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I know….it must be  a slow news day if this item is big, BUT if you have been among those of us waiting interminably for the old Christy’s to reopen,  yesterday was a red letter day!  After over a year of construction shrouded in mystery, the new CAPE COD FARMS opened yesterday (not sure about that name as not a tomato in sight….)  on the corner of Route 6A and Old Bass River Rd. here in the Village.  No longer must we head to East Dennis or Yarmouth Port to gas up – we now have our very own station PLUS a convenience store right here in the Village.  The design is attractive and in keeping with the historic nature of the “northside” so all in all, a great new addition to our Village life!  P.S.  $3.49 per gallon………and no FULL SERVE.

Every year at this time various Cape Cod villages go all out with their annual Christmas Strolls  – and it is worth the trip here to experience them!!  No one does Christmas like Cape Cod – right out of Currier and Ives

Here  are a few highlights in the Mid-cape area:

Sunday December 4:

BREWSTER FOR THE HOLIDAYS – 2:00 P.M. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History – Family Party! Santa, story telling, exhibits, music crafts.    Tree and Windmill lighting Friday at 4 in Drummer Boy Park !

YARMOUTH PORT CHRISTMAS STROLL 1-4 p.m.  Businesses, restaurants and residents are decorated for the holidays along Route 6A.  Treats and music of the season!  Tree lighting on  the common at 4:15 p.m.

CHATHAM CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA  – Events kick off with Santa’s arrival at the Fish Pier, Shore Rd. followed by Chatham Town Band and an evening of dinner and dancing at Chatham Bars Inn.

Sunday, December 11:

DENNIS VILLAGE CHRISTMAS STROLL – 1-4 p.m.  The Village is transformed into a winter wonderland, with Santa AND Mrs. Claus and the not-to-be-missed annual craft fair at the Dennis Memorial Library.  And don’t forget to visit us here at Lomenzo Properties for a sprig of FRESH MISTLETOE!

Elaine

Great article in Wall Street Journal Weekend a few days ago taking you on a fun, four day tour of the Cape. Reading it made me   consider for a moment taking a few days off to enjoy and explore this incredible  place we get to live….

Elaine

 

 

 

August 13. Dennis Union Church Auction. The much-anticipated auction by Eldred’s Auction. Bazaar with toys, tools, jewelry, furniture and much more! Summer cookout food available throughout. Dennis Village Green , 9-2 (auction begins at 10).  Free admission

August 13.  Alice in Wonderland Tea Party! Join Alice and her friends in the enchanted meadow behind the Yarmouth Port Post Office on Route 6A. Refreshments will be served.  Fancy dress is suggested. Tickets $20 per person, members and their guest $15. Yarmouthport, 2-4 pm. For reservations, call 508-362-3021.

August 15-19. Woodsong Farm pony kids camp! Have a horse-crazy child in your family? Or one that wants to learn about horses? Sign up for this camp and choose from morning or afternoon programs, Monday-Friday, Tuesday & Thursday, or Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Our daughter’s love for riding came from this program many summers ago—we highly recommend it.

August 16.  “Tom Sawyer” at the Harwich Junior Theater. A spectacular rendition of the classic summer tale of childhood and what it means to grow up. Harwich, show times on website.

August 18.  “Sarah’s Key” at the Cape Cinema. Treat yourself to a wonderful theatre-going experience at this fabulous  Cinema.  The riveting film based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay delves deep into the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942 and an American journalist’s ties to a little girl named Sarah. PG-13. Dennis Village. Thursday is final showing, but plays all week.

July 30. Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute Fundraiser. While you’re waiting until 2 pm to get into your rental, hang out at the Dennis Village Bandstand! 50/50 raffle, dunk tank, live music—all for a great cause. 11 am-3 pm, Dennis Village Green on Route 6A

July 30.  Grease anyone? Saturday Night Car Show. Come re-live past generations with the Cape Cod Classic Car Club. Check out over 100 cars, including a 1971 Mach 1 Mustang, a 1936 Ford Panel Truck and a 1928 Ford Model A T-Bucket. Enjoy oldies music. FREE. Patriot Square, South Dennis (in the top parking lot of Stop and Shop). 5 pm- dusk

July 31. Dennis Conservation Trust Auction.  A terrific annual  fundraising evening full of fabulous food, spirited refreshments, and live and silent bidding.  John Terrio is the comical and boisterous auctioneer!  $60 in advance, $65 at the door. The Sea View, Dennisport. 5 pm.  www.dennisconservationtrust.org/auction/auction2011.htm

August 1-4. Adam Sandler and the Green Monster—can’t get any better!  Although the exact day is not yet known, Adam Sandler, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon and Andy Samberg will be filming scenes for their new movie at Chapin Beach in Dennis, as well as at the Wychmere Harbor Club in Harwich. Production crews have started creating an imitation Fenway Green Monster at the baseball field at Wixon Middle School for other scenes.  Don’t miss a celebrity sighting! Chapin Beach in Dennis Village, Wychmere Harbor Club in Harwich, Wixon Middle School on Rt 134 in East Dennis. FREE. days to be announced

August 3. Xanadu re-done! The Cape Rep Theatre presents the 2007 musical based on the 1980 favorite starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. Complete with legwarmers, roller-skating, and a romance between a mortal and demi-god. $30-$35. Brewster, 7 pm. www.caperep.org

As summer visitors start to descend on our shores, I am starting a weekly list of Things to Do on Cape Cod, focusing on the Mid-Cape area.   Every Friday, I will list the TOP FIVE HAPPENINGS in our general area.  This will not be an exhaustive list by any means, just the top five things I would do if I wasn’t working all the time!      Sometimes events in other Villages will be worth crossing town lines for, but NEVER will I take you over  the  Bridge!  So have fun and you might want to subscribe to our RSS feed for  weekly updates throughout the summer.

