Sunday, November 23, 2025
Home Blog Page 1032

Kiefer Sutherland gives shoutout to Peterborough on Live with Kelly

By kawarthaNOW -
On Live with Kelly, actor-musician Keifer Sutherland tells Kelly Rippa how he was reunited with his childhood best friend, Stephen Barker of Omemee (photo: Live with Kelly)

Kiefer Sutherland appeared on the Live with Kelly morning talk show on Tuesday (September 20) to promote his new ABC series Designated Survivor, which is being shot in Sutherland’s hometown of Toronto.

Host Kelly Rippa asks the 49-year-old actor/musician if he’s meeting people in Toronto he knew from when he was younger, and Sutherland tells a story about being reunited with his best friend from childhood, who was in the audience at Peterborough Musicfest — where Sutherland performed on June 29th in support of his record Down In A Hole.

“I’d been playing some music over the summer and I played a show up in Peterborough,” Sutherland says. “I met someone backstage who said ‘Is it true that you were friends with Stephen Barker?”

“I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is my best friend of all time! He was my best friend from the time I was 10 all the way to when I left Canada. He and I started playing guitar together when we were kids. He was really important in my life.'”

Kiefer Sutherland performing at Peterborough Musicfest on June 29, 2016 (photo: Peterborough Musicfest)
Kiefer Sutherland performing at Peterborough Musicfest on June 29, 2016 (photo: Peterborough Musicfest)

“And he said ‘Well, I think he’s out in the audience.'”

“The audience was about 15,000 people. They were all sitting on this beautiful kind of manicured grass hill. I said in between one of the songs that ‘I’ve heard Stephen Barker was out there and if that’s true, I’d really love to see you.’

“And he stood up. He was way at the back and everybody started clapping. No one got in the way.”

“I saw him for the first time after 15 years from that night,” Sutherland says.

Sutherland found out his childhood best friend was in the crowd in Del Crary Park at Peterborough Musicfest on June 29 (photo: Peterborough Musicfest)
Sutherland found out his childhood best friend was in the crowd in Del Crary Park at Peterborough Musicfest on June 29 (photo: Peterborough Musicfest)

Kelly then jokes that they Stephen Barker — who lives in Omemee — backstage and they are going to bring him out.

“Just kidding,” she says.

“That’s how you scare Jack Bauer,” replies Sutherland, who appears shocked at the prospect.

When Tracey Randall, General Manager of Peterborough Musicfest, found out about the segment on Live with Kelly, she called Barker to let him know about it.

“He had not heard the news and was quite thrilled to be a part of Kiefer’s story on national TV,” Randall says.

So now Omemee has another claim to fame in addition to being the childhood home of musicians Neil Young and Sebastian Bach.

Watch the segment below:

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Stephen Barker as Stephen Parker.

Opinion: Antiquated marijuana laws don’t mean police shouldn’t do their job

By Pat Trudeau -
Pat Trudeau says police have no choice but to enforce existing laws, however ridiculous and antiquated they may be (stock photo)

Last week in Peterborough, police made a few visits to a downtown storefront. The first was to serve notice the store was operating illegally and committing crimes by doing so, and the second was to raid the business and shut it down. The issue with this store was that — instead of selling shoes, chocolate or coffee — it was selling weed.

I’m not going to name the business. If you want to know it, head to the interwebs.

Now, before I continue, I feel it’s important that I make two clarifications:

  1. I call it weed, not marijuana. I’m not a horticulturalist nor am I your dad lecturing you about life decisions.
  2. I’ve never smoked weed in my entire life.

The buzz that came out of the raid late last week was pretty mixed: anti-weed and anti-police.

People seemed offended at the prospect that a store would be selling drugs out of storefront in plain sight in the middle of their beautiful town, as much as they seemed offended that their tax dollars were being wasted on something so “trivial”.

Related story

Prince of Pot coming to Peterborough to protest arrest of marijuana store owner

I believe the police did an amazing job of handling the situation. Knowing that the business was committing offences out of a storefront and broadcasting it on the six o’clock news no less, they had to act. Diplomatically they delivered a notice to the store owner on Wednesday last week advising the store owner that he was violating the criminal code.

By doing so, police gave the owner more notice than most would ever be privy to and also opened the door to a resolution that would have potentially resulted in no arrests or charges. It was basically a “Hey, we see you doing that thing and if you could just do everyone a favour and stop doing that thing, that would be great”.

Instead, the owner opened for business as usual on Thursday morning and police were left with no other choice but to raid it and close it.

The reason why I think the police did a great job is because they clearly didn’t want to have to escalate the situation and gave the business owner an unusual opportunity to stop. Police don’t want to have to arrest people for smoking weed. Hell, I’ve know police officers who smoked weed. The laws making it illegal are both ridiculous and antiquated.

Weed is no more a gateway drug than sugar, nicotine, caffeine or alcohol — yet surprisingly you can buy all of those things in spades any day of the week. How many people a year does sugar, cigarettes, and booze kill? Now how many people does weed kill every year? Look at those numbers and then get back to me about the dangers of weed.

As we’ve grown as a society, we’ve become more accepting of things that were once taboo. One of those things is smoking weed. The Trudeau government made the promise to legalize weed during the election last year and in April it was announced that legislation to legalize weed would be tabled in spring 2017, marking a change that will be welcomed by most Canadians (and likely the police).

Update – September 21, 2016

As of Wednesday (September 21), the pot store remains closed, with franchise owner Richard Standen out on bail and prohibited from entering the store. When he visited Peterborough on Saturday (September 17), franchise founder Mark Emery claimed the store would reopen this week. Overnight on Tuesday (September 20), the store’s windows and door were vandalized with graffiti which supporters have since removed.

The amount of work police do for drug offences related to weed is a huge pain in the ass, but a necessary one under the criminal code. It’s the police’s job to enforce the criminal code, not to decide which laws within that code to enforce.

No matter how ridiculous it is that a growing or possessing a pot plant is illegal, it is illegal. If you want to be pissed off at someone for that, be pissed off at your grandparents and parents who were the primary architects of the war on drugs but don’t for a second get upset with an organization whose sole duty is to enforce the laws created by your forefathers.

Or be frustrated with your current federal government that is taking their sweet time to address a complex issue.

