Notes from Land's End: Jan. 3

2012 Predictions

By Laura Shabott
January 3rd, 2012 


2012. Here it is: The year that Mayans, Seekers, Spiritualists, Naysayers and Nostradamus groupies all say is the end of the world.


What-ev-er. Negative thinking is, just, so last year.


Here are my positively divine predictions for Provincetown in 2012:


1. Record numbers will attend Jay Critchley’s eclectically cleansing 29th Re-rooters Day Ceremony on Saturday, January 7th, at 4pm across from the Harbor Hotel along the beach on Route 6A. If you’ve never attended, this remarkable ritual allows attendees to throw something onto a raft with a burning Christmas tree, as a symbol of letting go, and watch it go out to sea. Free and freeing! Also, the creator of the Swim for Life, this diverse conceptual artist is an icon.

2. Winter locals will actually leave their houses after dark and go to a free (or very inexpensive) movie. There are wonderful film series at the PAAM, Provincetown Library, Harbor Hotel’s Whalers Loungeand vintage black and white film collector Brad Moore’s Benefit at WOMR. The Provincetown Film Society has a robust schedule of year-round cinema at Whalers Wharf as it fundraises to renovate the space and prepare for PIFF 2012. 


3. A huge growth in last-minute bookings in travel and hospitality. This Tourism Industry Blog prediction bodes well for Provincetown. With its accommodating nature and accessibility by plane, ferry and car, day trippers and urban dwellers seeking the beach can wake up in the morning, decide to visit and be having lunch along Commercial Street by Noon. Expect a marked increase in walk-in guests with spontaneity being a vacation trend for 2012. 
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