In Pursuit of Perfection: A Bird Carver Has To Take His Time
Eric Kaiser started wood carving for a simple reason: he wanted a creative challenge. He decided to focus on one subject only, over and over. Birds. T...
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Creative Life offers an audio tour of arts, culture, and inspiration on Cape Cod, the Islands, and the South Coast. Our region is rich with creative diversity, and so are the stories we tell. Creative Life airs every second Monday on WCAI, the local NPR station for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast.. Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison.
Fado is Life
New Bedford is well-known for its vibrant Portuguese cultural scene; more than half of its residents claim Portuguese ancestry. What’s less well-known...
Hip Hop and History Team Up in New Bedford
The Youth Ambassador Program ( YAP ) is a project between the National Park Service, and Third Eye Youth Empowerment in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Fo...
When Knitting Can Help Untangle Addiction
Kaycee Snowden and her mom Laurel have a lot in common. They are both natives of the Cape, they both love making things, and they both battled alcohol...
Avoiding the Picturesque: Woodcuts Reveal the Rough, the Rust, the Low Tide of Cape Cod Life
Growing up on the Cape, Jane Fay Baker developed an eye for objects and creatures that might otherwise go unnoticed. Later in life, her artwork became...
An Insider's Portraits of New Bedford's Working Waterfront are Heading to the Library of Congress
Phil Mello has been photographing New Bedford’s working waterfront for over 40 years. He started as an amateur, documenting the inner world of the fis...
Theatre Creates a Role and The Actor Takes On A New Life
Cape Cod is a popular place to retire. But for 75-year-old actress and playwright Lynda Sturner, moving to Truro was a chance to start anew. In 2010, ...
Stories Linger in the Detritus of Abandoned Psychiatric Asylums
Brooks Angelini is a Fall River based photographer and artist. The asylums he photographs were shuttered in the 1970s after public outcry regarding pr...
A Mixed Interpretation on the Roots of the Blues
In more ways than one, Mwalim sees himself reflected in blues music. Mwalim is a musician in Mashpee who has a mixed Black and Native heritage. He’s p...
Together, Then Alone: A Wellfleet Artist Grieving and Reinventing a Life
Bob Henry and Selina Trieff came to the Cape to paint in the 1950s. For six decades, they thrived in love and art. Bob’s work has always evoked a worl...