And to those who feel the police have “bigger fish to fry” or who are “wasting your tax dollars”, I have to ask you: do you think they just stopped doing everything else last week? That once a guy opened a store selling weed, the entire police department pulled themselves off the street, stopped all investigations, and planned their attack on the big bad drug dealer?

I don’t have inside information, but if I were a betting man I’d say no.

Police — just like government — are multitaskers covering a number of issues. Just because the one making the headlines in the news isn’t one you feel is important, or it targets a specific illegal activity that you happen to be a fan of, does not mean they’re wasting their time or frying small fish.

New Stages launches 2016-2017 season at Peterborough’s Market Hall

By kawarthaNOW -
Rick Roberts and Nicola Correia-Damude (on the couch) with Philippa Domville and Paul Braunstein in the Tarragon Theatre premiere of "Within the Glass". Roberts and Correia-Damude will be reprising their roles in the New Stages reading at Peterborough's Market Hall on September 25, joined by Tony Nappo and Chick Reid (photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)

Peterborough’s New Stages Theatre Company is launching its 2016-17 season with a staged reading of Anna Chatterton’s Within the Glass at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 25th at the Market Hall Performance Centre in Peterborough.

New Stages Theatre Company presents
Within the Glass

When: Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough)
How much: $20 general admission ($15 for students/arts workers)

Written by Anna Chatterton and read by Rick Roberts, Nicola Correia-Damude, Tony Nappo and Chick Read.

Tickets available at the Market Hall Box Office, by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at www.markethall.org. Tickets also available (cash only) at Moondance (425 George St. N., Peterborough, 705-742-9425).

A hit during its premiere last year at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, Within the Glass is a dramatic comedy that portrays a very modern and provocative dilemma. After two couples discover a mistake has been made at a fertility clinic — and a fertilized egg has been implanted into the wrong woman — they meet to negotiate who has the right to parent the unborn child.

What was planned as a rational get-together over dinner quickly escalates into an argument as they try to determine who has the right to be parents. The fraught situation causes them to think about their own marriages and how much being a parent means to them. What is each person willing to do to resolve this extraordinary situation?

This will be both a hilarious and a tension-filled evening. The Toronto Star called the play “compelling” and Mooney on Theatre said it’s “as entertaining as it is thought provoking.”

Within the Glass is the first of New Stages’ “The Page on Stage” reading series, where plays come to life through the voices of the actors. New Stages has assembled a stellar cast of actors from Canadian film, stage and television for this reading.

Rick Roberts (of last year’s Page on Stage presentation of Mothers and Sons) and Nicola Correia-Damude repeat their roles from the original Tarragon production, and are joined by Tony Nappo (who played the lead in New Stages’ presentation of Red by John Logan at the Peterborough Art Gallery) and Stratford and Shaw veteran actor Chick Reid (who appeared in the very first Page on Stage reading of Edward Albee’s The Goat).

Tony Nappo and Chick Reid will be joining Rick Roberts and Nicola Correia-Damude as two couples who discover a mistake has been made at a fertility clinic in Anna Chatterton's "Within the Glass" (publicity photos)
Tony Nappo and Chick Reid will be joining Rick Roberts and Nicola Correia-Damude as two couples who discover a mistake has been made at a fertility clinic in Anna Chatterton’s “Within the Glass” (publicity photos)

General admission tickets for Within the Glass are available for $20 ($15 for students/arts workers) at the Market Hall box office, by calling 705-749-1146, or online at www.markethall.org.

Within the Glass is the first of five shows at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in New Stages’ 2016-17 season:

  • “Cabaret Night: Broadway Gender Benders” takes place on Saturday, November 29, 2016 at 8 p.m. This is a night to laugh, cheer, and be thrilled by some of Canada’s (and Peterborough’s) finest musical theatre performers singing songs from roles they would never be cast to play.
  • A staged reading of Gord Rand’s The Trouble with Mr. Adams — about a respected middle-aged high school coach who is suddenly smitten with his too-young volleyball star — happens at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2017.
  • New Stages’ production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder — where teenagers George and Emily fall in love in the small town of Grover’s Corners — runs from Friday, April 28 to Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8 p.m. (with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 30).
  • And a staged reading of Ayad Akhtar’s smash hit Disgraced — about race, faith and politics in the modern world — takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, 2017.

Limited subscriptions for all five shows are available for $100, and can be ordered online at www.newstages.ca.

Save

SPARK Photo Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary with SPARK After Dark

By kawarthaNOW -
SPARK After Dark features artworks, food and drink, live entertainment, silent and live auctions, in support of the 2017 SPARK Photo Festival

Next April marks the 5th anniversary of Peterborough’s SPARK Photo Festival, the preeminent celebration of photography in the Kawarthas, and the organization is launching its anniversary season with “SPARK After Dark”, an evening of the arts — and canoes — on September 30, 2016 at the Canadian Canoe Museum.

SPARK After Dark, which coincides with Artsweek Peterborough, is a fundraiser to support future SPARK festivals and programming, while providing another excellent opportunity to showcase the local arts community.

Everyone is welcome to attend the event, which takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday, September 30th at the Canadian Canoe Museum (910 Monaghan Rd. Peterborough).

SPARK After Dark features a chance to view (and buy) work from around 50 artists and artisans, a silent auction that includes previous award-winning SPARK festival photograph submissions, a live auction, and door prizes.

The event also features live jazz music by the San Murata Trio, SKH catering, craft beer from Smithavens Brewery, wine from Huff Estates, Indigenous drummers, and a performance by comedian Mel Lucier.

Lakefield sculptor Don Frost has donated this piece, valued at $4,000, for the live auction
Lakefield sculptor Don Frost has donated this piece, valued at $4,000, for the live auction

Some of the artists who will be presenting and selling their work at SPARK After Dark include:

  • Robert Boudreau, festival director and founder of SPARK
  • Christy Haldane, a local glass artist who combines repurposed building materials to create one-of-a-kind sculptures
  • Corin Forrester, a photographer of digitally blended photographs who explores the juxtaposition of urban sprawl, development, and resource extraction with the natural environment
  • Gary Mulcahey of Warkworth, who photographs people and explores his lifelong desire to shoot documentary photography
  • Susan Rankin of Apsley, an avid gardener who continues to explore the idea of garden through her vessel and sculptural works and is well know for her vibrant floral vessels
  • Frank Didomizio, whose artwork includes a variety of turned shapes, ranging from elegant bowls and organic burl shapes through to platters and unique artistic pieces.

