Cape Cod Things To Do

The 2021 lighting of the Pilgrim Monument will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday in a virtual event that will be livestreamed.

Provincetown community encouraged to get 'loud' as Pilgrim Monument is lit Nov. 11 The annual Pilgrim Monument lighting for the holiday season will take place virtually this year, and again happens two weeks earlier than in the past.

Here are some ideas for fall and winter reading on Cape Cod!

8 new books by 5 Cape Cod authors to read this fall, plus 1 superstar preview New books by local authors look at family, history (from 9/11 to less-known stories), poetry, gay romance, and a new novel from Jacquelyn Mitchard.

Actors at two Cape Cod community theaters will this weekend be singing the same tunes as actors at thousands of other theaters around the world.

Theater is back! Two Cape companies stage musical revues for global reopening celebration The Barnstable Comedy Club and Academy of Performing Arts in Orleans are among more than 2,500 theaters worldwide taking part in "All Together Now!"

Fall is the perfect season to explore Cape Cod--here are some great events!

Festivals, art, scandal & body-snatching: 13 top things to do Oct. 8-14 This week's highlights include festivals for fall and cranberries; history lectures; art displays; a jazz concert and a documentary screening.

What song makes you groan every time it unexpectedly pops up within listening range? Chances are it’s on the set list for “Muskrat Love” at the Cotuit Center for the Arts.

Is 'Copacabana' the worst? 'Sugar, Sugar'? 'Muskrat Love' spotlights songs 'we hate to love' What song makes you groan every time it unexpectedly pops up within listening range? Chances are it’s on the set list for “Muskrat Love" in Cotuit.

It's a great time of year for fun on Cape Cod--check out these events and make a plan!

Witches, pumpkins, shipwrecks & Oktoberfest: 12 top things to do Oct. 1-7 Week's highlights include an Oktoberfest celebration, a film festival, a concert, fundraising events, talks of shipwrecks and ghosts, and pumpkins.

Photos from a great parade in Harwich!

Photo gallery: Harwich Hometown Parade The Harwich Hometown Parade was held Sunday after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A road trip to pick apples is one of the great pleasures of fall!

It's apple picking season. Here are 24 orchards to check out around New England. New England is known for its abundance of apple orchards, many of which are multigenerational farms that receive national attention annually.

See a great show on Cape Cod!

Musicals & Shakespeare: 5 ideas for Cape Cod theater shows to watch this week Three theater reviews and two previews of musicals about nuns, romance and Linda Ronstadt, plus twisted Shakespeare and a Broadway/radio star.

For subscribers: Read about a delicious fundraiser that brought in thousands of dollars and raised awareness on Cape Cod for the cancer support group Family Reach.

Cape Cod restaurants: Ocean House chef Tom Woods cooks Pan Asian, with some help from Ming Tsai The chef at the Ocean House offers a largely Pan Asian menu with water view and recently hosted his mentor, celebrity chef Ming Tsai, at a fundraiser.

Cotuit Center for the Arts will host “Piano Men” for a string of Elton John and Billy Joel tribute shows through Sept. 5.

'Timeless music': Cotuit center's 'Piano Men' spotlights Billy Joel, Elton John tunes Anthony Teixeira as Billy Joel and John Connelly as Elton John will perform hits by the "piano men" backed by an "all-star band" for the tribute show.

For subscribers: We profile The Buffalo Jump restaurant in East Falmouth, where the menu changes daily, in part to make use of whichever crops are abundant that day at Coonamessett Farm

Cape Cod restaurants: Get the 'jump' on a relaxing lunch at a farm The daily menu at The Buffalo Jump is determined by what food is being picked at Coonamessett Farm in East Falmouth.