A cottage basement renovation completed by Spotlight Home & Lifestyle (photo: Spotlight Home & Lifestyle)
Spotlight Home & Lifestyle
Spotlight Home & Lifestyle is now a Tarion registered builder, which means they are now licensed to build new homes in Ontario.
According to owner Garnet Northey, as an award-winning design/renovate/build firm Spotlight Home & Lifestyle has been focused on home remodels and the design and construction of additions. Over the past several years, their reputation has prompted many requests to design and build custom homes, and that day has arrived.
Jonathan Bennett, CEO of Laridae Communications Inc. (photo: Laridae Communications Inc. / YouTube)
Laridae Communications Inc. recently moved to 188 Hunter Street in downtown Peterborough.
Owner Jonathan Bennett says this has been a year of growth, with six consultants and a province-wide client base. Laridae targets the not-for-profit and public sectors with planning, strategy, governance, operations, human resources, communications, marketing and branding.
There is an open house at the new location this Wednesday (October 19) from 2:30 to 4.30 p.m. Visit www.laridaemc.com.
Foot Fundamentals Foot Care Clinic
Foot Fundamentals Foot Care Clinic is located at 2090 Keene Road (supplied graphic)
Jenny Cormier’s business is Foot Fundamentals Foot Care Clinic. Jenny has just reached a milestone, becoming a certified fitter and supplier of compression socks.
Jenny now carries the Sockwell line of therapeutic compression socks. Jenny is a registered practical nurse and a certified podologist, providing basic to advanced footcare and diabetic footcare.
Foot Fundamentals is located at 2090 Keene Road, just one kilometre south of Marty Moos. Call 705-745-8362 or visit www.footfundamentals.com.
Small Business Week
Lindsay and District Chamber is hosting a Small Business Week breakfast on October 19 at the Lindsay Golf and Country Club (supplied graphic)
This is Small Business Week in Canada, with lots of events marking the occasion here in the Kawarthas, including Spotlight on Small Business, an opportunity to learn about growth opportunities and funding, tomorrow (October 18) at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It’s presented by the Innovation Cluster and Peterborough Economic Development.
The Lindsay and District Chamber has a Small Business Week breakfast on Wednesday morning (October 19) at the Lindsay Golf and Country Club. Visit www.lindsaychamber.com for details.
The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Excellence Awards are on Wednesday night (October 19). It’s sold out, but watch for the special supplement in Thursday’s Peterborough Examiner for all the details.
And check out the Peterborough Chamber’s new event called Next Level Ptbo. Next Tuesday (October 26) at noon at The Venue in Peterborough, the Chamber will be showcasing three local business people who are taking it to the next level. Details at www.peterboroughchamber.ca.
Small Business Week runs from October 16th to 22nd and there are a number of events happening this week in Peterborough, Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, and Fenelon Falls.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement on October 16th in support of Small Business Week:
“Small business owners work incredibly hard to provide Canadians with quality goods and services while also creating job opportunities that strengthen communities across the country and grow the middle class. In Canada there are over 1.16 million small and medium sized businesses. These businesses account for 99 per cent of all firms, and employ over 90 per cent of the labour force in the private sector. They are anything but ‘small’ in terms of their contribution to Canada’s economic growth, job creation, and innovation.”
“Small Business Week is important for many reasons. It allows Canadians to thank small business owners and entrepreneurs for their enormous contributions to our country’s prosperity. It is also a chance for current and future small business owners to participate in events across the country to learn, network, and share ideas about making their businesses as innovative, export-ready, and successful as possible.”
Here are local business events happening during Small Business Week:
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area, StartUp Peterborough, Peterborough Economic Development and Community Futures Peterborough are announcing a new entrepreneurial initiative at 10 a.m. at 261 George Street North in Peterborough. kawarthaNOW.com will be providing details of the announcement on Monday.
Kawartha Family Business Group presents Turning Conflict Into Profit with Michael Walker beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Best Western Otonabee Inn (84 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough, K9J 6Z3). Learn from Michael Walker of Legendary Coaching how to turn conflict into profit with a set of tools to assess, design, implement and monitor your own conflict management system. It’s free for KFBG members, and $75 for non-members. Visit www.kfbg.ca for details.
Kawartha Lakes Small Business & Entrepreneurship Centre presents a free Branding and Digital Marketing discussion from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Boiling Over’s Coffee Vault (148 Kent Street West, Lindsay, K9V 2Y4). Conversation and Q&A about business branding, marketing strategies, and digital media.
Tuesday, October 18
Peterborough Economic Development and the Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster present Spotlight on Small Business at 10 a.m. at Peterborough Golf & Country Club (1030 Armour Road, Peterborough, K9H 7H4). A funding forum takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., where you can find out about the funding you need to start or grow your business. This will also include a funding panel discussion from 12 to 12:45 p.m. where attendees can learn from a panel of experts about funding opportunities and the pros and cons associated with each. The keynote speaker is Brock Dickinson with the talk “The Evolution of Economic Development” from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The “Redefining Success Showcase and Cocktail Hour” will be 4:30 to 6 p.m. where you can get inspired by stories from local entrepreneurs. The entire event is free. For more information and to register, visit www.eventbrite.ca/e/spotlight-on-small-business-tickets-27132472957.