Another local artist, Lakefield’s Don Frost, has donated a sculpture valued at $4,000 for the live auction at SPARK After Dark.

Frost, whose work has been recognized internationally and who was inducted into Peterborough’s Pathway of Fame in 2007, is the creator of the Figures Dancing artwork outside Peterborough Square as well as the Resurrection Cross at the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.

Live jazz will be performed by the San Murata Trio, with San Murata on violin, Mark Kieswetter on piano, and Ross MacIntyre on bass
Live jazz will be performed by the San Murata Trio, with San Murata on violin, Mark Kieswetter on piano, and Ross MacIntyre on bass

The San Murata Trio is the featured performer at SPARK After Dark. San Murata, a talented painter and musician from Port Hope, will entertain with jazz music on his violin, accompanied by Juno-nominated Mark Kieswetter on piano and Juno winner Ross MacIntyre on bass.

The National Jazz Awards has nominated Murata as “Best Violinist of the Year” four times. He has appeared at the Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival every year since 1994, at the All Canadian Jazz Festival in Port Hope, the Picton Jazz Festival, and has also performed four tours of Japan.

Also performing is Windsor comic Mel Lucier, the wild card winner in the 2014 Border City Comedy Festival. She has performed across Canada and the United States delivering her unique style of comedy to a variety of audiences.

Tickets for SPARK After Dark are available at the Wednesday and Saturday Peterborough Farmers' Markets, online at www.sparkpresents.com, at Happenstance Books & Yarns in Lakefield, and at Moondance in Peterborough
Tickets for SPARK After Dark are available at the Wednesday and Saturday Peterborough Farmers’ Markets, online at www.sparkpresents.com, at Happenstance Books & Yarns in Lakefield, and at Moondance in Peterborough

Tickets for SPARK After Dark are $30, which includes food, a welcome “pink portage” cocktail, and admission to all the galleries of the Canadian Canoe Museum.

Tickets are available online at www.sparkpresents.com, which also provides more details about items available in the silent auction.

Tickets are also available at the Wednesday and Saturday Peterborough Farmers’ Markets, Happenstance Books & Yarns (44 Queen St., Lakefield, 705-652-7535) and Moondance (425 George St. N., Peterborough, 705-742-9425).

For more information about the 2017 SPARK Photo Festival, which is currently accepting exhibit registrations, visit www.sparkphotofestival.org.

All images courtesy of SPARK Photo Festival.

Is Peterborough’s Parkway finally dead?

By Bruce Head -
A 2013 concept design for the Parkway bridge crossing Jackson Park, as visualized by AECOM, the consultant hired by the City of Peterborough to complete the Parkway Corridor Class Environmental Assessment. The idea of a highway bridge cutting across greenspace was a rallying point for opposition to the project. (Graphic: AECOM)

The City of Peterborough’s Parkway Corridor project, including the proposed bridge over Jackson Creek, may now be dead with last week’s decision by the Ontario Minister of Environment and Climate Change that the city must complete a full environmental assessment.

If not dead, the project — first conceived 70 years ago — is certainly on life support. Although the Minister’s decision doesn’t kill the Parkway per se, the requirement for the city to complete a full environmental assessment would require significant additional work, time, and expense — with no guarantee that project will be approved in the end.

“The environmental assessment will be subject to a government review, following which myself and Cabinet must decide whether or not to approve the proposed undertaking,” Minister Glen Murray writes in the letter announcing his decision.

Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett, who supports the project, was not pleased with the Minister’s decision to require a full environmental assessment (EA) and issued a written statement in response.

“The Liberal government wants Peterborough to spend another three or four years, plus another $2 million or more, on EA studies before it considers making a decision,” he wrote. “This is a sad day for progress in the City.”

On the other hand, local environmental groups applauded the decision.

Rob Steinman and Mike Casey of Parks Not Parkway, a community-based and volunteer-driven campaign to preserve Peterborough's greenspace (photo: Carol Lawless)
Rob Steinman and Mike Casey of Parks Not Parkway, a community-based and volunteer-driven campaign to preserve Peterborough’s greenspace (photo: Carol Lawless)

“This decision represents a victory for the economic well being of Peterborough,” said Rob Steinman of Friends of Jackson Park. “The Parkway is the largest capital project the city has ever considered, and generated the greatest amount of public opposition to any city project in memory.”

“This could free up tens of millions of dollars to be spent on better transportation solutions that reflect the opportunities and the realities of the 21st century,” added Pete Hewitt, spokesperson for the Peterborough Greenspace Coalition. “We look forward to working with the city on a more thorough examination of transportation alternatives as required by the Minister.”

The City originally proposed the project as a “Schedule C” undertaking under the Municipal Engineers Association’s Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (known as a Class EA).

The Class EA process is a streamlined process for municipalities planning and implementing infrastructure projects, which avoids the onerous and time-consuming requirements of a full environmental assessment. Schedule C projects generally involve the construction or modification of facilities or significantly widening an existing road.

The city filed the Notice of Completion for the Parkway Corridor Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study with the Ontario government on February 7, 2014. Since then, anti-Parkway groups have been lobbying the Minister to request a full environmental assessment of the project, given the most recent proposal to construct a four-lane bridge across Jackson Park.

In February 2016, the Minister requested further information from the City regarding the project before making a decision. According to the Minister’s letter at the time, the request was made in part because “significant time” — two years — had lapsed since the notice of completion and in part because the Minister had received 88 requests from various groups asking that the City of Peterborough be required to undertake a full environmental Assessment.

The City of Peterborough responded to the Minister’s request on May 2014, and, on September 16, 2016, the Minister issued his decision, determining that the project did not qualify as a Class EA. He issued a “Part II Order”, requiring a full environmental assessment.

“Of particular note in my consideration of this matter was the alternative to cross Jackson Park,” Minister Murray wrote in his decision letter. “The proposed Parkway Corridor may cause significant effects to the natural environment and impacts to noise, specifically with respect to the bridge proposed to cross Jackson Park.”

