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Truro Historical Society and the Center for Coastal Studies presents:

The Hunt for Moby-Dick: a feature-length BBC documentary, written and presented by Philip Hoare, author of The Whale. Filmed over five years, in Provincetown, Nantucket, New Bedford, Western Massachusetts and the Azores, this provocative film examines the story behind the writing of Herman Melville’s extraordinary novel of 1851. Philip Hoare follows in Melville’s footsteps, to ask how the over-arching shape and reality of the whale inspired a great work of literature, and still reflects our modern love for animals which we once exploited. Melville’s book remains a prophetic work, addressing notions of adventure, extinction, evil and good. He wrote of the whale, ‘I know him not, and never will’. The Hunt for Moby-Dick asks, Are we still ignorant of what whales mean to us? And what light can literature shed on the vexed relationship between human and whale.

The screening of the film at the Truro Public Library, May 5 at 6 pm, to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies and the Truro Historical Society, follows and celebrates Provincetown Library’s first-ever marathon reading of Moby-Dick. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Philip Hoare and other contributors. Donations to the Truro Historical Society and the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies are encouraged.
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Truro, MA 02666-0486
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“Wednesday Afternoons at the Cobb” – New This Fall

The Highland House Museum is closed for the 2019 season, but history is still happening … at the COBB ARCHIVE!

Please join us for “Wednesday Afternoons at the Cobb”

COBB ARCHIVE – In the heart of Truro
Hours: Tuesday and Thursdays, 9; 30-12, Wednesdays 1-3:30

Reach out and touch Truro’s past at the Cobb Archive!

Our 2019 Business Sponsors

Thank you to our 2019 Business Sponsors:
Best Friends:
Fanizzi’s Restaurant
Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association (TPRTA)
Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod
Patrons:
Jobi Pottery
Kathleen Nagle, Kinlin Grover
Terra Luna Restaurant
Thomas D Brown, Real Estate Associates
Benefactors:
Ambrose Homes
Montano’s Restaurant
Noelle Scoullar Photography
SeasCape Realty
Friends:
Addison Art Gallery, B, Y & D Insurance
Blackfish Restaurant , Box Lunch
Cape Air, Cape Cod Oil
Captain’s Choice Restaurant, Cape Tip Seafood
Chequessett Chocolate, Cosmos Catering
Days Propane, Dune Crest Hotel
Hopper House Tours, Jam’s Market
Jules Besch Stationers, Kaplansky Insurance
Kyle Takakjian, Pilot, Lois Hirshberg Pottery
Longnook Meadow Farms, Long Point Electric
Marmara Imports, Napi’s Restaurant
Payomet Performing Arts, Ragg Time, LTD
Red Inn, Salty Market,Souza Fishing Corp,
Topside Cottages, Top Mast Resort,
West End Salon and Spa, Whitman House
Yardarm and Pamet Valley Liquors
Please patronize our wonderful business sponsors!

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