April is a great time to end your hibernation and get out to Peterborough and the Kawarthas’ hot spots to check out some live music. Here are a few picks for this month.
musicNOW – April 2015
Tiny beads of plastic polluting our waters
We’re all familiar with the problem of plastics polluting our oceans. We’ve seen the images of turtles and other sea life with plastic bags caught in their mouths or wrapped around their fins or, in the case of birds, wings. It’s a big problem that only seems to get worse.
There’s a similar problem with plastics happening right in our own backyard, and many of us aren’t aware of it simply because we can’t see the effects.
Art in the Street – April 2015
SPARK is back this year with another diverse line-up of photography exhibitions all over Peterborough and throughout the Kawarthas. The third annual photo festival begins today and continues throughout April. In this month’s column, I highlight five notable SPARK exhibits and one non-SPARK event: the Art School of Peterborough’s annual fundraising art auction.
SPARK Photo Festival kicks off with exhibit of Lucy Maud Montgomery photos
The SPARK Photo Festival launches its third season on Wednesday, April 1st with the unveiling of 90 photos by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables.
Theatre at a glance: “Not I”
Prepare yourself for the most intense 20 minutes of theatre you’ve ever seen in Peterborough.
Director Paul Cruk, in conjunction with Theatre Trent, brings Samuel Beckett’s Not I to The Theatre on King (159 King St., Suite 120, Peterborough, 705-930-6194).
Sensory friendly screenings come to Peterborough
In advance of World Autism Day on Thursday, Cineplex Entertainment has extended its popular sensory-friendly screenings program to Galaxy Cinemas in downtown Peterborough. The first sensory-friendly screening, of the Disney film Cinderella, takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 4th.
Peterborough SPEAKS – Peer Christensen
I’m a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more luck I have.
Peer Christensen has been working professionally in the medium of oil paint for more than 25 years, with paintings of commonplace objects, urban and industrial landscapes, floral studies, still life, and atmospheric night scenes.
Peterborough concert celebrates Memphis soul and R&B
A concert paying tribute to one of America’s greatest record label is happening on Thursday, April 2nd in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough.
The “Stax/Volt Revue” will perform songs made famous by legendary soul musicians like Otis Redding, Albert King, Sam and Dave, and Booker T. and the MGs.
“Motion Sickness”
Based in Norwood, Ursula Pflug is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Green Music (Edge/Tesseract) and The Alphabet Stones, published by Cobourg’s Blue Denim Press and currently shortlisted for the 2014 ReLit award. Her first story collection After the Fires (Tightrope) was shortlisted for The Aurora Award, and her second, Harvesting the Moon has recently been released by boutique genre press PS in the United Kingdom. Her latest novel is Motion Sickness.
66 Future Shop stores to close across Canada
Effective Saturday, March 28th, all Future Shop stores in Canada have closed.
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