VCCS Career Services presents an Employment Law Seminar from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at VCCS Employment Services (370 Kent St. W., Lindsay, K9V 6G8). Subjects to be covered by Mark Mason of the law firm Hicks Morley include a legislative review, updates on human rights, constructive dismissal, alcohol and substance abuse in the workplace, and more. Networking and refreshments at 4:30 p.m., with a presentation and question and answer session from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information about this free event, visit www.careerservices.org.
Wednesday, October 19
Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce and Scotiabank present Small Business Week Breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m. at Lindsay Golf & Country Club (282 Lindsay St. S., Lindsay, K9V 4R5). Mike Perry, Executive Director of the City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team, will deliver the keynote address: “The Economics of Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Diversity”. Cost is $25+HST for members and $35+HST for non-members. For more information and to register, visit www.lindsaychamber.com.
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) presents Breakfast Network at 7:30 a.m. at Empress Gardens (131 Charlotte St., Peterborough, K9J 2T6). The Breakfast Network meets monthly with a buffet breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. and the guest speaker at 8 a.m. At this session, the DBIA will be providing details about the new entrepreneurial initiative launched on Monday. The event is open to everyone and costs $5 at the door.
The Fenelon Falls Chamber of Commerce presents Put Your Business on the Map from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Fenelon Falls Library (19 Market St., Fenelon Falls, K0M 1N0). An free informal presentation to assist local small businesses working to grow their business by gaining opportunities on-line. Drop in for 10 minutes and learn how to take control of your Google business profile and create your Google business account. For more information please call 705-324-9411 ext 1291.
The Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce presents the annual Business Excellence Awards from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at Trentwinds International Centre (264 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough, K9J 6Y5). At Peterborough’s business social event of the year, awards will be handed out in 18 categories, plus the 4-Under-40 Profiles, Student Business Leadership Bursaries, and the prestigious Business Citizen of the Year Award. For more information, visit www.excellencepeterborough.ca. The event is sold out, but there will be a supplement announcing the winners in Thursday’s issue of The Peterborough Examiner.
Thursday, October 20
Bobcaygeon Chamber of Commerce presents Breakfast in Bobcaygeon from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Embers Grill House (38 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon, K0M 1A0). This event features a great breakfast and two informative presentations: “What the Government of Canada is doing for Small Business in the Kawartha Lakes Area” from Dylan Robichaud, executive assistant to MP Jamie Schmale; and “Giving Back to Your Community”, with Aaron Shaw of Crazy Monkey Tree Services. Cost is $25 per person. For more information visit www.bobcaygeon.org and reserve your spot by calling 705-738-2202.
Kawartha Lakes Small Business Enterprise Centre and The Lindsay Chamber of Commerce present Put Your Business on the Map from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Lindsay Library (190 Kent St. W., Lindsay, K9V 2Y6). Learn how to take control of your Google business profile and create your Google business account. All you need is your laptop to access the library wi-fi. Call Andrea Koteles at 705-324-9411 ext 1291 for an appointment or drop-in to the Lower Level Meeting Room. This is a free event.
Saturday, October 22
Women Excelling in Business presents Step It Up Women’s Business Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Peterborough Lions Community Centre (347 Burnham St., Peterborough, K9J 1T5). You will benefit from two plenary sessions on Communicating with Confidence, and Dressing for Success, while parallel sessions will include topics such as Follow-up and Customer Service, Facebook vs. Home Parties, Small Business Taxes, Facebook Advertising, and Hostess Coaching. Your ticket includes lunch and beverages. Tickets are $59+HST for non-members and $49+HST members. For more information and tickets, visit www.womenexcellinginbusiness.ca/step-it-up-conference/.
Lindsay's Connie Blackwell holds an owl, temporarily stunned after flying into their front-porch window, in the palm of her hand (photo: Richard Connolly)
It’s not every day you can get up close and personal with an owl. But that’s what happened to Connie Blackwell and Richard Connolly of Lindsay.
Last Monday evening, Connie and her husband Richard were at home when they heard a loud bang from their front porch.
“When we opened our door, we found this beautiful owl with its wings outstretched and eyes closed, clearly stunned from the impact of hitting the window,” Connie tells kawarthaNOW.
Fearing the worst, Connie and her husband wrapped the owl in a towel. Wearing gloves, Connie held the owl in her hands.
After several minutes, the small owl recovered from its window encounter and flew off into the night (photo: Richard Connolly)
Fortunately, after several minutes the owl opened its eyes and, according to Connie, calmly assessed its surroundings.
“After posing for the camera and relaxing in the palm of my hand, its wings started to flutter,” Connie says. “We knew it was time to set it free. What a beautiful sight watching it fly away into the night.”
Connie and Richard were curious about the species of the owl (which they nicknamed “Baby Huey”) and, after conducting some research online, found kawarthaNOW’s 2015 article on owl sightings.
