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Osterville's history haven
marks 75th birthday
Sunday's free open
house a gift to the
community
By Brad Lynch
arts@barnstablepatriot.com
BRAD LYNCH PHOTO
ANNIVERSARY COMING UP -Sue McGarry,
executive director of the Osterville
HistoricalSociety,looksforward toa banner
year as the organization turns 75. She's
seen here with part of a collection of 19th
century fans.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
SHIPSHAPE STEMS - Members of the
Osterville Garden Club spruce up the
flower gardens for the Osterville Historical
Society's 75,h anniversary.
It'sjust 75 years -a short span in the
life of a community that dates back to
the Pilgrims-since year 'rounders and
summerfolk established their very own
Osterville Historical Society.
This happened in November 1931,
when six village residents - Minnie
Allen, Dr. Fritz Talbot, J.M. Leonard,
Margerie and Genieve Leonard , and
Sarah Boult had the idea and the will
to make it happen.
The historical society, truly a go-
ing concern , now encompasses six
historic buildings on a two-acre tract
at West Bay and Parker roads abut-
ting the Wianno Golf Course as it
slopes toward the sea.
In a part of the world that favors
historical societies , Osterville 's is
particularly successful as a relevant
attraction with good ideas, creative
planning, strong community support
and the usual artifacts one can expect
to find in a local museum, plus one
special asset that vaults it high as a
favorite place to visit.
That attraction isthe boats and their
nautical gear. Prized exhibits are boat
building workshops, half models and
tools as employed and made famous
by Osterville's first family, the Cros-
bys, with its several branches and its
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Landscapes devoid of man
but full of inspiration
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Rick Fleury makes
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CCMA show
By Britt Beedenbender •
arts@barnstablepatriot.com
FAITH
, HOPE AND HAPPINESS- Rick
Fleury's triptych depicts an artistic
journey reflected in other works at his
Cape Museum of Art exhibition.
"There are days which occur in
this climate at almost any season of
the year, wherein the world reaches
its perfection , when the air, the heav-
enly bodies and the earth, make a
harmony. "
Those lines , taken from Ralph
Waldo Emerson's Nature (1844), were
how Provincetown artist Rick Fleury
greeted a small group of visitors with
whom he shared his passion for land-
scape and the search for truth through
his art. The gallery talk last week at
the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis
was presented in conjunction with the
exhibition, "CoastalViews,"aselection
of oil paintings that Fleury created
over the past six months.
A self-taught artist who came to
painting only 10 years ago, Fleury at-
tributes his "search for the facts" to
his previous career as ajournalist. To
"capture the essence of the moment,"
he visitsthe same place "time and time
again...to know the exact time that I
want to be there." He chooses as his
subjects the coastal and marsh areas
of Wellfleet , Truro and Provincetown,
focusing primarily on that "moment
of astonishment" when sky and water
meet. Within these subjects he reveals
such ephemeral moments as the sun
piercing a cloud, its rays illuminating a
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U OnhieBy NicholasSmith
arts@barnstablepatriot.com
WRITER'S NOTE: Beware. Use caution before proceed-
ing. You are about to enter the inner-workings of a mind
that has been exposed to many hours of delicate thought
about music. Such thought may not be easy for the musi-
calfaint of heart to digest. Please let the record show that
you've been appropriately forewarned.
It was recently brought to my attention that the vast
majority of Barnstable Patriot readers are a bit older
than myself, somewhere along the lines of two times and
a decade older, to be specific.
This information came to me by way of innocent con-
versation and as far as I know was in no way attempting
to underminethe topics of my columns on music.
Of course it's alwayspossible that innocent conversa-
tion hasulterior motive. Can't you seeit... random Patriot
reader meetsmusiccolumnistand decidestoplay asubtle
game of "Let's rock this kid's boat."
The gamebeginswiththe reader casuallycommenting,
"Oh yeah, you didn't know? The average Patriotreader's
age is well into their 60s."
Music columnist'stranslation of casualcomment,"Hey
kid, hint, hint, they're not interested in the same music
you're interested in."
Sound like an over-activeimagination? Well... perhaps
you're right, but I've never met a writer without a special
abilityto ruminateendlesslyabout the meaningofwords,
the meaning of innocent conversations, and the alleged
motives of the like. It's a dog's world, ain't it? Sit, stay,
and fetch ... never any questions there.
