2017 THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CAPE COD’S FAVORITE SEASON Discover top spots AND AWESOME EXPERIENCES OUTDOORS • FAMILY FUN • FOOD THE ARTS • NIGHTLIFE • SPORTS PLUS: A calendar of DON’T MISS events and a restaurant guide SummerTimes 2017 | 1 2 | SummerTimes 2017 2017 THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CAPE COD’S FAVORITE SEASON ure, the beaches are the big draw along 24 Movies: a big part of summer fun EDITORS: Patti Bangert Cape Cod’s more than 700 miles of coast- 25 Books: standout programs and much-loved festivals and Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll line. But there’s much more to do here in DESIGNER: Michelle Wallenberg, Center the summer that you won’t want to miss. FAMILY FUN for News and Design Check out the many ways to enjoy the 26 Kids can have loads of fun and learn things, too ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER: Sarea’s glorious outdoors, but also its sports, arts, Kevin Karras nightlife, food and fun. OUT & ABOUT COVER PHOTO: Sunrise at Coast Guard 29 Nightlife: Games? Art? Check it out Beach. Steve Heaslip/ OUTDOORS 30 Craft beers: bastions of brew Cape Cod Times 33 4 Get out on the water Food festivals to whet your appetite 34 5 National Seashore updates Farmers markets: local food 34 6 List of all Cape Cod beaches Top 10 fried clams: readers’ picks 35 7 Top 10 beaches: readers’ picks Restaurant guide: We can’t list them all — 8 Top 10 ponds: readers’ picks but we do have dozens of great places to start 40 8 Top 10 sunsets: readers’ picks Map of Cape Cod 319 Main St., Hyannis, MA 02601 9 The Cape Cod Canal is more than 508-862-1200 a dividing line from the mainland www.capecodtimes.com SPORTS www.capecodonline.com 10 Cape League: 9 fun facts 11 Bicycle rides: best places 12 Golf: 18 bits of info on our local courses 13 Fishing: 3 ways to fi sh Cape Cod 14 Running: On your mark, get set ... 15 Hiking: 10 great spots ARTS 16 JFK 100: Cape Cod celebrates 18 Theater: music, comedy, drama ... 19 Music: This place is hoppin’ 20 The must-have Summer Calendar 22 Fine art goings-on SummerTimes 2017 | 3 4 | SummerTimes 2017 Kayakers paddle down the Her- OUTDOORS ring River in West Harwich. [MERRILY CASSIDY/ So many ways to CAPE COD TIMES] get out on the water By Rachael Devaney “It’s amazing watching a Contributing Writer father and son have a moment as they parasail together,” It’s possible to enjoy a myriad Clarke says. “People of popular ocean and freshwa- don’t forget experiences ter sports available throughout like that and they will Cape Cod, so adrenaline junkies remember their time will have non-stop action this on Cape Cod and the summer. Islands forever.” Whether you get your kicks Whether visitors and Flyboarding allows participants to hover and fly up to 15 feet over by exploring local waters in a locals are looking for a the ocean as they perform flips through the air and into the water. kayak, a stand-up paddle board rush, or want calm, peace [ERIC WILLIAMS/CAPE COD TIMES] (SUP), or you’d rather fly across and tranquility, recreation the ocean at top speed on a jet resources throughout the activities bring beautiful Other area businesses include ski or a power boat, establish- Cape are many. views of the environment, as Outer Cape Sailing in Well- ments throughout the area will well as glimpses of Cape land fleet, which offers daysail and provide “everything under the THE ‘THRILL’ OF WATER SPORTS animals and marine life. sunset charters aboard the sun,” according to Mark Clarke, For people looking for water “People can kick back, relax, sloop named “Syntropical 2;” owner of Martha’s Vineyard sports that pack a high-pow- LOW IMPACT CRUISING enjoy the weather and see new Ship Shops in South Yarmouth, Oceansports. ered punch, they can try their While kayaks, stand-up and exciting sights,” Pogorelc which offers half- and full-day “Whatever it is – boating, jet hand at jet-skiing, water- paddle (SUP) boards, and says. “It’s a great way to get to rentals of 16-, 20- and 22-foot skiing, double tubing, or snor- skiing, parasailing, tubing, canoes are missing a motor, know the beauty of the Cape.” powerboats; and Down Cape keling – we are ready to go” for flyboarding and wake-board- participants can still have fun Charters & Boat Rentals at the the season, he says. ing. These high-adrenaline paddling through the ocean, EXPLORING THE OPEN OCEAN Wequasset Resort & Golf Club And while Clarke feels like interests, which can carry freshwater ponds, or Cape Cod If you’ve never captained a in Harwich, which offers boats traditional boating pastimes like people across freshwater or bays and estuaries. ship before, venturing out into that include its luxury 33-foot day-sailing or sunset-cruising saltwater at top speeds, are And while paddle peddlers the