nrth America previously. A decade earlier, Stephen Hopkins had been aboard a Jamestown-bound ship that wrecked on Bermuda, inspiring Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest.

Shot on location, the intrepid Hit and Run History crew retraces Hopkins’ life crisscrossing the Atlantic. Two-time Emmy-nominated producer and host Andrew Giles Buckley, a Hopkins descendant, grew up hearing stories that New Plymouth’s iconoclast tavern keeper may have the model of The Tempest’s drunken and mutinous Stephano. In their Gumshoe Historian style, Buckley and crew of Hit and Run History seek out the reality of a man who was everywhere at the founding of America.

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Sep
1
7:30 PM19:30

Movie in the Backyard: T-Rex: Her Fight For Gold

Our favorite tradition at the Hall returns this summer! This is a free program. Due to limited capacity and safety requirements, please preregister if you’d like to attend.

REGISTER HERE for T-REX, TUES. 9/1

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About the film:
Flint, a city made famous by Michael Moore's documentary Roger & Me, and more recently by the lead poisoning water crisis, has been hard-hit for years as factories closed, jobs left, and crime, unemployment, and poverty became endemic. It's the most unlikely and challenging of backgrounds for an Olympic athlete to make it through. But Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is as tough as they come.

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T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold is the coming-of-age story of boxing phenom Claressa Shields, who was just 17 years old when she won the Olympic gold medal for women’s boxing in 2012. Now with a record of 69-1, she is ranked number one in the world heading into her second Olympic competition, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games.

Shields was 13 years old when it was announced that women would for the very first time compete in boxing at the 2012 London Olympics. Although she’d only been boxing for two years, her coach, Jason Crutchfield, predicted she'd be there — and that she'd win gold. It seemed an audacious dream for Shields, whose prior aspirations included having ten kids by the time she was 26, and who grew up bouncing between homes while her father was in prison and her mother struggled with addiction. To accomplish her dream, she would need a stable life. Coach Jason and his family took her in, housed her, and kept her focused.

The film traces her rise as an Olympic athlete from the streets of Flint to the podium in London, and the subsequent challenges and disappointments as Claressa watches fellow athletes receive recognition and endorsements while none come forward to support her, raising questions about race, class, and gender bias. Agents suggest she should soften her image, but Claressa is her own person, ready to push the boundaries while fighting for another gold and a better life.

About the filmmaker: Sue Jaye Johnson is an award-winning journalist and producer who spearheaded an unprecedented collaboration between The New York Times, NPR and WNYC to tell the story of the first women to box in the Olympic games. Her series began with a six-page photo spread in the New York Times Magazine. She co-produced several radio stories for the series including Teen Contender, a feature radio documentary about Claressa Shields. Johnson and her co-producer Joe Richman of Radio Diaries gave Shields a microphone and recorder to document her journey to the Olympic Trials. Claressa’s diary aired on NPR’s All Things Considered in February 2012 to an audience of 12 million listeners and won the Peabody Award. Johnson was an early pioneer in interactive documentaries and has collaborated with public television and radio producers to create innovative web documentaries since 1997. She and her team won numerous awards for their collaborations including a Peabody Award and the Columbia-DuPont Award. She has taught visual storytelling at Harvard University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

AWARDS

  • Hot Docs Film Festival

    Student Choice Award

  • San Francisco International Film Festival

    Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature

  • Traverse City Film Festival

    Roger Ebert Prize for Best Film by First Time Filmmaker

  • Sidewalk Film Festival

    Best Documentary Feature

  • SXSW Film Festival

    World Premiere

You’ll be knocked out.
— NY Times Critic Pick
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Aug
14
7:00 PM19:00

*NEW DATE FRI. 8/14* Backyard Concert Series: Gregg Sullivan

Missing live music? We have a couple of great concerts lined up in our backyard, where there’s plenty of room for social distancing and safe enjoyment!

*Pre-registration, adherence to safety guidelines and masks are required.

*Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating and bug spray (just in case!).

*We will have a cash bar serving a variety of beverages (alcohol & non-alcohol) and packaged snacks. Attendees are invited to bring their own refillable water bottles.