“The potential effects were not adequately considered,” he added. “The documentation provided to date by the City has not provided sufficient detail to ensure that potential impacts will be mitigated and the environment protected.”

In his decision, the Minister also requested additional studies to address any impacts to identified species at risk, as well as the significant natural features including the provincially significant wetland and the significant woodlands and valleyland sites. He also requested the city complete a new noise assessment for the living areas of the properties along the corridor and, given “significant public concern”, more evaluation of alternatives as well as additional public consultation.

Some of those who support the Parkway as a way to deal with ongoing traffic problems, particularly in the north end of the city, feel that alternatives to the Parkway corridor will be even more expensive and additional delay will stymie growth in the city.

“Part of that problem is the lack of a transportation network solution as we waited, along with the homebuilding industry, for almost two and a half years for a decision from the Liberal government on the Parkway Corridor Class Environmental Assessment,” Mayor Bennett writes in his statement objecting to the Minister’s decision.

“It has far reaching financial implications for this City, both in the short and the long term. The cost of doing remedial work on other basic traffic solutions will be plus or minus $30 million over and above the projected $80-million cost of the two-lane arterial street in the Parkway corridor.”

The Minister’s decision does not prevent the City of Peterborough from pursuing the Parkway corridor project, but it does require the city to spend a substantial amount of time and money to fulfill the requirement for a full environmental assessment — while at the same time having to come up with shorter-term solutions to deal with traffic congestion.

The Peterborough Greenspace Coalition believes that arterial road changes, traffic calming measures, traffic light synchronization, and computerized traffic management systems are some interim measures the City could implement at a fraction of the cost of the Parkway.

The coalition also believes that an effective public transit system and more fully developed cycling infrastructure could also improve transportation in the city.

A brief history of the Parkway

  • 1947 – Parkway bypass first appears as part of the City’s Official Plan as part of a larger strategy to construct a ring road around the city to relieve traffic congestion.
  • 1950s – City of Peterborough acquires land around proposed route and designates it for the Parkway Corridor, but does not move forward with construction.
  • 1970 – Peterborough City Council officially abandons Parkway proposal.
  • 2002 – City of Peterborough includes the Parkway again in its master transportation plan.
  • 2003 – City of Peterborough holds a referendum on whether to proceed with the Parkway. Citizens reject the Parkway but the referendum fails to meet the required minimum turnout of 50% of eligible voters for a binding decision. City Council agrees to not carry out Parkway construction but leaves Parkway in the transportation master plan.
  • 2011 – City of Peterborough completes transportation master plan that includes the Parkway; City Council approves the plan.
  • 2013 – Consulting firm hired by City to complete class environmental assessment recommends a four-lane bridge be constructed across Jackson Park.
  • 2014 – City of Peterborough files class environmental assessment for Parkway project.
  • February 2016 – Province asks for more information from City about Parkway class environmental assessment.
  • September 2016 – Province decides that full environmental assessment is required.

Peterborough Chamber of Commerce wins two awards from national chamber organization

By kawarthaNOW -
Karen August and Stu Harrison of the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce (right) accept the Chamber's Silver award from David Sword of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and David Paterson of General Motors (photo courtesy of Peterborough Chamber of Commerce)

The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce was honoured twice over the weekend in Regina at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada. On Friday, the Peterborough Chamber’s policy analyst and communication specialist Sandra Dueck won the Employee of the Year award and, on Saturday, the Peterborough Chamber won a silver award in the annual chamber competition.

Peterborough Chamber policy analyst and communication specialist Sandra Dueck won the Employee of the Year award (photo courtesy of Peterborough Chamber of Commerce)
Peterborough Chamber policy analyst and communication specialist Sandra Dueck won the Employee of the Year award (photo courtesy of Peterborough Chamber of Commerce)

The annual Employee of the Year award, presented Friday at the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada awards dinner, recognized Sandra Dueck for the work she has done to help the Peterborough Chamber amplify issues of importance to business at all three levels of government.

Every week, Dueck creates a newspaper column and a three-minute television feature covering business issues. She is also the co-chair of the Ontario caucus of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, helping lead the policy debate the established advocacy priorities for the Canadian Chamber for the next year.

“Sandra is part of a high performance team at the Peterborough Chamber and we are very proud of her accomplishment,” said Stu Harrison, President and CEO of the Peterborough Chamber.

The Peterborough Chamber was also one of three finalists in the annual Canadian Chamber of Commerce competition On Saturday, Harrison and Karen August, the Chamber’s manager of membership services Karen August, made a presentation to chamber staff and volunteers from across Canada on the theme of “membership in the age of Google”.

Their seven-minute presentation showcased the Peterborough Chamber’s rebranding and covered the chamber’s activities for its membership including the Power Hour event featuring all four locally elected leaders, the Business Summit focussed on professional development, the monthly Peterborough Business Exchange (PBX), and the creation of the Holistic Group.

It also covered the chamber’s business advocacy efforts — including The Voice of Business newspaper column, the Business911 television feature, political round tables, and more — as well as the multi-platform techniques the Chamber uses to communicate with its members (including the Chamber website, mainstream media, social media, and more).

Sandra Dueck of the Peterborough Chamber wins award

In recognition of its efforts, the Peterborough Chamber was awarded Silver (the Calgary Chamber won Gold and the Burnaby Chamber won Bronze).

“We are trying to be intentional with everything we do,” Harrison said. “All of our efforts should have a direct benefit for our members.”

“The opportunity to present to our peers from coast to coast was also an opportunity for us to clarify our own goals as a key member of the Peterborough business community,” August added.

“To be here and witness the high regard in which the Peterborough Chamber and Staff is held is very gratifying,” said Jim Hill, the incoming Chair of the Peterborough Chamber Board of Directors. “The Peterborough business community is being well served by our Chamber.”

For more information about the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, visit www.peterboroughchamber.ca.

Prince of Pot coming to Peterborough to protest arrest of marijuana store owner

By kawarthaNOW -
Cannabis Culture, a marijuana dispensary franchise in downtown Peterborough, is closed after police arrested the owner and an employee on September 15 (photo: kawarthaNOW)

Cannabis activist Marc Emery, known as the “Prince of Pot”, will be in Peterborough on Saturday, September 17th to protest the arrest of Richard Standen, who recently opened a Cannabis Culture franchise in downtown Peterborough.