vastness of the Atlantic day sailor, the “Maria.” are always a sure bet to enjoy largely enjoyed with calmer that include Fun Seekers in Ocean can feel daunting and Most businesses encourage the season, there are also new winds and water, according to Wellfleet and Cape Cod Water- overwhelming. groups – both large and small and innovative water-sport fads Clarke. ways in Dennis offer both But lifelong sailors like Jake – to navigate vessels on their – like high-powered flyboard- A spectrum of places offer instruction and equipment at Dewey, owner of All Cape Boat own, providing them with ing – that have captured local both instruction and equip- specific locations, while other Rentals in Hyannis, encour- maps that indicate the best attention. ment, including Martha’s establishments, including Cape ages novice sailors to challenge picnicking and fishing spots. The sport, which can be Vineyard Oceansports, Aqua- Kayaking and Great Marsh themselves and explore the But many locations also offer found at Clarke’s island location Sport Jet Ski and Kayak Rentals Kayak Tours, offer excursions deep blue sea. captain-guided day-sail and in Oak Bluffs, literally allows in West Dennis, Old Silver and two- to three-hour tours “Every single time people sunset tours. participants to hover and fly up Beach Water Sports in Fal- at locations across the Cape. come back from a trip, With freedom and flexibility to 15 feet over the ocean, as they mouth, and Cape Cod Parasail Kayaking has always been they are smiling,” Dewey being the pinnacle of what each perform flips through the air and Jet Ski in South Yarmouth. a fan favorite in the world of says. “Through this kind of establishment offers, Dewey, and into the water. So adventurers can find quick mainstream water sports, but adventure, people find their who launched his business “As an instructor controls the and convenient access to safe Eric Gustafson, owner of Fun confidence and show them- in 2006, anticipates a busy water pressure, riders gradually waters and non-stop fast fun. Seekers, says SUP “is currently selves they can do something summer season in 2017. find their balance points and Even though each location booming.” they never thought they “There’s nothing better levitate,” Clarke says. “They focuses on providing intense “It does require that paddlers could.” than taking a boat out with can do dolphin dives, and dif- experiences and entertain- master their balance and stand Dewey rents out Bowrider friends and family, anchoring ferent tricks – it’s very cool.” ment, businesses like Cape Cod up as they paddle,” he says. and center console-styled up and listening to music, and However families choose to Parasail and Jet Ski also slow “But people get the hang of it Boston Whalers, and 16- to then heading (back) ... to grab take the plunge this summer, things down a bit by offering quickly.” 25-foot motorboat vessels a seafood plate,” he says. “It Clarke, who has catered to banana boat rides. Martha’s Regardless of whether you and pontoon boats, but is reminds everyone why they clients like Jake Gyllenhaal and Vineyard Oceansports also want to hop into a canoe, or just one boat rental agency love the Cape and the open Adam Sandler, says the most offers low-maintenance cruise in your favorite kayak, on Cape Cod that offer locals ocean and I love being able important thing is to “let go” activities like two-hour group Dan Pogorelc, owner of Cape and visitors alike the oppor- to help provide that kind of and make some memories. jet-ski tours. Cod Waterways, says all paddle tunity to sail away for the day. happiness.” SummerTimes 2017 | 5 CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE Revamped amphitheaters add to Seashore gathering space By Mary Ann Bragg “The story here is partner- [email protected] ships,” says Susan Moynihan, the Seashore’s chief of interpretation rom the earliest days and cultural resources. of America, a night- A first-ever Cape Symphony time campfire drew concert last August at the Salt frontiersmen into a Pond amphitheater, to celebrate circle of camaraderie the National Park Service’s and storytelling. 100th anniversary, will serve as So it was with the original a model for this year’s programs. Fcampfire circles of the National At that 2016 concert, 18 princi- Park Service, which became the pal symphony musicians played inspiration for the many outdoor pieces that reflected on nature and Province Lands amphitheater in amphitheaters built in the 1960s. the park service. The goal was to Provincetown was under construction in 1968 and 1969. “To me, the amphitheaters were introduce families to classical music, meant to be a park’s sweet spot to according to artistic director and What’s different at the Salt Pond amphitheater congregate,” Cape Cod National Sea- conductor Jung-Ho Pak.