Please note that although we love them too, dogs/pets are not currently permitted at our outdoor events. Thank you for understanding!

DUE TO RAIN, THIS HAS BEEN MOVED TO FRIDAY 8/14.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!

BUY TICKETS HERE FOR GREGG SULLIVAN FRIDAY 8/14

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2020 Wellfleet Youth Film Festival
Jun
19
to Jun 22

2020 Wellfleet Youth Film Festival

As our 1st annual Wellfleet Youth Film Festival comes to a close, we want to thank all the participants once again for making if such a fun event! We hope you all continue to make films, and those of you still between 8 -18 next year - we hope to see you again!

And now….. the Awards Presentation!

FESTIVAL PROGRAM


- Festival Introduction -

FIRST HALF
Arm & Hammer Advertisement
by Griffin Soderberg
Misunderstood Masterpiece by Rauliz Paez
Duck Duck Goose by Nick Terranova
The Benefits of High School Sports for Girls by Margaret Dickson
Masked by Felix Gualtieri
At Peace by Kiki DeMelo
Clean and Safe Drinking Water by Isabel Merl
Life of a Vapor by Carter Rotcavich
Double Vida by Sharleny Gonzalez
The Night Of The Living Bear by Brooklyn Gonzalez
The Covid Blues by Meredith Gellman
Audio Waves by Jake Srebnick
Everyday by Maya Abel

- Intermission -

SECOND HALF
The Blue Samurai by Thomas Schultze
Adequate by Joseph Costanzo
The Shadow by Max Smiley
Robotics/Classes Building the Future by Thomas Schultze
Home by Kyleigh Shelley
The Benefits of playing High School Sports by Finn Riley
*Vaping: An Epidemic by Jack Fabiano
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Dirty Laundry by Lucien Beber-Turkel
What is Beauty? by Leah Baker
*Sketch by Brianna Brann
The Boys by Artie O’Neill

- Closing Remarks -

AWARDS PRESENTATION SUNDAY AT 5PM! *check back here for the link*
Five awards will be announced:

*Best Animated Short

*Best Music Video

*Best Documentary Short

*Best Narrative Short

*Best of Festival

Wellfleet Preservation Hall would like to thank the Harvey and Pamela Charitable Fund for their support of this project, and the Mass Cultural Council.

This festival was produced by the WPH staff, Susie Nielsen (Graphics and Design), Joe Ferreira (Submissions Review & Festival Programming), and Marin Misoda/MySoda Productions (Program Production, Technical Assistance).

Thanks to all who made this possible and to all the youths who participated!

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Free As a Bird: Community Birdhouse & Garden Art Project
Apr
20
to Apr 24

Free As a Bird: Community Birdhouse & Garden Art Project

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We’re sorry folks, the response to this program was so wonderfully big that we ran out of birdhouses…twice! If you’d still like to get one you can purchase directly from the Mill Stores in Harwich or Dennis Port. Reach out to them HERE for more info. Thank you for your interest and support. Stay well, everyone!

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Feeling a little housebound, bored, uninspired, slightly tortured by having to think up yet another activity you can do at home alone or with your kids?

We have just the remedy- design or build a birdhouse !

For several years our annual Birdhouse & Garden party got the creative juices flowing all around town and we decided this was a great time to offer that opportunity to all our friends & families.

We have ‘blank’ birdhouses galore, ready for your unique design, embellishment & flourish.

We hope this creates a chance for you to unwind and unleash some of that exuberant spirit that defines our community.

Of course we encourage you to go far beyond the blank template, add found objects from treasured beach hikes or strolls through the woods. Start from scratch if you choose or maybe add an old slate tile from the Hall. Or use up some of that recycling that is piling up. Don't limit yourself to Birdhouses, dream up other garden art as well.

As you create, we’d love to see some images of your process and of course the finished pieces.

You can send those along to vanessa@wellfleetpreservationhall.org

Whatever you & yours create, they are yours to keep, give away or return to the Hall for display. We hope we can celebrate soon with everyone but in the meantime, please stop by and pick up a birdhouse or two and know that we are always celebrating each of you - our friends & families - at the Hall.

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