to the outsider inside us all
MISSING TIME explores what slips through the cracks of memory, history, and perception. In Provincetown—the last stop on the map, where the land itself erodes back into the sea—we look at absence as a form of evidence. The festival asks what happens when moments disappear, when a place forgets its own stories, and when artists try to reassemble the fragments. Missing Time is not about nostalgia but about the psychic static that occurs between what was and what might have been.
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May 8 – May 11, 2025 (Thurs-Sun)
We have a story to tell and the world needs to hear it!
Situated on the ancient lands of the Wampanoag Tribe – People of the First Light, this colonized frontier town and whaling port lured disparate visitors streaming in from all corners of the world: Newfoundland, fisher folk, Portuguese sailors from the Azores Islands, whaling crew from the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands. Not to mention, oddballs and misfits who made it here before the railroad in 1873, wanderers and wealthy visitors seeking the historic roots of our young democracy, and then, Bohemians.
The Motherlode of all music libraries. From the David Bieber Archives at the Norwood Space Center, it's Motherlode Radio.
“Boston’s most intense underground dwelling… that subterranean cavern of lurid vice and glamour known as the Rat… Oedipus - Live At the Rat – September, 1976
In 1974, Kenmore Square doorman Jim Harold got his hooks into a real estate deal that would see the 260-seat college bar, TJ’s, transform into the Rathskeller, which in turn would serve as the iconic Boston headquarters for the punk/new wave revolution and set the stage for legendary international, national and local musical performances. The Rat would become synonymous with urban punk legends and their universal elements of style, including safety pins, stale beer, vomit, and revolting latrines.
PRIDE (Noun)
1. A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements.
There is no shame in feeling emboldened, accomplished or victorious, even if such moments occur on a battlefield when the end result is not guaranteed and there are likely more challenges ahead. We (in the LGBTQ+ communities and our allies) feel the approaching storm again. This particular moment in our country’s history is growing darker and more insidious: a removal of civil rights from people who have enjoyed and employed their legal freedom for many years.