The small owl appears to be an Eastern Screech-Owl, a nocturnal bird that disguises itself by roosting in holes in large trees, either natural cavities or in ones made by woodpeckers.
Joe Roberts, who is pushing a shopping cart across Canada for youth homelessness, arriving in eastern Ontario earlier in October. He is speaking in Peterborough and Lindsay on October 16, with a big celebration in Toronto in October 23. (Photo: The Push for Change)
When it comes to homeless youth, Joe Roberts is pushing for change … literally. He’s pushing a shopping cart — a symbol of homelessness — 9,000 kilometres across Canada over 517 days to raise awareness and funds and to advocate for the 35,000 Canadian youth who are living on the streets.
In the sixth month of The Push for Change journey, Joe is now in Ontario and you can hear him speak from noon to 1 p.m. today (October 16) at The Mount Community Centre (1545 Monaghan Rd. Peterborough), presented by YES Shelter for Youth & Families.
Joe knows about homelessness because he’s been there. He started using drugs when he was just nine years old and, by the time he was a young teenager, had been imprisoned for drug possession and dropped out of high school. By the age of 18, he was homeless and, at the age of 23, he was an skid row addict living under a bridge.
An estimated 35,000 Canadian youth are living on the street (photo: The Push for Change)
But at the age of 24, he turned his life around completely. He got clean, enrolled in college, and excelled in his academic studies. At the age of 31, he accepted a position with Vancouver multimedia development company Mindware Designs Communications and, in less than four years, increased the company’s business by 800% — eventually becoming president and CEO.
He made his first million dollars before he turned 35, and was named one of Business in Vancouver’s 40 Under 40 Outstanding Business People and one of Maclean’s 10 Canadians Who Make a Difference. Since then, Joe has become a successful author and in-demand inspirational speaker. But he has never forgotten his life on the streets as a young adult.
In 2011, he co-founded The Push for Change with Sean Richardson, a former elite athlete with a PhD in performance psychology. A registered charity, The Push for Change is a national awareness and youth empowerment campaign to prevent youth homelessness.
Joe started his cross-country trek in St John’s, Newfoundland on May 1st of this year and is slated to complete it in Vancouver on September 30th, 2017. His walk will include more than 400 community events in all 10 provinces and three territories. To date, he’s pushed his shopping cart almost 3,000 kilometres across eastern Canada,
“I’m inspired by Canadians like Rick Hansen and Terry Fox and the proud Canadian legacy of bringing an important message directly to local communities with a cross-country adventure,” Joe says. “I am blown away by the support I’ve received so far. It’s incredible to see people come together to help.”
Joe’s shopping cart is a symbol of homelessness (photo: The Push for Change)
Joe’s Peterborough presentation takes place just after a fundraising soup lunch from 11 a.m. to noon presented by the YES Shelter for Youth & Families. To partake in the soup lunch and hear Joe speak following the lunch, a minimum contribution of $10 at the door is requested, with all funds supporting The Push for Change, United Way of Peterborough and District, and YES.
Later today (October 16), Joe will also be at Caressant Care McLaughlin (114 McLaughlin Rd., Lindsay) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. to present his story to residents of the nursing home.
Next Sunday (October 23), Joe will arrive in Toronto for a public celebration at Yonge/Dundas Square from noon to 4 p.m. accompanied by Pinball Clemons and Degrassi cast members with performances by Jennifer Strype, Jully Black, and more.
For more information about The Push for Change or to get involved or donate, visit www.thepushforchange.com.
Alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge is playing at The Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, October 15 in support of his new record East (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, October 13 to Wednesday, October 19.
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.
Thursday, October 20 10:30pm - Knowledj w/ DJ Crash
Thursday, October 27 10pm - Suicide Squad Halloween Party
Monday, October 31 10pm - DJ Drama Diablo Halloween Night
ARIA
331 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0333
Friday, October 14
10pm - Project Friday Lemonade Party
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Saturday Big Club Night
Arlington Pub
32990 Highway 62, Maynooth
(613) 338-2080
Saturday, October 15
9pm - DanahKae ($10)
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 22 9pm - Broken Harmony ft Brandon Humphrey, Sean Hallihan, and Dawson McManus ($10)
Friday, October 28 9pm - The Weber Brothers
Bancroft Eatery and Brew Pub
4 Bridge St., Bancroft
(613) 332-3450
Friday, October 14
9pm - Live music (TBA)
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, October 13
7:30pm - Jazz & Blues w/ Rob Philips & Marsala Lukianchuk
Friday, October 14
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Parkside Drive
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Saturday, October 15
8:30pm - Parkside Drive
Sunday, October 16
3pm - Brian Haddelsey
Monday, October 17
7pm - Hard Time Mondays w/ Rick & Gailie
Tuesday, October 18
7:30pm - Open Mic w/ Randy Hill
Wednesday, October 19
7:30pm - Christine Atrill Band
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 20 7:30pm - Jazz & Blues w/ Rob Philips & Marsala Lukianchuk
Friday, October 21 5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Pop Machine
Saturday, October 22 5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Briannah Cotton Band
