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Toronto fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter Po' Boy Jeffreys (aka Jeffery Dodman) performs his country blues, folk, and ragtime at a special Sunday evening show at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, September 23rd. (Photo: Les Dodman)

nightlifeNOW – September 20 to 26

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, September 20 to Wednesday, September 26

kawarthaNOW - September 20, 2018

Ryan Kerr and Kate Story are two of the performers in "Sorry about what happened at the mall", a contemporary dance work set inside Peterborough Square on the escalators and lower hallway. It's one of more than 40 events reflecting the theme 'Art In Unexpected Places' of Artsweek 2018, which runs from September 21 to 30 at various locations in Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Artsweek returns to Peterborough with ‘art in unexpected places’

The Holy Cross Bee Club is a teacher-led group of 12 students who steward three hives at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in Peterborough. At Myrtle's Kitchen at Peterborough Public Health on September 17, 2018, Holy Cross Bee Club member Emily Berardi uses a comb to uncap the honey cells in trays that were removed from the hives, before the trays are placed in a honey extractor to remove the honey using centrifugal force. Holy Cross Bee Club member Jacob Duda helps to drain honey from the honey extractor into buckets, that will then go through several stages of filtering. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Peterborough high school student beekeepers achieve sweet success

In the short film "50 People. 1 Peterborough" unveiled by campaign chair Megan Murphy at the launch of the United Way Peterborough & District's 2018 fundraising campaign, a woman expresses her worries about her mother dying from cacner. The film reflects the "Local Love" theme of the 2018 campaign. (Photo: FILMkelly)

United Way Peterborough launches 2018 fundraising campaign with ‘local love’ theme

Instagram star Owen the Griff, a Brussels Griffon owned by Lisa Besseling and Marlon Hazlewood of Lakefield, is the leading fundraiser for the annual "Strutt Your Mutt" walk in support of the Peterborough Humane Society, which takes place Sunday, September 23rd at Beavermead Park in Peterborough. (Photo: @owenthegriff / Instagram)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – September 19, 2018

Featuring Bridgenorth Hop, Elmhirst's Resort, Peterborough Humane Society, Ennismore Scarecrow Contest, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, and more

kawarthaNOW - September 19, 2018

Peterborough DBIA executive director Terry Gueil (holding sign) announced the return of the Win This Space entrepreneurial competition for its third straight year in the lobby of the VentureNorth business hub in downtown Peterborough on September 18, 2018. The winner of the competition will win a free lease for a year of a vacant downtown storefront along with other prizes. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough DBIA)

Win This Space entrepreneurial competition returns for its third straight year

Tina McFarlane of YMCA Peterborough Haliburton (centre) accepts a cheque for $10,000 from representatives of The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group: Chief Strategy Officer David Blodgett, Jennifer Hope, Gena Scott, and Michael Leach. The funds will be used for the YWCA's Homeward Bound program. (Photo courtesy of The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group)

The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group donates $36,500 to local organizations

New Stages Theatre Company opens its 2018-19 season with a performance by comedian Deborah Kimmett of her acclaimed monologue "The Year of the Suddenly" on September 23, 2018 at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough. Directed by Peterborough's own Linda Kash, the performance also features accompaniment by Toronto musician Nichol Robertson. (Photo: Cassandra Rudolph)

In Deborah Kimmett’s funny and moving ‘The Year of the Suddenly’, tragedy brings a sister and brother together

The family-run Dooher's Bakery in Campbellford has been voted the "Sweetest Bakery in Canada" in a nationwide contest sponsored by Dawn Food Products. Pictured is owner Cory Dooher (centre) with her proud parents Christine and Peter. (Photo: Dooher's Bakery / Facebook)

businessNOW – September 17, 2018

Featuring 'sweetest bakery in Canada' Dooher's Bakery, the Cubs' Lair young entrepreneur competition, Uber Eats in Peterborough, and upcoming regional business events

kawarthaNOW - September 17, 2018

Cultivate hosted its long table launch dinner at Headwaters Community Farm and Education Centre on Friday, September 7, 2018. The dinner, which featured eight local chefs making eight courses featuring local ingredients, launched the annual farm-to-festival celebration of local food and drink, which culminates with the festival weekend from September 21st to 23rd in downtown Port Hope. (Photo: April Potter / kawarthaNOW.com)

Long table dinner launches the 2018 Cultivate festival celebrating food and drink

Toronto's critically acclaimed Tia Brazda brings her distinctive retro jazz-pop sound to The Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Thursday, September 20th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – September 13 to 19

Members of the cast during a rehearsal for the upcoming production of "The Music of ABBA", a fundraiser of the not-for-profit organization's capital campaign, which runs from October 12 to 14, 2018. The homegrown show features a local cast of 12 singers and six dancers, and the final production will feature original costumes by designer Howard Berry. (Photo: Wayne Bonner)

How Peterborough does ABBA: Showplace presents a homegrown salute to iconic Swedish band

News & Community

United Way Peterborough launches 2018 fundraising campaign with ‘local love’ theme

kawarthaNOW - September 19, 2018

2018 campaign has a fundraising goal of $1.85 million,

The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group donates $36,500 to local organizations

September 18, 2018

Long table dinner launches the 2018 Cultivate festival celebrating food and...