“We will protest the disgraceful and absurd arrest of Cannabis Culture franchise owner Richard Standen and a member of his staff,” Emery writes on Facebook. “The 382 George Street shop is a beautiful thing that the citizens of Peterborough have supported by the hundreds and hundreds of people in just the first six days.”

Emery is a Vancouver-based cannabis activist who has been jailed several times, most notably in 2009 when he served a five-year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling mail-order cannabis seeds to American citizens.

Along with his wife Jodie, Emery runs Cannabis Culture magazine as well as the Cannabis Culture dispensary franchise, an extension of the brand. In June 2016, Emery’s Cannabis Culture store on Queen Street West in Toronto was raided by Toronto Police, who arrested 23 people.

Cannabist activist Marc Emery, shown here with his wife Jodie, will be in Peterborough on September 17 to protest the arrest of Richard Standen, who recently opened a Cannabis Culture store in downtown Peterborough (photo: Marc Emery / Facebook)
Cannabist activist Marc Emery, shown here with his wife Jodie, will be in Peterborough on September 17 to protest the arrest of Richard Standen, who recently opened a Cannabis Culture store in downtown Peterborough (photo: Marc Emery / Facebook)

Emery says he will be speaking at a demonstration from 1 to 4:20 p.m. on Saturday at Peterborough Police Service headquarters at 500 Water Street in Peterborough (the end time of the event is a reference to 4:20, the code term for the consumption of cannabis).

The planned demonstration follows the arrest on Thursday of 62-year-old Oshawa native Richard Standen, after the Peterborough Police Drug Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substance Act search warrant at the George Street store. Police also arrested 21-year-old Maranda Gallant of Peterborough, who works at the store.

Standen was charged with trafficking marijuana, possession for the purposes of trafficking, and proceeds of crime. Gallant was charged with trafficking marijuana.

Police also seized an unspecified quantity of marijuana along with cash.

Members of Peterborough Police Drug Unit execute a search warrant on September 15 at Cannabis Culture at 382 George Street in downtown Peterborough. Police arrested owner Richard Standen and employee Maranda Gallant. (Photo: Facebook video)
Members of Peterborough Police Drug Unit execute a search warrant on September 15 at Cannabis Culture at 382 George Street in downtown Peterborough. Police arrested owner Richard Standen and employee Maranda Gallant. (Photo: Facebook video)

Before his store was raided by police, Standen was selling marijuana to anyone who could prove they were 19 or older. Business was brisk at the store, judging from the fact that Standen had to turn away customers on Wednesday when he temporarily ran out of marijuana.

On Tuesday, Peterborough police hand-delivered a letter to Standen advising him that his store was in contravention of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The statement indicated that the police would be enforcing current marijuana laws.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to legalize and regulate access to marijuana in Canada. On August 30th, the Liberal Party of Canada launched a petition on its website to support Trudeau’s promise.

Rabid bat found in Cobourg

By kawarthaNOW -
Bats are one of the wildlife species that commonly carry rabies. The most common bat species in Ontario is the Little Brown Bat, which is endangered due to a disease known as white nose syndrome. (Photo: Wikipedia)

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit is warning residents to be cautious around bats after receiving confirmation a bat tested positive for rabies in the Cobourg area.

The most common wildlife species that are carriers of rabies are bats, foxes, raccoons, and skunks. A rabid bat was also found in Peterborough in June. In 2015, 13 rabid bats were reported in Ontario.

“Contact with any wild animal, including bats, should be avoided,” says Md Azad, a Public Health Inspector with the HKPR District Health Unit. “It’s never worth the risk.”

Rabies is almost always a fatal disease once symptoms appear. It is caused by a virus that affects the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Rabies is transmitted when there is contact with the saliva of an infected animal.

This can include getting a bite from an infected animal that breaks the skin, getting saliva from an infected animal in an open cut or wound, or getting saliva from an infected animal in the mouth, nose, or eyes.

A post-exposure vaccine is available for humans in the event of contact with a rabid animal.

In the Cobourg case, the bat was picked up from the ground by a dog. The bat was then tested and found to be positive for the rabies virus. There was no human exposure and the dog had been vaccinated against rabies.

Bats are wild animals and should never be approached or touched. Never try to catch a bat or keep one as a pet. If you have bats living on your property and want to remove them, contact a professional pest control company or wildlife removal company.

Bats in the home can be a nuisance and potential hazard to you and your family. Bats are also capable of transmitting rabies to humans and other animals. Although most animal bites are readily apparent, bites inflicted by bats on, an infant, a child or those with cognitive impairments, may not be felt or leave any visible bite marks.

Please follow these instructions when it comes to bats:

  • If you suspect you may have been bitten or had contact with a bat, report this to both your family doctor and your local health unit.
  • If you discover a bat outdoors that is injured, acting strange or dead, do not touch it.
  • If you are bitten or scratched by a bat that is discovered in your home, leave the room, close the door and contact a wildlife removal company. Do not touch a bat with your bare hands. If there was no human contact (bite or scratch) open a window and allow it to get out.
  • As bats can transmit the rabies virus to domestic pets such as dogs and cats, ensure pet vaccinations are up to date. Low-cost rabies clinics for dogs and cats are often offered by local health units throughout the year.
  • If you suspect your pets or livestock have come in contact with a rabid animal, contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) at 905-513-2850.
  • Bat-proof the home. If bats are found in the home, seek advice from an animal control or wildlife conservation authority.

To learn more about rabies, visit www.ontario.ca/page/rabies.

nightlifeNOW – September 15 to 21

By kawarthaNOW -
Australian native Gina Horswood performs her root/alt-country music at the Bancroft Eatery & Brew Pub on Friday, September 16 and at The Garnet in Peterborough on Monday, September 19 (publicity photo)

Every Thursday, we publish live music and performance events at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas based on information that venues provide to us directly or post on their website or social media channels. Here are the listings for the week of Thursday, September 15 to Wednesday, September 21.

If you’re a pub or club owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our Nightlife Editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com.