Sunday, October 23 3pm - The Wolfgang Brothers
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
Fridays
9pm - Live music
The Cat & The Fiddle Lindsay
49 William St. N., Lindsay
(705) 878-4312
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 29 8pm - Halloween Party ft The Harry Peterson Band
Saturday, November 12 8pm - 9th Anniversary Party ft The Bomb Retro '80s
The Ceilie (Trent University student pub)
1600 West Bank Dr., Peterborough
(705) 748-1011
Thursday, October 13
7:30pm - Trent History Undergraduate Society presents Trivia Night
Wednesday, October 19
7-9pm - Open Mic Night hosted by Scott & Josh (all ages, free entry)
Coming Soon
Wednesday, November 9 2-6pm - Trent Student Psychology Society presents Meet the Professors
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, October 13
9pm - Shawn Nelson w/ Ray on the Radio
Friday, October 14
10pm - Punk Show ft Antixx, Muddy Hack, garbageface, ELE
Saturday, October 15
9pm - Bytown Rifles
Mondays
Trivia Monday
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
Coming Soon
Saturday, November 5 5:30-9pm - Newfoundland Night 2016 in support of A Place Called Home ft music by John Turner ($30, at http://www.apch.ca/events/nl)
Dobro Restaurant & Bar
287-289 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 775-9645
Thursday, October 13
10pm - Robin Hawkins Band (no cover)
Friday, October 14
10pm - Live music TBA (no cover)
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Live music TBA (no cover)
Wednesdays
Open stage
Dominion Hotel
113 Main St., Minden
(705) 286-6954
Thursday, October 13
7:30-9:30pm - Trivia w/ Sue and Justin
Saturday, October 15
2pm - Kitchen Party Music Jam (free, musicians and fans welcome)
Wednesday, October 19
7:30pm - Poets in the Pub
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 22 2pm - Kitchen Party Music Jam (free, musicians and fans welcome)
Frank's Pasta and Grill
426 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-2727
Thursdays
5-8pm - Live music
Saturday, October 15
5-11:30pm - Coal Train Music & Blues Festival ft Tony "Wild T" Springer, Tres Hombres, Allen/Oliver, Mooney ($10, in support of Rebound)
Saturday, October 29 8pm - Halloween Party ft The Inside Outs; 11pm - DJ Chrome
The Garnet
231 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 874-0107
Thursday, October 13
Tim Moxam, Hannah Shira Naiman
Friday, October 14
Angie Hilts, Norma MacDonald
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Public Energy and O'Kaadenigan Wiingashk Collective present Beats and Braids Open Stage (PWYC)
Sunday, October 16
Emily Millard Album Launch, Aerialists
Monday, October 17
Scott Sommerville EP Launch
Tuesday, October 18
Milligrub, Puberty Hands
Wednesday, October 19
La Mode, Meowlinda, Also Also Also
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 20 Peter and The Wolves,Lee Dodington
Friday, October 21 Nick Ferrio and His Feelings, Penny Blacks, Baa
Saturday, October 22 Emily Rockarts, Mary-Kate Edwards
Sunday, October 23 Sean Burns
Gordon Best Theatre
216 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 876-8884
Thursday, October 13
7pm - Public Energy and O'Kaadenigan Wiingashk Collective present Beats and Braids ft Leanne Betasamosake Simpson w/ Gratia Leitch, Sean Conway and Nick Ferrio ($15)
Friday, October 14
8pm - Public Energy and O'Kaadenigan Wiingashk Collective present Beats and Braids ft Rae Spoon, Al Tuck, Charlie Glasspool and Sean Conway ($15)
Wednesday, October 19
7pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Jadea Kelly, Sweet Alibi (all ages, $15, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 22 24 Hour Project
Sunday, October 23 7pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Donovan Woods w/ Joey Landreth ($15, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)
Saturday, October 29 Idlewood Blues Band
Friday, November 4 7pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Birds Of Chicago ($15 general admission, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)
Saturday, November 5 7pm - The Wooden Sky ($20, tickets at www.thegordonbest.ca)
Saturday November 12
7pm - Kevin Kane of Grapes Of Wrath & Bryan Potvin of The Northern Pikes ($20, tickets at www.thegordonbest.ca)
Saturday, November 26 7pm - Peterborough Folk Fest presents Andy Shauf w/ Chris Cohen (all ages, $20, tickets at www.peterboroughfolkfest.com)
Tuesday, November 29 7pm - Plants And Animals ($15)
Friday, December 2 8pm - Tommy Youngsteen ($20 at www.thegordonbest.ca)
Junction Nightclub
253 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0550
Friday, October 14
10pm - Nothing But the 90s w/ DJ Bill Porter (no cover)
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Glow Party
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, October 13
7pm - Nelson Dennis
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 20 7pm - Quickshifters
Oasis Bar & Grill
31 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-6634
Sundays
5:30pm - PHLO
Wednesdays
6:30pm - Live music
Pig's Ear Tavern
144 Brock St., Peterborough
(705) 745-7255
Fridays
Pingo
Saturday, October 15
9pm - Live music (TBA)
Mondays
Pool Night
Tuesdays
Open stage (second Tuesday of each month: 5-7:30pm - Family Friendly Open Mic)
Wednesdays
Humpday Karaoinke
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 29 Gagner
Saturday, November 5 10pm - Nick Ferrio w/ Hurtin' for Certain ($3)
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
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Justin Rutledge
Tuesdays
10pm - Open mic w/ Matt Diamond
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 20 Emily Burgess
Friday, October 21 Burlesque
Saturday, October 22 Bastard Son
Thursday, October 27 TUNS w/ Young Rivals
Friday, October 28 8pm - Bobby Watson CD Release w/ Greg Wells (no cover)
Saturday, October 29 Express and Co.