So what's a writer to do? Conform his musical writ-
ingsto his ownperception of what he thinks the average
wise-aged Cape Codder might listen to - a once virile
curiosity in cutting edge sonic beauty dulled by visions
of what was popular decades ago -or simply plod on as
usual, insisting that the musical artists recommended
henceforth are well worth the price of a$15 compact disc
and equally valuable in terms of time spent listening to
said music?
Perhaps that'stoolawyerly.One moretry:should Ithink
about the musicalopinions of those who read the column
or simplywrite about myown musicalopinions and hope
for the best? Holy mackerel, what a conundrum. How
wouldPlato approach thisdeeply philosophicaldilemma?
Let's be serious, Plato wouldn't waste his time.
So here goes a quick-fix solution, a duct tape and WD-
40 approach to problem solving...
The music you'll find in this column is darn tootin'
good, alwaysmusical, always capable of throwing a fresh
perspective on even the dreariest of moods,and for crying
out loud, contains some iron clad investment advice on
the best wayto spend $15and 1hr.on any particular day.
That's regardless of age and taste and opinion.
Perhaps age and place and opinion have no place in
music. Think about it for a second...the ageless possi-
bilities, the young and wiser in a musical co-existence, a
harmony of generations free from the fetters of what we
like and what we don't like.
Good music needs no perquisites. Good music needs
only to be listened to and enjoyed.
Withallthat said,I'm sittinghere on arainyday,scratch-
ing my head, wondering what recently released music
falls into the category of good and timeless and free from
perquisites, when it hits me like a mosquito on a Route
6 eastbound windshield - the point is to listen to music,
who cares if it's good or bad or indifferent or any other
combination of adjectives usually assigned to music.
How 'bout a column written in support of everything
that fallsunder the grand musicalumbrella? A celebratory
rant and rave about how great musicis, how lucky we are
for being able to listen to music, and how petty musical
review can be, especially when assigned age groups.
•So let's set the record straight once and for all. Music
isfor everybody. Music is inside of us. It breathes within
us. It's the way we hear the world around us, the inher-
ent rhythms of nature and machine. Music can change
our minds about things; make us want to shake our
hips and smile. Some of us even feel the need to sing
along to music, or play alongto music, even though our
accompanying sounds are hardly musical. Music can
help us through difficult times and make good times
that much better.
Music, with allits genres and styles and differences, is
as diverse asthe people of the world. Music is areflection
of that world. And we're all damn lucky to have music.
Agreed?
Now go put on a CD or a tape or a record or sing to
yourself or tap your fingers on the kitchen counter and
be happy that music is part of
your life.
^
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It's a beautiful life, isn't it? Y| I)
Take a CapeTreks CD tour for a spin
Chatham audio guide
a relaxed way to see
and learn
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatnot com
If you find yourself at a visitor cen-
ter on Interstate 90 in South Dakota,
you should consider picking up an
audio tour of the state narrated by
the booming voice of a former CBS
newsman.His faithful companionship
makesthe long stretches of pavement
less dreary.
Could such a recorded tour work
along the twisting lanes of Chatham,
where strollers, cyclists and other
motorists pose challenges to the
most alert operators? If your CD
player has a good "Pause" function ,
the answer is yes.
Cape Cod Internet Radio has pro-
duced two Cape Treks, one for Cha-
tham and the other for Wellfleet and
Eastham. We test-drove the former
Monday afternoon, just before lum-
i
ber stores had a run on ark-building
materials.
The CD's first advantage is Tom
Tracy's warm and relaxed narration.
Tracy makes no attempt to sound like
an Old Comer, nor is there the faint-
est hint of a commercial "Hey there!"
in his voice. After
listening to him
for an hour, you'll
believe he could
talk you through
performing open-
heart surgery or
landing a 747.
Tracy, who dou-
bles as producer
of the seriescreat-
ed by Chatham's
Tony Raine, sets
some rules as the
CD starts spin-
ning in the town
office parking lot:
travel at 20 to 25
mph on village
streets and 30 to
35 mph on Route
28. Be courteous
to other motor-
ists, and hit the pause button as
necessary.
The tour sticks to the eastern pre-
cincts of Chatham, eschewing the
long roads to its southern beaches
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