September 15, 2018

Design concept of the transformed Bata Library when completed. Around 90 per cent of the construction and renovation process has been completed to date, when the library scheduled to re-open in phases in the fall of 2018. As part of the transformation, Trent University is donating 250,000 books to the Internet Archive to be digitized as part of the organization's Open Libraries project. (Illustration: Trent University)

Trent University is donating 250,000 books to be digitized by Internet...

September 13, 2018

Jackson Bostwick as Captain Marvel in the Saturday morning live-action TV series "Shazam!", which ran on CBS from 1974 to 1977. Bostwick will be the featured guest at this year's Peterborough Comic Con on Sunday, September 23rd at the Evinrude Centre. (Publicity photo)

Shazam! Captain Marvel comes to Peterborough Comic Con on September 23

September 10, 2018

Many millions of birds in Canada die each year from collisions with windows. Ewa Bednarczuk, Ecology & Stewardship Specialist with Lower Trent Conservation, applies small white adhesive markers to window glass on a door. The markers are spaced to provide a visual cue to birds that the window is not open space. (Photo courtesy of Lower Trent Conservation)

Help prevent birds from flying into your windows during migratory season

September 10, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

nightlifeNOW – September 20 to 26

kawarthaNOW - September 20, 2018

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, September 20 to Wednesday, September 26.

In "Fluff Stories", the first show at The Theatre On King's new space at 171 King Street in downtown Peterborough, Kate Story and Ryan Kerr perform while author Joe Davies read three short stories on the concept of "fluff". (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough’s The Theatre On King launches at its new space with...

September 20, 2018

Artsweek returns to Peterborough with ‘art in unexpected places’

September 20, 2018

In Deborah Kimmett’s funny and moving ‘The Year of the Suddenly’,...

September 18, 2018

nightlifeNOW – September 13 to 19

September 13, 2018

How Peterborough does ABBA: Showplace presents a homegrown salute to iconic...

September 13, 2018

Business & Technology

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – September 19, 2018

kawarthaNOW - September 19, 2018

Featuring Bridgenorth Hop, Elmhirst's Resort, Peterborough Humane Society, Ennismore Scarecrow Contest, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, and more..

Win This Space entrepreneurial competition returns for its third straight year

September 19, 2018

businessNOW – September 17, 2018

September 17, 2018

The 2018 annual Curve Lake Pow Wow takes place this weekend (Saturday, September 15th and Sunday, September 16th) at Lance Wood Park in Curve Lake. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

September 12, 2018

On September 6, 2018, Peterborough-Kawartha MP and Minister of Status of Women was at the new Steelworks Design facility on Fisher Drive in Peterborough to announce $498,000 in federal funding for the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) to implement a three-year project aiming at attracting and inspiring more women and youth to pursue a career in manufacturing. (Photo: Office of Minister of Status of Women)

businessNOW – September 10, 2018

September 10, 2018

The Women's Business Network of Peterborough (WBN), the preeminent networking organization for professional women in the Kawarthas, launches its 2018-19 season on September 5, 2018. Our special editorial section has everything you need to know about the 2018-19 season, along with profiles of selected WBN members. (Photo: WBN)

Read about the 2018-19 Women’s Business Network of Peterborough in our...

September 5, 2018

Lifestyle & Family

Peterborough high school student beekeepers achieve sweet success

GreenUP - September 20, 2018

Members of the Holy Cross Bee Club extract honey from hives they've been tending since spring.

From uneaten leftovers to untouched fruits and vegetables to food that is forgotten, households waste more food than restaurants, hotels, stores, and farms combined. Around $1,500 worth of food per household gets thrown out every year -- around one out of six bags of groceries per week!

Did you know almost half of all wasted food comes from...

September 13, 2018

Before the Cultivate Festival weekend on September 21-23, 2018 in Port Hope, Cultivate presents "Love Local Food?", where 12 restaurants in Northumberland and Clarington will offer a variety of fixed-price menus focused on local food now until September 20th. (Photo: Cultivate)

Knosh News – September 2018

September 11, 2018

The Wine Shoppe on Park, on the corner of Park and Brock Streets in Peterborough, is one of many local businesses taking environmental actions to green their business. In 2016, The Wine Shoppe worked with GreenUP to DePave an area outside their front entrance, replacing pavement with a garden. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Many Peterborough businesses are going green

September 6, 2018

Active and Safe Routes to School Peterborough is a group of local organizations addressing health and environmental issues related to school travel. The group has a vision for all students to have the opportunity to walk, roll, or bus to and from school as a part of their daily school experience. This vision was born because we know that walking, rolling, or busing benefits students, makes school zones safer, and is good for the environment. (Supplied photo)

Let’s get our kids walking, biking, scooting, and busing to school...

August 30, 2018

A highlight of every Ecology Park Family Night is the Lantern Walk, where participants can make their very own lantern and follow through the Ecology Park trails to music led by the Paddling Puppeteer. This year's event, sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challeng, takes place on Thursday, August 23rd at Ecology Park, 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: Karen Halley)

GreenUP Ecology Park’s Family Night & Lantern Walk celebrates nature in...

August 21, 2018

Visit our special editorial section for the 2018-19 Women's Business Network of Peterborough

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