Thursday, November 3 Lauren Mann
Saturday, November 5 8pm - The Sadies w/ Union City ($15 in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/16294/, $20 at door)
Thursday, November 17 10pm - Bif Naked ($25 at www.ticketscene.ca/events/16296/)
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
Sapphire Room
137 Hunter St., Peterborough
(705) 749-0409
Saturday, October 15
10pm - Mark Robertson
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
The Spill
414 George St., Peterborough
(705) 748-6167
Thursday, October 13
7:30pm - Peterborough Poetry Slam Team Fundraiser ft Elizabeth Jenkins, Niambi Leigh, Jasher Guiel, Jon Hedderwick ($5-10 or PWYC)
Friday, October 14
9pm - The Lad Classic, Callfield, Cleopatrick ($5)
Saturday, October 15
3-6pm - Repair Cafe; 9pm - Wayne Kennedy, The Rough Go, Scott Martin & The nobodyelses, Old Scratch, garbageface ($5 or PWYC)
Monday, October 17
Federico & Family Trio
Tuesday, October 18
Outta Space w/ guests
Wednesday, October 19
7-9pm - Week Without Violence Spoken Word Open Mic; 9pm - Reiki Share, Valued Costomer,, Yarrow Harvest ($8 or PWYC)
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 20 8pm - The Damn Truth w/ Callfield
Friday, October 21 Prime Junk Tape Release w/ Stacey Green Jumps
Saturday, October 22 3-6pm - Musicians Gear Swap; 9pm - The Burning Hell
Tank House
295 George St. N, Peterborough
(705) 743-2717
Friday, October 14
5:30-9:30pm - Tami J Wilde; 9:30pm - Retro Rewind w/ DJ Matt
Saturday, October 15
6-10pm - The Cadillacs on Fire (Bobby Brioux, Dave Clark, Earl Wilfong, Ken DesChamps)
Tuesday, October 18
5:30-9:30pm - Cale Crow
Coming Soon
Friday, October 21 5:30-9:30pm - The Roy Boys; 9:30pm - Retro Rewind w/ DJ Candice
Saturday, October 22 3-7pm - Randy Hill; 8pm - Silmaril
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)
A scene from the original production of Wounded Soldiers at Winslow Farm in Millbrook in August 2014. 4th Line Theatre is taking the production on the road this November with 15 performances in Peterborough, Ottawa, and Belleville. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)
Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre is taking its acclaimed production Wounded Soldiers on a three-week tour this November, with performances in Peterborough (including two on Remembrance Day), Ottawa, and Belleville.
Written by Robert Winslow and Ian McLachlan, Wounded Soldiers premiered at 4th Line Theatre’s Winslow Farm in the summer of 2014. kawarthaNOW’s theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle called it “powerful, poignant, well-acted, hard hitting, and dipped in historical research — as one would always expect from this fantastic theatre company.”
Set against the backdrop of World War I, Wounded Soldiers follows three young people as they forge the bonds of a friendship that will not be defined by mental health, physical disability or race. The unlucky trio include Canadian Home Child Billy Fiddler; Johnny Singer, a physically disabled young man; and Lydia Grant a young, black nurse from Jamaica. The play takes place in southern England in 1916 and is a tragic examination of love, self-sacrifice and friendship.
Wounded Soldiers casts an unflinching eye on the battlefield experiences of soldiers and marginalized individuals trying to navigate a system which does not accept them. The play deals with issues of race, disability, mental health and war, paying homage to the past while helping us understand the problems we still face today.
Wounded Soldiers was co-written by award-winning novelist and playwright Ian McLachlan and 4th Line Theatre Creative Director and playwright Robert Winslow (supplied photos)
“I grew up in the UK in the second world war,” explains co-playwright Ian McLachlan. “My very first memory is of a bomb blast that damaged our house in London. I remember being marched into the basement of my school in 1944, wearing a gas mask and chanting my arithmetic tables.”
The co-playwrights are hoping to reach as many Canadians as they can during this three-week tour. The messages are clear and expected to initiate important conversations. The Canadian Mental Health Association is supporting the tour and will have informational booths at all three cities and be running workshops to highlight attention towards mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which figures prominently in the play.
The production of Wounded Soldiers will be directed by Robert Winslow and will feature a cast of six actors playing over 20 characters. Mark Kreder will play Billy Fiddler, Sean Towgood will reprise his original performance as Johnny Singer, and Emerjade Simms will take on the role of Lydia Grant.
