Cape Cod vacation life at its best delivers idyllic days, when the breeze ruffles your hair and the sunlight sparkles on the sea. Inevitably, though, drizzly days follow, drenching the skies and dampening the spirits. If you can’t curl your toes in the sand, you can explore some of the curious and quirky spots that give the Cape its unique character:
Cape Cinema Art House Going to the movies is commonplace on a rainy day, but the Cape Cinema in Dennis is far from typical. Reminiscent of a New England village church, the interior features a vintage red-velvet curtain that sweeps back for the feature presentation. The film is often an acclaimed foreign or indie production, such as the locally shot “Chatham,’’ which gained Cape cult status a few summers ago. The theater’s wide seats draped in white slipcovers offer a good vantage point for a spectacular mural painted on the arched ceiling. In a splashy rainbow palette, 1930s artist Rockwell Kent has created a collection of swirling figures, unicorns, and celestial bodies in an Art Deco masterwork - itself worth the $8.50 admission. 35 Hope Lane, www.capecinema.com
