For over 40 years, St. James Players has been creating quality musical theatre that’s fun for the whole family. Always a crowd pleaser, St. James has a reputation for keeping it light or keeping it classical, and has never been known for taking risks. Well, get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about the St. James Players.
Hilarious musical homage to bad taste – a review of The Producers
TELUS raises $10,000 for GreenUP
The TELUS Care-a-Van has been travelling across the country for months now, making a stop in Peterborough last week. The TELUS team arrived with an immense amount of energy, a truck full of gifts, and the desire to give back to their customers and greater community.
KNosh News – November 2015
This month, our new food writer Eva Fisher features Dreams of Beans, Cross Wind Farm, Entomo Farms, BE Catering, food-related winners of the 2015 Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Awards of Excellence, and Sam’s Place.
Trans Canada Trail between Peterborough and Hastings completed
The final link of the Trans Canada Trail between Peterborough and Hastings was officially opened today.
Amused, not stirred – a review of Spectre
How do you take a beloved yet bloated franchise rife with indelible iconography and rescue it from the depths of self-parody hell? Strip away the invisible cars, exploding pens, and creaky puns. And, more importantly, mine the likely psychopathic tendencies of what it means to have “a license to kill”.
117,000 trees to be planted along the Highway of Heroes
The Highway of Heroes Tribute and Forests Ontario have launched a campaign to honour Canada’s fallen by planting 117,000 trees — one for every soldier since Confederation — along Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto.
Peterborough Petes launch second year of Project Shutout Hunger
Once again this season, the Peterborough Petes are partnering with Coach4Food, Kawartha Food Share, Boston Pizza, the Peterborough Minor Hockey Council (PMHC), Peterborough Hockey Association (PHA) and local grocery stores to launch the Project Shutout Hunger program that will take place in Peterborough between November 1st and December 18th, 2015.
Before Bieber there was Bobby
On Saturday, December 19th, Canadian rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Bobby Curtola is coming to Showplace Performance Centre. One of Canada’s early pop music success stories, Bobby is doing a one-date only afternoon concert showcasing his greatest hits, as well as holiday favorites from his recently released holiday album.
Art in the Street – November 2015
The next couple of weeks will see a sprinkling of art exhibits opening in and around Peterborough, with road trips to Cobourg and Lindsay worth putting on your to-do list as several area galleries present selected, juried, or collections-based exhibits this November.
Canada is starting to feel like Canada again
We’re a fickle bunch. We bitch and whine and moan about the way things are and then, when we change things, we bitch and whine and moan about it being different. Don’t agree? I give you the 2015 Federal Election.
During the 11-week campaign, we were inundated with ridiculous over-the-top and often completely fabricated memes, quotes, and campaign commercials. Facebook was awash with people telling me that if I voted for Harper I hated women, and if I voted for Trudeau I hated my own money. Day in, day out — the same monotonous dribble.
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