7oh5
ARIA
Arlington Pub
Bancroft Eatery and Brew Pub
Black Horse Pub
Canoe & Paddle
The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg
The Cat & The Fiddle Lindsay
The Ceilie (Trent University student pub)
Chemong Lodge
The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse
Coach & Horses Pub
Dobro Restaurant & Bar
Dominion Hotel
Dr. J's BBQ & Brews
Frank's Pasta and Grill
The Garnet
Gordon Best Theatre
Junction Nightclub
Marley's Bar & Grill
McThirsty's Pint
The Mill Restaurant and Pub
Oasis Bar & Grill
Pastry Peddler
Pig's Ear Tavern
Porch & Pint
Puck' N Pint Sports Pub
Red Dog Tavern
Riley's Olde Town Pub
Shots
Southside Pizzeria
Spanky's
The Spill
Tank House
The Trend
The Venue
White House Hotel
Wild Blue Yonder Pub at Elmhirst's Resort
Winchester Arms

7oh5

295 George St. N, Peterborough
(705) 743-2717

Thursday, September 15

10:30pm - Black Light Graffiti Night

Mondays

Industry Monday Patio Party

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 29
7-11pm - Hot dog eating contest in support of Kawartha Food Share ($10 or $7 w/ valid student ID)

ARIA

331 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0333

Friday, September 13

10pm - ARIA Project Friday presents Drake vs Eminem

Saturday, September 14

10pm - Saturday Big Club Night

Arlington Pub

32990 Highway 62, Maynooth
(613) 338-2080

Friday, September 16

8pm - Open mic w/ Noah Zacharin

Saturday, September 17

9pm - Erika Werry & The Alphabet

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
9pm - Chris Culgin

Bancroft Eatery and Brew Pub

4 Bridge St., Bancroft
(613) 332-3450

Friday, September 16

9pm - Gina Horswood

Tuesdays

7:30pm - Trivia Tuesdays

Wednesdays

7pm - Jam Night in the York Room

Black Horse Pub

452 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-0633

Thursday, September 15

7:30pm - Jazz & Blues w/ Rob Philips & Marsala Lukianchuk

Friday, September 16

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Rob Philips Band

Saturday, September 17

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Another Day

Sunday, September 18

3pm - Brian Haddlesey

Monday, September 19

7pm - Hard Time Mondays w/ Rick & Gailie

Tuesday, September 20

7:30pm - Open Mic w/ Randy Hill

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 22
7:30pm - Jazz & Blues w/ Rob Philips & Marsala Lukianchuk

Friday, September 23
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Pop Machine

Saturday, September 24
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Briannah Cotton Band

Sunday, September 25
3pm - Wylie Harold

Canoe & Paddle

18 Bridge St., Lakefield
(705) 651-1111

Saturdays

8-11pm - Live music

Sundays (2nd/4th of month)

2-5pm - Live music

Tuesdays

7-10pm - Open jam

The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg

38 Covert St., Cobourg
(905) 377-9029

Saturday, September 17

St. Paddys Day Practice Party w/ Madman's Window

The Cat & The Fiddle Lindsay

49 William St. N., Lindsay
(705) 878-4312

Saturday, September 17

7pm - St. Practice Day ft The Pint of Blarney

Coming Soon

Saturday, October 29
8pm - Halloween Party ft The Harry Peterson Band

The Ceilie (Trent University student pub)

1600 West Bank Dr., Peterborough
(705) 748-1011

Thursday, September 15

6pm - Trent Billiards Club Social; 7-9pm - Open Mic Night hosted by Scott & Josh (free, all ages)

Chemong Lodge

764 Hunter St., Bridgenorth
(705) 292-8435

Thursdays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

Fridays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse

26 Bridge St. W., Campbellford
(705) 653-0001

Thursday, September 15

9pm - Tuborg, Ray on the Radio

Friday, September 16

9pm - The Janet Jeffery Band

Saturday, September 17

9pm - Jonny and Jane

Mondays

Trivia Monday

Tuesday, September 20

6-8pm - Mad Hatter's Tea Party hosted by Melanie Flynn

Wednesdays

Whiskey Wednesday w/ Ken Tizzard

Coach & Horses Pub

16 York St. S., Lindsay
(705) 328-0006

Thursdays

10pm - Open Jam w/ Gerald Vanhalteren

Wednesdays

7-11pm - Live music

Dobro Restaurant & Bar

287-289 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 775-9645

Friday, September 16

10pm - Robin Hawkins Band (no cover)

Saturday, September 17

10pm - Marty and The Mojos (no cover)

Wednesdays

Open stage

Dominion Hotel

113 Main St., Minden
(705) 286-6954

Saturday, September 17

2pm - Kitchen Party Music Jam (free, musicians and fans welcome)

Wednesday, September 21

7:30pm - Poets in the Pub

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 22
8pm - San McCann ($25)

Friday, September 23
7:30pm - Adventure Canada presents Ian Tamblyn ($10)

Saturday, September 24
7pm - End of Summer Bash

Dr. J's BBQ & Brews

282 Aylmer St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5717

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
3pm - Patio Palooza Pub Crawl at Pig's Ear, Red Dog, Spanky's, Champs, Tankhouse, Dr J's (6 teams w/ 50 crawlers per team, $25 available at venues or text 705-304-0908)

Frank's Pasta and Grill

426 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-2727

Thursdays

5-8pm - Live music

Saturday, September 17

8:30 pm - Little Lake; 11:30pm - DJ Ryan

Sundays

4-8pm - Kids Karaoke

Tuesdays

7pm & 8pm - Salsa Classes beginners & intermediate ($10/lesson)

Wednesdays

8-11pm - Open Mic

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
8:30pm - Sawdust

The Garnet

231 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 874-0107

Thursday, September 15

Will Gillespie

Friday, September 16

9pm - Erika Werry and the Alphabet (Peterborough release of "A Vowel" w/ Germ Sperman & Sean Conway and the Postmodern Cowboyse

Saturday, September 17

Designosaur

Sunday, September 18

Joe Fournier

Monday, September 19

Gina Horswood

Wednesday, September 21

Owen Meany's Batting Stance, Sean Conway and Postmodern Cowboys

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 22
little me, little you; Motherhood

Friday, September 23
Severed Feathers, Sun RaRaRa, Destroy Clocks

Saturday, September 24
Mysterious Entity: Act On It!

