Notes from Land's End: Nov. 21

Giving Thanks, Provincetown Style

By Laura Shabott

November 22nd, 2011

Today’s Provincetown Thanksgiving traditions aren’t really all that different from the Pilgrim’s first time to Land’s End. Visitors arrive ready to eat and drink, check out the native haunts, get new clothes, acquire treasures and then leave for Plymouth (and beyond). There’s something for everybody this holiday, with tons to do day-to-night.

There’s something for everybody this holiday, with tons to do day-to-night.

Free parking makes it easy to come on down and join us for the Lighting of the Monument, an annual tradition at PMPM, High Pole Hill, Wednesday, November 23rd, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Cookies, Cider, friends and LIGHTS! Lots of bars and restaurants are open for a pre-holiday crawl along Commercial Street afterwards.

On Thanksgiving Day, there are lovely places to have a delicious meal: The Mews (429) and Bistro at Crowne Pointe (82 Bradford) are offering special Thanksgiving Dinners. Reservations are strongly suggested.

Everyone is welcome at the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP), United Methodist Church, 20 Shank Painter Road, for a Thanksgiving meal, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is a loving place for nourishment of the soul, the spirit and the belly. Don’t be alone this holiday when you can be among friends in our community. Donations are welcome.

02657 has its own version of Black Friday, with two Arts and Crafts Fairs, both from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(ish), Friday/Saturday, at the UU Church and Provincetown Town Hall. Buy work from local artisans and shop Commercial Street for 50% off sales galore.

Party till you drop all weekend long at the A-House, Purgatory, and Crown and Anchor. Thanksgiving night, “Karaoke and Dance That Stuffing Away” from 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the A-House, 4-6 Masonic Avenue, will be a riot. Friday, 11/25, brings the PBG Casino Night at the Crown and Anchor. A no-cover event, from 8:00 p.m. to Midnight, you can place your bets and be a winner at the Blackjack table, Roulette or the Money Wheel.

Join Julian Popko and his family for the Lobster Pot Tree Lighting, 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., in Lopes Square, now a town tradition.

Afterwards, strip down to your tighty-whities, boxers or briefs at Purgatory’s Underwear Party at the Gifford House. Believe me; lots of people, of all shapes and sizes, attend this event. Don’t be shy! Shake your booty Saturday night, 11/26, 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Maybe you want to keep your clothes on and head toThe First Encounter Coffeehouse in Eastham, for a delightful evening with Zoe Lewis, Saturday, starting at 8:00 p.m.

We hope that you join us in Provincetown this Thanksgiving, but wherever you are, enjoy!

“Notes from Lands End”, by artistic bon vivant Laura Shabott, is a weekly account of the people, places and events that make our town so special.

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