Cape Cod Wave

06/10/2025

New movie column by Tim Miller.
Tim is co-director of the Waves of Change Arts Festival at Cape Cod Community College from Wednesday, October 8 to Friday, October 10.
Tim is overseeing the film festival. He picked the films that will be screened. https://capecodwave.com/college-fest-to-show-movies-that-fight-the-good-fight-play-it-again-tim/

05/10/2025

SUNDAY MORNING LONGFORM: "Are We Winning? In Our Summer Paradise, Summer is Warmer & Longer"
The change is unmistakable over the last 20 years or so. Our summers are getting warmer and lasting longer, which is mostly good news for this summer paradise.
We talked with WCVB meteorologist Mike Wankum, a climatologist at Cornell University, Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Niedzwieki, a fishing guide and others.
As Niedzwieki said, “It is a big deal if we define it as a change that is having a fundamental positive impact on the economy of the Cape.”
https://capecodwave.com/are-we-winning-in-our-summer-paradise-summer-is-warmer-longer/

22/09/2025

Benjamin Lee Patterson, formerly of the Brothers Rye, has a new band and a new album coming soon.
Here is a great new song from that album from one of our favorite songwriters, "On The Fire" https://capecodwave.com/bl-the-small-motors-on-the-fire-music-video/

19/09/2025

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16/09/2025

It was a great day for a hike at South Cape Beach in Mashpee - SLIDE SHOW https://capecodwave.com/south-cape-beach-mashpee-slide-show/

07/09/2025

SUNDAY LONGFORM: "Julia Salinger; Artist, Actress, Poet & More - A Profile."
Cape Cod Wave has written long profiles of some of the most important and interesting people on Cape Cod - politicians, musicians, artists, surfers and more.
Here is a profile, from January 2020, of a very interesting creative force on the Outer Cape - Julia Salinger.

WELLFLEET - “I don’t know the inside of Julia’s mind,” said Sky Freyss-Cole, a friend of artist Julia Salinger, ”but I feel like it’s this wild and fantastic place.” With a shock of gray hair that is almost always publicly adorned with some kind of ornamental headdress, Salinger, at 5....

30/08/2025

Dangerous Waves & Land Surfing At The Cape Cod Oldtimers Longboard Surfing Classic - VIDEO with music by The Grab Brothers.
https://capecodwave.com/dangerous-waves-land-surfing-at-the-oldtimers-longboard-surfing-classic-video/

27/08/2025

Here is a mashup music VIDEO of some of the acts from Saturday's Wellfleet Porchfest. https://capecodwave.com/wellfleet-porchfest-2025-mashup-music-video/

24/08/2025

It's the best day of the summer: the day of the Cape Cod Oldtimers Longboard Surfing Classic.
Here is our VIDEO of it from 2023 with music by the late, great Bruce Maclean.
https://capecodwave.com/a-beach-full-of-stoke-oldtimers-longboard-surfing-classic-2023-video-music-by-bruce-maclean/

20/08/2025

ICYMI - NEW LONGFORM STORY: “As ICE Acts on Cape Cod, Locals react.”
What is going on with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tactics on Cape Cod, and how are local officials and activists reacting?
For this story, Cape Cod Wave talked with U.S. Congressman William Keating(D-MA), Barnstable Country Sheriff Donna Buckley, state Senator Julian Cyr (D-Cape & Islands), Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Niedzwiecki, and three activists involved in immigration services on Cape Cod.
It is a 17-minute read.
https://capecodwave.com/frozen-out-as-ice-acts-on-cape-cod-locals-react/

19/08/2025

NEW LONGFORM STORY: “As ICE Acts on Cape Cod, Locals react.”
What is going on with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tactics on Cape Cod, and how are local officials and activists reacting?
For this story, Cape Cod Wave talked with U.S. Congressman William Keating(D-MA), Barnstable Country Sheriff Donna Buckley, state Senator Julian Cyr (D-Cape & Islands), Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Niedzwiecki, and three activists involved in immigration services on Cape Cod.
It is a 17-minute read.
https://capecodwave.com/frozen-out-as-ice-acts-on-cape-cod-locals-react/

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19/08/2025

This Thursday is the Provincetown Carnival Parade.
Here is a short documentary VIDEO capturing the always joyful spirit of Carnival.
This is from the 2018 Carnival accompanied by a great song, "Ptown Pants" by Out Late with Diana Di Gioia. https://capecodwave.com/provincetown-carnival-2018-music-by-out-late-with-diana-di-gioia/