Sunday, September 25
STPS: Keyboards! (And WTF?!)

Gordon Best Theatre

216 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 876-8884

Coming Soon

Friday, September 23
9pm - The Citiots Improv

Monday, October 17
Kevin Breit

Wednesday, October 19
7pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Jadea Kelly, Sweet Alibi (all ages, $15, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)

Saturday, October 22
24 Hour Project

Sunday, October 23
Peterborough Folk Fest presents Donovan Woods w/ Joey Landreth

Saturday, November 26
7-11pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Andy Shauf w/ Chris Cohen (all ages, $20, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)

Friday, December 2
8pm - Tommy Youngsteen ($20 at thegordonbest.ca)

Junction Nightclub

253 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0550

Friday, September 16

10pm - Y2K Flashback w/ DJ Bill Porter (no cover)

Marley's Bar & Grill

17 Fire Route 82 Catalina Bay, Buckhorn
(705) 868-2545

Friday, September 16

6-8:30pm - Sean Conway

Saturday, September 17

6-9pm - Andrew Vatcher

McThirsty's Pint

166 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 743-2220

Thursdays

10pm - Jan Schoute

Fridays

10pm - Brian Haddlesey

Saturdays

10pm - Brian Haddlesey

Mondays

10pm - Trivia Night

Wednesdays

9pm - Cody Watkins

The Mill Restaurant and Pub

990 Ontario St., Cobourg
(905) 377-8177

Thursday, September 15

7pm - Lotus Wight

Oasis Bar & Grill

31 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-6634

Thursday, September 15

6:30pm - Detour

Sundays

5:30pm - PHLO

Wednesdays

6:30pm - Live music

Pastry Peddler

17 King St., Millbrook
(705) 932-7333

Coming Soon

Friday, September 23
5:30pm & 7:45pm - Jazz Dinner Weekend ft Rob Phillips & Marsala Luklanchuk ($40 per person)

Saturday, September 24
5:30pm & 7:45pm - Jazz Dinner Weekend ft Rob Phillips & Marsala Luklanchuk ($40 per person)

Pig's Ear Tavern

144 Brock St., Peterborough
(705) 745-7255

Fridays

Pingo

Saturday, September 17

2-5pm - Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association Blues Jam w/ Al Black and Pat Temple;10pm - Mayhemingways ($3)

Mondays

Pool Night

Tuesdays

Open stage (second Tuesday of each month: 5-7:30pm - Family Friendly Open Mic)

Wednesdays

Humpday Karaoinke

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
3pm - Patio Palooza Pub Crawl at Pig's Ear, Red Dog, Spanky's, Champs, Tankhouse, Dr J's (6 teams w/ 50 crawlers per team, $25 available at venues or text 705-304-0908); 9pm - BA Johnston, Spruce Invaders, Beef Boys ($3)

Porch & Pint

172 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough
(705) 750-0598

Saturday, September 10

6-9pm - Tyson "Tyko" Sullivan

Puck' N Pint Sports Pub

871 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
(705) 741-1078

Fridays

Live music

Saturdays

9pm - Live music

Tuesdays

Live music

Red Dog Tavern

189 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 741-6400

Tuesdays

10pm - Open mic w/ Matt Diamond

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 22
10pm - Michael Bernard Fitzgerald ($8 in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/16091/, $10 at door)

Friday, September 23
9pm - Silver Hearts

Saturday, September 24
3pm - Patio Palooza Pub Crawl at Pig's Ear, Red Dog, Spanky's, Champs, Tankhouse, Dr J's (6 teams w/ 50 crawlers per team, $25 available at venues or text 705-304-0908); 9pm - Dub Trinity

Tuesday, September 27
10pm - Electric Six

Riley's Olde Town Pub

257 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 750-1445

Thursdays

Travis Berlinbach

Fridays

Travis Berlinbach

Saturdays

Josh Gontier

Sundays

Josh Gontier

Mondays

Josh Gontier

Tuesdays

Josh Gontier & Cale Gontier

Wednesdays

Guest performers

Shots

379 George Street K9H 3R2, Peterborough
(705) 749-9315

Wednesdays

10pm - DJ Muddler's House Party

Southside Pizzeria

25 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
(705) 748-6120

Fridays

9am-12pm - Open mic ($2); 8pm - Karaoke

Tuesdays

9am-12pm - Open mic (free); 8pm - Karaoke

Spanky's

201 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 874-5078

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
3pm - Patio Palooza Pub Crawl at Pig's Ear, Red Dog, Spanky's, Champs, Tankhouse, Dr J's (6 teams w/ 50 crawlers per team, $25 available at venues or text 705-304-0908)

Friday, September 30
9pm - Hott-Oberfest - Head of The Trent Friday Kickoff w/ Washboard Hank and the Gezundheits and DJs

The Spill

414 George St., Peterborough
(705) 748-6167

Thursday, September 15

9:30pm - Curse, Prime Junk, Monoblock & Sunn ($8 or PWYC)

Friday, September 16

Dickie & The Boys, 5 Acre Dog Park

Saturday, September 17

3pm - Perkolator; 9pm - Super Funk Band Of Awesome

Monday, September 19

6-9pm - Dumpster Mummy, The Offering, THECanadians (PWYC)

Tuesday, September 20

6-9pm - Peterborough Pride Euchre Social; 9:30 pm - Jack Moves, Friendly Shadows, The Depression Suite

Wednesday, September 21

The Neighbours Yard, Sweepstake, Jupiter, Also Robots

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 22
8pm - Peterborough Poetry Slam Presents Peterborough Pride Spoken Word Spectacular ft Bassam and Kathleen Driscoll, hosted by Sasha Patterson ($5-10/PWYC)

Friday, September 23
Goodnight, Sunrise; Callfield.