The remaining cast members include Mark Hiscox, Justin Hiscox, and Joanne Latimer. As in the original production, musical direction and original composition is by Justin Hiscox. Costume design is by Meredith Hubbard with stage management by Fiona Jones.
The touring production of Wounded Soldiers stars Mark Kreder as Billy Fiddler, Sean Towgood as Johnny Singer, Emerjade Simms as Lydia Grant, along with Mark Hiscox, Justin Hiscox, and Joanne Latimer (supplied photos)
The Wounded Soldiers tour opens with five performances at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough from Wednesday, November 9th to Friday, November 11th (Remembrance Day). There will be evening performances at 7 p.m. as well as matinee performances at 1 p.m. on November 10th and again on Remembrance Day.
The tour then proceeds to the nation’s capital with five performances at the Arts Court Theatre in downtown Ottawa from Thursday, November 17th to Saturday, November 19th. There will be an evening performance every night at 7 p.m. and matinee performances at 1 p.m. on November 18th and November 19th.
The tour finishes in Belleville with five performances at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery in the Belleville Public Librar from Thursday, November 24th to Saturday, November 26th. As with the other cities there will be an evening performance every night at 7 p.m., with a 1 p.m. matinee performance on November 25th and 26th.
Tickets for all performances are $22 for adults and $15 for children and youth aged 5 to 16.
Packages and special ticket pricing for school groups are available in all cities, along with a complimentary study guide available for teachers. Please contact Jennifer Carr at jenn@4thlinetheatre.on.ca or 705-932-4448 to book your school group.
GreenUP Ecology Park Garden Market Coordinator and resident tree expert, Vern Bastable, assists customers with choosing the right tree for their planting site. Staff will be on hand at The Little Autumn Tree Sale on October 16th with sale trees, shrubs, and plants starting at only $1. (Photo: Karen Halley)
Trees are well known for improving air quality, providing wildlife habitat, growing food, and increasing property value. Their ability to combat climate change, reduce energy needs, and improve physical and psychological health is clear. Why not plant a tree this fall?
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist.
Autumn is the best time to plant a tree. It is the ideal season when the weather turns cool and, with lots of rain, soil conditions are perfect for tree roots to establish themselves.
GreenUP Ecology Park’s Little Autumn Tree Sale is this Sunday, October 16th with trees, shrubs, and plants starting at only one dollar — making it a great time to add a new tree to your yard.
Most of us have a favourite tree species that we’d like to sit under in our yard; however, it is best to understand the planting location before choosing a species to plant there. The more you know about your yard, the easier it will be to select a species that will thrive there.
Just like people, trees are particular about their living conditions. It is best to find a good match between the tree’s requirements, and the conditions present in your yard. Soil type, moisture, sun, and exposure are all important factors that will affect tree growth.
You can start by understanding the soil so that you are are able to plant species that will grow healthy roots. Is the soil heavy and wet? Is it dry and gritty?
GreenUP Ecology Park’s Mandy Rice shows pots of shrubs at the park’s annual Spring Plant Sale. Ecology Park carries a variety of native shrubs, trees, and plants in many sizes for various planting needs. (Photo: Karen Halley)
If you don’t know much about your soil, you can look for some clues about its consistency. For example, when you water plants in your yard, does the water soak in quickly? If so, it is likely to be a sandy or gravelly soil whereas, on clay, water will sit longer and soak in after some time.
You can gain more information by digging up a small sample. Clay feels lumpy and sticky when it is wet; sandy soil feels gritty; silty soil feels soapy; and loamy soil is spongy. A handful of soil with a high clay consistency will form a shape in your hand when you squeeze it in your fist, whereas sandier soil will break apart.
Well-chosen planting locations will consider the roots, all the way up to the canopy. If the planting location is in a low-lying area that remains moist, you will want to plant a species that will thrive with “wet feet” as it’s roots will be moist for extended periods of time. Up to the canopy: how much sun will the tree receive? Some trees are tolerant of shady conditions while others are not and need full sun to prosper.
Backyards are ideal areas for planting a tree. They are often are isolated from streets, have greater space for the canopy to grow, and have deep soils to grow into. There are a variety of trees that will grow well in these tree-friendly sites; Dogwoods, Beeches, Pines, and Tamarack are species to consider.
The stresses of city life on urban trees can lead to shorter lifespans. The average life expectancy of an urban tree is only 10 to 15 years but, with attentive planning and ongoing care, trees can live longer.
Trees planted in the city are subject to built features: overhead wires, pavement, underground wires, and fences. Your planting location should consider all these factors, which can reduce the growing space both above and below ground and can affect the long-term health of the tree.
Avoid planting larger trees below wires, plant as far away from the road and sidewalks as possible, leave at least 20 feet between other trees, and be sure to request locates for underground services well in advance of planting.
With all these considerations, perhaps you’re now picturing your yard and wondering how a tree will ever grow there?
If you wish to plant near a road, have limited space near a sidewalk, or live in a new subdivision with only compacted soil to work with, you can choose a hearty species that is more likely to grow under difficult conditions. If this is the case, Honeylocust, Ironwood, or Bur Oak may be species to add to your shortlist.
