Jump to Navigation
  • Listen Live
  • On Air Now
  • On Air Schedule
  • Programs
  • Support this station
WHQR
  • Home
  • Programs
    • The Point with Mindy Todd
    • Living Lab
    • Arts and Ideas
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Bird News
    • ...more programs
  • Features
    • A Cape Cod Notebook
    • Weekly Bird Report
    • The Local Food Report
    • Creative Life
    • Commentaries
    • One Species at a Time
    • A Life Remembered
    • Weekend Outlook
    • The Fishing News
  • News
    • WCAI Special Reporting
    • NPR News
    • WCAI Awards
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Staff
    • Submit a PSA
  • Support
    • Ways to Support Us
    • Vehicle Donation
    • Business Sponsorship
    • Business Partners
    • Local Food Chain
    • Circle of Ten

Search form

Now Playing

Loading streams...

Connect with Us

Find us on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

All Content
  • closeNews podcasts
  • Use iTunes
  • Use a different player
RSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Most Active Stories

  • Three Highlights of the 2013 Right Whale Season
  • 1st-time Visitor to Nantucket: Townsend's Warbler
  • Pub Nights 2013
  • New Research Predicts Dramatically Greener Arctic in Near Future
  • Abundant in Early 1900s, an Unusual Fish Returns to Cape Cod Waters
Donate Your Car

Making Music on the Streets of Provincetown

For some musicians, busking – or playing music on the street – is just a first step toward a music career. But for Marcia Mello, it's a life-long dream

  • Making Music on the Streets of Provincetown

    For some musicians, busking – or playing music on the street – is just a first step toward a music career. But for Marcia Mello, it's a life-long dream

  • Abundant in Early 1900s, an Unusual Fish Returns to Cape Cod Waters

    For anglers fixated on the arrival of striped bass, cool temperatures slowed the start of this year's fishing - especially when compared to the last few

  • Kale Rabe: A Local Spring Delicacy

    Most cooks have heard of broccoli rabe. But what about other rabe varieties? This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with growers at the

  • Ptown's Big Yard Sale, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend

    There's plenty happening this weekend. In Chatham, a public art installation opens, giving kids and adults a way to enjoy the idea of sharks. Provincetown

Around the Cape and Islands

Turning the Corner Toward Summer
The week finishes with fine weather - sunshine, temperatures in the mid-60s. Saturday offers clear skies, Sunday should bring some clouds. And...
News Roundup: Mashpee Tribe Unveils Casino Design; Cape to get $120M for Solar Energy; more
On this week's News Roundup, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe unveils its new casino design; an Episcopal priest is suspended for plagiarism; the Cape...
Abundant in Early 1900s, an Unusual Fish Returns to Cape Cod Waters
For anglers fixated on the arrival of striped bass, cool temperatures slowed the start of this year's fishing - especially when compared to the...
Making Music on the Streets of Provincetown
For some musicians, busking – or playing music on the street – is just a first step toward a music career. But for Marcia Mello, it's a life-long
Ptown's Big Yard Sale, & more: Best Bets for the Weekend
There's plenty happening this weekend. In Chatham, a public art installation opens, giving kids and adults a way to enjoy the idea of sharks....

more news

Latest from NPR

  • New 'Trek' Goes 'Into Darkness,' But Not Much Deeper
    The opening sequence of J.J. Abram's new entry in the Star Trek universe has all the ingredients of the classic franchise. There's Kirk and his crew...
  • Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains
    More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease, and the National Institute on Aging estimates that that number is going...
  • Prominent Pakistani Politician Shot, Killed On Re-Election Eve
    On the eve of a re-vote, a prominent Pakistani politician was shot and killed on Saturday. Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports that Zahra Shahid...
  • Impossible Choice Faces America's First 'Climate Refugees'
    Climate change is a stark reality in America's northernmost state. Nearly 90 percent of native Alaskan villages are on the coast, where dramatic...
  • Three-Minute Fiction Reading: 'Plum Baby'
    NPR's Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky...

more news

Headlines from the
Cape Cod Times

  • Entanglement-free shellfish farm coming
  • Yarmouth police asked to tone it down
  • Nauset Sea Scouts to hold two open houses
  • WES Fest returns to Wellfleet May 25
  • Sandwich cleanup scheduled for today

Science & Environment Headlines

Mid-May: the Night Sky an Avian Highway
What Happens to Your Online Accounts After You Die?
New Research Predicts Dramatically Greener Arctic in Near Future
Cue the Epic Music: Here Come Monarch Butterflies
1st-time Visitor to Nantucket: Townsend's Warbler

more news

NPR Science & Technology Headlines

David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom
Not Your Grandpa's RV: This Roving Lab Tracks Air Pollution
Scientists Agree On Climate Change, Why Doesn't The Public?
Researchers Report Cloning Advance For Producing Stem Cells
Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says

more news

NPR Arts and Life Headlines

New 'Trek' Goes 'Into Darkness,' But Not Much Deeper
'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out
Three-Minute Fiction Reading: 'Plum Baby'
'Scandal': Preposterous, Unmissable, Important
Author Elliott Holt says: 'Go West, Young Woman'

more news

WCAI

WGBH Atlantic Public Media American Public Media BBC PRI NPR

Categories

  • Arts
  • In This Place
  • Science & Environment
  • Politics & Issues
  • Latest from NPR

On Air

  • Schedule
  • Hosts
  • Programs

Links

  • Pub Nights 2013
  • Submit a PSA
  • Vehicle Donation
  • ©2013 WCAI
  • Privacy and Terms
  • Comments Policy
  • Support WCAI
  • Contact Us
  • Membership