Saturday, September 24
3pm - Repair Cafe; 9pm - Jennifer Holub, Brian Dunn, Sean Conway

Tank House

295 George St. N, Peterborough
(705) 743-2717

Friday, September 1623

5:30pm - The Roy Boys; 9:30pm - Retro Rewind

Saturday, September 17

3pm - Briannah Cotton

Sunday, September 18

3pm - The Cadillacs

Tuesday, September 20

3pm - Dean James

Coming Soon

Friday, September 23
5:30pm - High Waters Band

Saturday, September 24
1-4pm - Uncle Malt Memorial Euchre Tournament ($5 entry); 3pm - The Cadillacs

Sunday, September 25
3pm - Dean James Band

The Trend

110 London St., Peterborough
(705) 750-1265

Coming Soon

Wednesday, September 28
8-11pm - Trent Film Society Pajama Party & Retro Toon Night (free)

The Venue

286 George Street North, Peterborough
(705) 876-0008

Coming Soon

Saturday, September 24
8pm - Honeymoon Suite (advance tickets only, no tickets available at door). 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Five Counties Children's Centre and The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

White House Hotel

173 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 741-2444

Thursdays

7pm - Red Hot Poker Tour (registration opens at 6pm)

Mondays

7pm - Red Hot Poker Tour (registration opens at 6pm)

Wednesdays

7pm - Red Hot Poker Tour (registration opens at 6pm)

Coming Soon

Thursday, September 29
10pm - Canada's Most Wanted Male Revue Show ($8 in advance, $10 at door)

Wild Blue Yonder Pub at Elmhirst's Resort

1045 Settlers Line, Keene
(705) 295-4591

Coming Soon

Saturday, October 8
3pm - Melissa Payne

Winchester Arms

299 Ridout St., Port Hope
(905) 885-9393

Tuesdays

7pm - Trivia night

Showcasing the talents of two young Peterborough actresses – a review of Voices

By Sam Tweedle -
Lydia Etherington and Samuelle Weatherdon star in "Voices" at The Theatre on King from September 15 - 17 (photo: Andy Carroll)

When artistic director of The Theatre on King (TTOK) Ryan Kerr held open auditions for this season’s crop of shows, he was greatly impressed by the talents of 13-year-olds Samuelle Weatherdon and Lydia Etherington.

No strangers to Peterborough theatre, the girls gave two outstanding auditions, but Ryan didn’t have anything at the time that required girls of their age.

So instead of allowing such talent slip out the doors without anything, Ryan searched for a play to showcase Sam and Lydia’s talents and give them the spotlight on the TTOK stage. The show he chose is American poet’s Hortense Flexner 1916 play Voices, which runs from September 15th to 17th.

A discourse on war, women and legacy, Flexner wrote Voices while World War I still raged across Europe. A young girl named Yvonne (Lydia Etherington) returns to her home in Domremy, France to find the village decimated by war. Seeking solace at a ruined church erected to Joan of Arc, who historically came from Domremy, Yvonne kneels to pray when she suddenly encounters another young girl brooding in the ruins (Samuelle Weatherdon).

Lydia Etherington and Samuelle Weatherdon play two peasant girls who meet at a church and discuss the legacy of "Jeanne D'Arc" (photo: Andy Carroll)
Lydia Etherington and Samuelle Weatherdon play two peasant girls who meet at a church and discuss the legacy of “Jeanne D’Arc” (photo: Andy Carroll)

The two girls discuss the legacy of Saint Joan from different angles, with Yvonne worshipping her for her bravery in war and her legendary death, while the other talks about Joan as a normal girl who was in over her head. The result is a haunting deconstructionist character study of Joan of Arc in a passionate short play.

A thought-provoking piece, Voices is a short production which runs under a half an hour. However, the cast rounds out the evening by reading selections of Flexner’s poetry.

Voices allows Ryan to work with two wonderful actresses who have a promising career in theatre. Both girls play off each other with a combination of sensitivity and vibrant energy, and bring something all their own to the TTOK stage. It’s wonderful to be able to visit TTOK and see two actresses this young doing high-caliber theatre with believable conviction.

Sam Weatherdon has become one of my favorite young performers in Peterborough over the past two years. First meeting her when she was working with Charles Shamess’ last two children’s Christmas shows at The Peterborough Theatre Guild, Sam also appeared in 4th Line Theatre’s Gimme That Prime Time Religion and Ryan Kerr’s production of Waiting for Godot.

Voices

When: Thursday, September 15 – Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Theatre on King (159 King St., Suite 120, Peterborough)
How much: $10 at the door or pay what you can

Written by Hortense Flexner, directed by Ryan Kerr, and featuring Samuelle Weatherdon and Lydia Etherington.

Meanwhile, Lydia Etherington has been writing and directing her own stage shows since she was a young girl. She has had many of them produced in the Showplace Performance Centre’s Nexicom Studio with the assistance of many notable Peterborough performers.

To have these two talented girls together at TTOK is a true treat.

Ryan Kerr really found something amazing for these girls to perform, and it’s a wonderful way for the Peterborough theatre community to come and see first-rate young talent at work.

While Voices is a quick and compact production at under an hour, it makes a perfect chaser to start off wherever you need to be this weekend. I’d encourage everybody in the theatre community, and those who support it, to stop by TTOK this weekend and see Sam and Lydia in Voices. It really is something special.

Voices runs from Thursday September 15th to Saturday September 17th at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are $10 or pay what you can.

Although it's a short one-act play, "Voices" gives both young actresses the chance to display their talents (photo: Andy Carroll)
Although it’s a short one-act play, “Voices” gives both young actresses the chance to display their talents (photo: Andy Carroll)
1...1,0311,0321,033...1,150Page 1,032 of 1,150

Become a #kawarthaNOW fan

32,051FollowersLike
25,747FollowersFollow
17,621FollowersFollow
4,695FollowersFollow
3,778FollowersFollow
3,125FollowersFollow

Sign up for kawarthNOW's Enews

Sign up for our VIP Enews

kawarthaNOW.com offers two enews options to help readers stay in the know. Our VIP enews is delivered weekly every Wednesday morning and includes exclusive giveaways, and our news digest is delivered daily every morning. You can subscribe to one or both.




Submit your event for FREE!

Use our event submission form to post your event on our website — for free. To submit editorial content or ideas, please contact us.

EDITOR'S PICKS

SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS




© Copyright kawarthaNOW® 1996 - 2025. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission, or republication strictly prohibited. Trademarks owned by kawarthaNOW include kawarthaNOW®, Keep It In The Kawarthas®, Web Sites That Work®, Kawartha Localist™, Know Your Locals™, businessNOW™, musicNOW™, artNOW™, nightlifeNOW™, encoreNOW™, and KNosh™.