CAPE HAPPENINGS

Week of June 10 – June 16

June 10 – First Y-D RED SOX BASEBALL GAME vs. Bourne.  AWAY.  Free.  5:00 p.m. Y-D Red Sox

June 11 – 10:30 a.m.  Walking Tour of Historic Quivett Neck.  Free.  Jacob Sears Library, East Dennis jacobsearslibrary.org

June 11 – Noon to 4 p.m.  Strawberry Festival @ Orleans Historical Society.  Good Family Fun  $5!  orleansimprovement.org

June 12 – Noon to 4 p.m.  Animal Rescue League of Boston PAWS FOR CELEBRATION.  Scenic Beach Walk with your dog  led by Dennis’ own Chris Lambton (The Bachelor!)  Drummer Boy Park on Route 6A in Brewster.  Fundraiser for arlboston.org

June 12 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.  10th Annual Sheep Festival at Taylor Bray Farm in Yarmouth Port.  $5 parking donation. taylorbrayfarm.org

Did you know that Cape Cod has more theatres than off-Broadway at the moment? So says, Nina Schuessler, artistic director of the Harwich Junior Theater, a strong supporter of the move afoot to have the tourst industry see Cape Cod not just as a summer resort, but a cultural destination as well. The recent hiring of a new executive director for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is a big step in the right direction. Kevin Howard’s goal is to have the world beyond the Sagamore Bridge view the Cape as THE place to go to experience creativity in all its forms. We who live and work here are all for extending our tourist base and the season as well. Think about it – arts and culture are not dependent on sunny beach days! Promoting the arts will attract a new audience to our glorious shores and enliven the arts economy as well. We wish Kevin Howard well in his endeavor to nurture and market the Cape’s artistic communities and put Cape Cod on the cultural destination map!

This Sunday, December 12th, Dennis Village will host its annual Christmas Stroll! All day the Village is decked out for the holidays, offering all manner of treats and events. Don’t miss the Food Festivalon the Village green (near the Bandstand) for food sampling from our local restaurants, like Blue Moon and Dennis Inn. All day there will be hayrides around the Village and trolley rides as well! Music will be provided by local choral groups, including Susan Linton singing “Christmas Eve on Cape Cod” in the Village green at 1:00 p.m. And what is a Christmas Stroll without SANTA, who will be presiding over breakfast from 8-11 at Carlton Hall.

We here at Lomenzo Properties will be giving away FREE MISTLETOE so please come by and say hello!

Elaine

In the heart of Dennis Village, tucked away behind Main Street,  is an absolute gem known as the CAPE COD CENTER FOR THE ARTS. This cultural hub consisting of 20 acres is home to The Cape Playhouse, The Cape Cinema and  The Cape Cod Museum of Art. How lucky are we??!

The Playhouse’ summer stock season began this week featuring TEA AT FIVE with Stephanie Zimbalist in the lead of this bioplay about Katherine Hepburn (saw it on Broadway with Kate Mulgrew – really great.)  Lots of great plays coming up, including GREY GARDENS (also saw this one on Broadway and loved it.)  The Cinema features foreign-type films (no Avatar playing here!!) and is a very special cinema-going experience with it’s extra wide seats and, of course, the fantastic Roger Kent mural on the ceiling. ( They occasionally have live shows  like this past April when they featured an indie rock group that was holed up  in Dennis to rehearse for the upcoming Coachella Music Festival in CA. )  The Museum itself is a real treasure, exhibiting the art of outstanding artists and offering art classes for children and adults throughout the year, with special programs in the summer months.  All in all, a very fine cultural center supporting the arts on Cape Cod – and we’re so fortunate to have it right here in Dennis!

Click here for my previous post on #1  of  The Top Ten Things we Love about Dennis

Here we go again!  Massachusetts is about to make history once again, this time with the first offshore wind farm in the nation.

Secretary of the  Interior Ken Salazar announced this afternoon that  the Cape Wind  Project, ten years in the making, has been been given the “thumbs up”.  The government has accepted the proposal with modifications  to include:  a reduction in the size of the turbines from 170′ down to 130′; requiring the developer to conduct additional marine surveys to address the impact on Nantucket Sound and to take  ”other steps” to make the turbines less visible from the shore.

As stated in my previous post on this subject,  local Wampanoag  tribes are among those strongly opposed to the wind farm, in their case because of  the location  in what they term “sacred waters”. We will soon see if they make good on their announced intention to pursue legal action to stop the project from going forward. 

Ted Kennedy is undoubtedly turning over in his grave.

Elaine