An apple blossom blooms in GreenUP Ecology Park tree nursery this spring. Autumn is the best time plant a tree, whether you are planting it to grow food, increase shade, attract birds, or reduce flooding. (Photo: Karen Halley)
Consider choosing a species that is native to our region. They have developed complex evolutionary relationships with other native species, grow well in local soil conditions, and have adapted to the area’s unique climate.
It is always beneficial to plant a diverse range of species. With a changing climate, we are able to consider planting a broader range of trees and shrubs that are now able to thrive in the Peterborough area. Planting Carolinian forest species, which typically thrive in more southern regions, allows even greater biodiversity of our urban forest. Hoptree, Kentucky Coffee Tree, and Tulip Tree are unique trees that are able to grow in sites that are protected from bitter winter winds.
Whether you are planting a tree to increase shade, attract birds, beautify your yard, grow food, or reduce flooding, there is a lot to consider.
Visit GreenUP Ecology Park’s Little Autumn Tree Sale on Sunday, October 16th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to choose the right tree for the job. Sale species and prices will be available at Ecology Park on sale day only. Staff will also be on hand to help and answer your questions.
4th Line Theatre presents The Shadow Walk of Millbrook, which explores the paranormal history of Millbrook, for six sold-out performances from October 20 to 29
If you’re walking near The Old School in Millbrook this week, don’t be alarmed if you see a ghostly figure in the dark. While it may look like a spectre, it is most likely an actor from 4th Line Theatre rehearsing for their upcoming show The Shadow Walk of Millbrook.
Part ghost walk and part theatrical production, The Shadow Walk of Millbrook is not only 4th Line’s first off-season show, but one that takes the company off of Winslow Farm and into the streets, trails, and woods of the town of Millbrook.
In development since 2015, The Shadow Walk of Millbrook was written by Paul Braunstein and Monica Dottor and is directed by 4th Line Theatre’s managing artistic director Kim Blackwell. Featuring 10 performers in 21 scenes, the show brings its audience on a journey through Millbrook’s dark past in a unique walking tour.
“Paul approached me in the summer of 2015 and asked me if we’d ever consider doing a Halloween play,” Kim says of the origins of the show. “I had been interested for a long time in doing some off-season programming for 4th Line. We’ll always be the farm theatre and we love our summer season, but I was interested in exploring some opportunities for artists to work more. So when Paul brought up the idea, I thought it’d be an exciting opportunity.”
Although Paul and Monica originally envisioned the show at the Winslow Farm, bringing the show into the streets and woods of Millbrook offered the company a lot more interesting possibilities.
“I think Paul and Monica thought it’d happen at the farm, but in the off-season the theatre is the private residence of Rob Winslow,” Kim explains. “But I’ve always been intrigued by the architecture of Millbrook, and especially the old school. I thought that would be a great launching place for a play that would have you walking through the paths and the forest of Millbrook. Monica and Paul got excited pretty quickly about that possibility.”
What makes The Shadow Walk of Millbrook unique compared to other ghost walks is that the entire tour contains its own story within itself. Actor Matt Gilbert plays James, a paranormal investigator hired by the town to help put the ghosts of Millbrook to rest. However, James is more than just a guide; he has his own story going on within the evening as well, giving a whole other dimension to the experience.
“There is lots of truth but we wanted to make good theatre so there is some fiction, as well as an umbrella storyline based around the paranormal investigator who is the lead character,” Kim reveals. “It’s a bit of a quest story for him, which goes back to his childhood.”
In collecting the stories for the show, Paul and Monica relied on the verbal narrative supplied by the people of Millbrook.
“Paul and Monica did a public reminiscence last November where they were able to collect local ghost stories,” says Kim. “Then they talked to Rob Winslow, who is a wealth of Millbrook and area ghost and murder stories. Rob can just stand by the old school and point at a place and say ‘That’s where that guy cut his head off, and down there is where the arena exploded, and over there is where the Bernardo boy drowned.’ He just has hundreds of stories. Monica and Paul also visited with some old timers in Millbrook who had a lot of stories as well.”
“There are all sorts of interesting characters in the show,” Kim adds. “The most famous two include Sir John A. MacDonald, who used to like to come to Millbrook to drink, and Joseph Sriven, who wrote the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus, but we also feature a lot of local people who met an untimely end.”
There are six evening performances of The Shadow Walk of Millbrook — Thursday, October 20th to Saturday, October 21st and Thursday, October 27th to Saturday, October 29th — and each performance can only accommodate 120 people. As of the date of this story, all performances have been sold out.
If you’re one of those 720 lucky people who purchased tickets, Kim has some advice.
“I wouldn’t recommend the show for anyone under the age of twelve,” Kim says. “There are some really scary things that happen within it. I don’t want anybody to think that it’s like any of those haunted houses at theme parks. It’s not men with chainsaws coming out at you. Make sure you wear comfortable or sturdy shoes or boots. The piece relies you to walk over rough terrain for over a kilometre. Be prepared for any sort of weather, and dress warm. Also, we are asking people to bring flashlights so they can light the own path as they walk.”
