←Past conversationsPast gathering · Provincetown
Stories, songs, and a social imagination.
Writing, journalism, and music came into the same room for a conversation about voice, place, and staying engaged.
WhenApril 21, 2026
WhereProvincetown Commons
Address46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Candace Perry
Candace Perry is a writer, teacher, and social justice activist who holds the audacious hope that writing can change the world. Over fifty of her short plays have been produced in the US and Ireland; her five full length plays have had readings, workshops and productions in New York and Cape Cod theaters; and a dozen of her short plays have been produced online. Her short stories have been published in Ms. Magazine, The Sun, Best of THE SUN, Cape Cod Review, Cape Cod Women, Roanoke Review, and Summer Home Review. She is active in ArtPeaceMakers, the organization that produces the annual Martin Luther King Jr. walk in Wellfleet, and she also serves on the steering committee of the Cape Cod Coalition for Universal Healthcare, a local organization working for Medicare for All in Massachusetts. She is a trustee of the Helltown Players and a member of the Dramatists Guild. More info at candaceperryplaywright.info.
Candy Hammond
Cape Cod journalist, playwright, novelist, social media manager, and public relations professional; host of WOMR Arts Week and collaborator with the Orleans Cultural District.
Frank Poranski
Cape musician for more than twenty-five years, member of Bella Ciao and The Bitter and Broken Men’s Chorus, and artistic director of Pop-Up Practices in the Park.
Making light · together
The conversation continues
One evening.
A continuing practice.
The gathering may be past. The questions—and the community around them—remain alive.
Making Light meets monthly at Provincetown Commons, creating room for honest conversation across creative disciplines. Come with your work, your uncertainty, your experience, or simply your curiosity.
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