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Hamilton folk singer-songwriter Gillian Nicola, who has just released her debut record "Dried Flowers", performs at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednsdsay, May 22nd, with special guest Evangeline Gentle. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – May 16 to 22

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, May 16 to Wednesday, May 22.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman's new album "Median Age Wasteland" is about the obsession with youth in the music industry. The 44-year-old Juno Award winner is performing at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Ever-busy Hawksley Workman bringing his new music to the Market Hall...

The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra brings its 2018-19 season to a close on May 25th with "Witches' Sabbath", a performance of Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" (1830) and Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100. Pictured is Maestro Michael Newnham conducting the orchestra during its "Classical Roots" concert on February 2, 2019. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra season finale features passionate and explosive works by...

Juno award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman performs at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

musicNOW – May 2019

Toronto alt-rockers Future History (Kevin Ker, Justin Dillon, Todd Larter, Sarah Carmosino, and Braedon Garret) will be performing at The Twisted Wheel in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, May 11th in support of their new record "For", with special guests Say Ritual and Tijuana Jesus. (Photo: Mike Guymer)

nightlifeNOW – May 9 to 15

New Stages Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch's "What a Young Wife Ought to Know" on May 12, 2019 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Moscovitch was inspired by a collection of letters written in the 1920s by real women and men to family planning pioneer Dr. Marie Stopes, who co-founded Britain's first family planning clinic ("The Mothers' Clinic for Constructive Birth Control") in North London in 1921. (Public domain photo)

‘What a Young Wife Ought to Know’ explores the life of...

Business & Technology

Applications are now open for the Summer Company program, Ontario's flagship youth entrepreneurship program delivered locally by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. The program connects students aged 15 to 29 with training, mentorship, and funding to start a summer business. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – May 13, 2019

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Featuring Summer Company program, Amusé Coffee Co., Inclusive Advisory, Pedego Kawartha Lakes, Fusion Bowl, Black's Distillery, Weber Brothers Productions, Apollo Grill, and more.
Cambium Consulting & Engineering) along with the panel of judges (Stuart Harrison, Sally Harding, Jonathan Bennett, Raymond Yip Choy, and Jeff Taylor). The three finalists will make a private presentation to the Community Futures Peterborough board on June 18th, and the winner (who will receive a repayable loan of $100,000 with no interest for three years) will be announced on June 26th. (Photo: Community Futures Peterborough / Facebook)

businessNOW – May 6, 2019

Dylan Trepanier of Alexander Optical and Cheryl Gould of Electric Juice Factory have won the 2019 Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition, with each taking home a cash prize of $8,350. The final pitch event was held on April 30, 2019 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)

Alexander Optical and Electric Juice Factory win the 2019 Bears’...

The six finalists of the 2019 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition (Transit One, AVROD, Alexander Optical, Electric Juice Factory, Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets, and PedalBoro) are competing for two cash prizes at the final pitch event on April 30th at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – April 29, 2019

Dana Empey, chair of the board of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED), in a screenshot from the economic development organization's "2018 year in review" video. Empey was one of the speakers at PKED's annual gneeral meeting, held on April 25, 2019 in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development aims to grow region’s high-tech...

Culinary entrepreneurs will be serving up tantalizing food and beverage at the Junior Achievement Peterborough Lakeland Muskoka Business Hall of Fame and Induction Ceremony on May 23, 2019 at The Venue in downtown Peterborougu. Electric City Bread Company will serve house made crostini with a smoked salmon mousse, garnished with red onion, fresh dill, fried capers and chili oil. (Photo: Electric City Bread Company)

Enjoy culinary delights while celebrating entrepreneurial success at Junior Achievement’s Business...

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