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Almost 10 years ago, The Three Martinis (Jimmy Bowskill, Rob Phillips, and Dan Fewings) began delivering a unique musical improv comedy experience to Peterborough audiences. The three musicians will reunite for a special 10th anniversary Halloween-themed performance at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough on October 26, 2018. (Supplied photo)

Musical improv comedy trio The Three Martinis comes together for Halloweeny

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Dan Fewings, Rob Phillips, and Jimmy Bowskill mark 10 years of making us laugh with a special performance on October 26 at The Mount in Peterborough.
Divergent Dances Peterborough is an outdoor aerial performance at Peterborough Square created by Anandam Dancetheatre’s Brandy Leary with dance artists Erin Ball, Opal Elchuk, Nikola Steer, Thomas Vaccaro. and Lina Loaiza Bran. Two open public rehearsals take place during Tuesday, September 25th with performances at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 28th and 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 29th. (Photo: Matt Hayes)

Peterborough Square becomes a performance space with Divergent Dances

The not-for-profit Toronto-based Players sketch troupe is performing a comedy musical show at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Friday, September 28, 2018. Proceeds will be donated to the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Casey House, and the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund. (Photo: Stante Media)

Toronto’s Players brings century-old tradition of musical comedy to Peterborough for...

A guide to Artsweek 2018, which takes place from Friday, September 21st to Sunday, September 30th at locations across Peterborough.

Your guide to Peterborough Artsweek 2018

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

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...

Business & Technology

The Canadian Cyclocross National Championships are being held at Nicholls Oval in Peterborough from November 9 - 11, 2018. The title sponsor of the event is Shimano Canada, with Trek Canada and Peterborough's Wild Rock Outfitters as presenting sponsors. (Photo: Kris Sieber)

businessNOW – September 24, 2018

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Featuring Wild Rock sponsorship of Canadian Cyclocross Championships, Peterborough best place in Ontario for watertech startups, Random Acts of Green, upcoming events, and more.
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 –...

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

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

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 –...

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

Lifestyle & Family

Fall is the best time to take a nature hike in Peterborough & the Kawarthas. The bugs are gone, it's cooler, and you'll be surrounded by the brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds of native tress. Make sure to check out Robert Johnston EcoForest Trails in Douro-Dummer Township and, if you're in the City of Peterborough, the popular Jackson Creek Kiwanis Trail.

The ultimate Peterborough & the Kawarthas bucket list: 11 things to try this fall

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Featuring Robert Johnston EcoForest Trails, Harley Farms, Norwood Fair, Peterborough Axe Club, Hunter St. Cafe District, and six more.
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

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...

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

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

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...

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