Tag Archives: Bear Week

Via press release: Provincetown Bears is saddened to announce the suspension of Bear Week Provincetown 2020. Members of our board have watched the rampant developments of the coronavirus pandemic and we believe that it is not advisable for us to host the crowded parties this summer that are the hallmark of Bear Week. Although we are suspending the events scheduled …

Bear Week is almost upon us so here’s a bit of wildlife news from Cape Cod: An influx of great white shark sightings has residents and tourists worried about potential encounters in the water, especially during the heart of summer. Senior Fisheries Biologist Dr. Greg Skomal told ABC News the increase in the great white shark population off the Massachusetts …

Interesting dig at the Boatslip at the end. UPDATE: The video has been pulled already. Hmm. UPDATE II: And it’s back.

I know almost nothing about flowers, but it’s hard to miss that hydrangeas can be seen in the front of every other Provincetown house. That’s probably why there’s such a thing as the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, which is happening right now during Bear Week.

The best lobster roll in town.

If you’re in Provincetown, tonight my pal Wayne Hoffman will be reading from his new book, An Older Man, which I read on the train ride up here. Recommended!

New York City’s legendary Furball is in Provincetown for Bear Week. Doors open at 9PM tomorrow night at the Boatslip. And if you see me at the Boatslip this afternoon, the first five guys who say the magic word get a JMG t-shirt.

Armistead Maupin will perform his show Logical Family next Sunday during Bear Week in Provincetown. In this witty and poignant new stage presentation the legendary author of “Tales of the City” turns a keen eye on his own youthful (and stumbling) search for family, love and authenticity. It’s a tale that leads from a repressive boyhood in North Carolina to …

Via the Fusion Network: Since 1987, The Discovery Channel has gone deep into the ocean to bring us our favorite part of summer: Shark Week. But to celebrate Fusion’s first summer, AM Tonight wanted to try something a little different: Bear Week. We’re not talking about the 600-pound run-for-your-life grizzly bear type, but rather, the subset of gay men who …

The Accidental Bear blogger Mike Enders has posted a gay travel recap of his visit to Provincetown. Just by coincidence, it happened to be Bear Week when he was there. This might not be office-friendly but only because of intermittent beefcakery.

Left to right: Chris Turner, Andy Towle, Michael Goff, Armistead Maupin, some short dude, Brian Sims.

No trip to Provincetown is complete without at least one sighting of the legendary Hat Sisters and tonight I finally ran into them on Commercial Street.

Yesterday was the “Solid Gold” tea dance at the Boatslip, prompting some to don wigs, bellbottoms, and platform shoes. I caught the below two minutes of homo fabulosity during the final song. There was so much joy in the room, I actually got choked up just filming it.

Armistead Maupin’s final Bear Week show is tonight: Author Armistead Maupin returns to the Paramount Room at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown. Ticketholders to AN EVENING WITH ARMISTEAD MAUPIN can expect free-wheeling anecdotes and lively conversation with the audience – as well as a reading from Maupin’s newest book, The Days of Anna Madrigal. The author’s books will be …

Ito, fetch me a sidecar.

Cool, grey, and wet for the second day. At this time last year, the northeast was baking in a triple-digit heat wave. Right now it’s in the low 60s.

There’s also a Little Red in Key West.