With paranormal investigation television programs being popular, the belief in the supernatural has been on the rise in the last decade. So does Kim believe in the supernatural?
“We ask the audience at the beginning of the play which side they fall on and at the end if anybody changed their mind,” Kim says. “I have a hard time not believing that there are other planes of existence. I personally don’t have any ghost story or experiences. I think that’s what helps people become believers if they have a situation where nothing can be explained in any other way. But I desperately want to believe.”
A truly original show for 4th Line Theatre, The Shadow Walk of Millbrook is a new way to not only witness reenactments of local lore, but to see the picturesque town Millbrook in a entirely different way.
“Millbrook can get pretty creepy,” Kim says. “There’s not a lot of light in the area that we are doing the play. Darkness alone can be quite scary — that and the forest.”
“We were rehearsing in the forest last night and my daughter Maude is in the play,” Kim recalls. “I pointed at the trees and said ‘go stand over there’ while directing her. She said ‘No Mom. I don’t want to stand over there. It’s too dark!’ I said ‘Are you afraid?’ She said ‘Yeah.’ And I thought ‘Oh, that’s good!’ I don’t mean that it’s good that she’s afraid, but I was really excited about the effect of the darkness.”
The play features a host of favourite 4th Line Theatre actors including 4th Line’s Founder and Creative Director Robert Winslow, Matt Gilbert, Maude Rose Craig, Josh Butcher, Lorna Green, Hilary Wear, Andrew Pederson, Andréanne Duplessis, and Mark Hiscox. Justin Hiscox is the musical director and composer of the show. As well as being a co-playwright, Monica Dottor is choreographing the production. Joining the company will be local aerialists and dancers, Thomas Vaccaro and Jennifer Elchuk.
For those who have tickets, each performance begins at 7 p.m. and participants are to meet at The Old School at 1 Dufferin Street in Millbrook.
Vote for The Canadian Canoe Museum's project at the Aviva Community Fund and help the museum to make its award-winning programming more accessible to schools, community groups, outreach events, and the general public (photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)
The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough is competing in the Aviva Community Fund and is seeking your votes now until Friday, October 28th.
Canada’s national canoe museum has applied for the $50,000 to $100,000 funding level to purchase a van, trailer hitch package, vehicle wrap, and enclosed trailer. The new equipment would allow the museum to make its award-winning programming more accessible to schools, community groups, outreach events, and the general public.
Specifically, the museum would use the equipment to transport children to summer paddling camps, to take the museum’s educational programming and workshops to schools and other locations, to transport the museum’s public paddling fleet for use on-water, and to transport museum artefacts to exhibits at partner museums.
Registering is easy (you can even do it through Facebook) and, once you register, you have 18 votes you can cast for The Canadian Canoe Museum (or you can distribute them among other projects).
Among other things, the museum would use equipment purchased through the Aviva Community Fund to transport children to summer paddling camps (photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)
The museum is competing with over 240 other projects at the the $50,000 to $100,000 funding level. The 15 ideas that receive the most votes in each of the two funding levels will become finalists.
Winners will be picked from the finalists by a panel of judges and announced on December 6, 2016. Judges will rank ideas based on the following criteria: longevity and sustainability, votes, impact, originality, likelihood of success, and submission quality.
If you support The Canadian Canoe Museum’s project and want to help, invite your friends, families. and coworkers to vote for the project. There will also be a voting kiosk set up in the museum’s lobby.
The most popular menu item at Amandala's in downtown Peterborough is the duck breast with a black cherry ancho sauce. (Photo: Amandala's)
This month, Eva Fisher celebrates Oktoberfest with a round up of sausages from local butchershops and takes a look at Oktoberfest beer with St. Veronus. She also features new restaurant Amandala’s, By the Bushel’s winter basket program, and passes on a goodbye from Nuttshell Next Door owner Jay Nutt.
Franz’s Butcher Shop & Catering makes a variety of sausages including traditional German varieties. (Photo: Franz’s Butcher Shop & Catering)
The variety of sausages being made in local butcher shops is tremendous. Kawartha butchers are developing unique flavours and reviving traditional recipes with local meat.
If you’re looking to celebrate Oktoberfest this month, you have an easy option: all of these local butcher shops make Oktoberfest sausages.
The apple pork sausages from Grant’s Butcher Shop in Bobcaygeon are one of their most popular varieties. (Photo: Grant’s Butcher Shop)
The most popular sausages at Grant’s Butchershop (35 King St. E., Bobcaygeon, 705-731-1049) are their apple and pork and bruschetta and pork, but they have recently created chicken ginger and chicken cranberry sausages. All of their sausages are gluten free and made with locally sourced meat. You can also enjoy their handmade sausages baked into a sausage roll.
Smokey Joe’s (7949 Highway 7, Peterborough, 705-740-1169) stocks a variety of 11 sausages at any given time. Their flavours include tomato bacon, garlic and leek, Texas, apple, maple blueberry, and honey garlic with dijon. The meat is from the Belleville area.
Franz’s Butchershop & Catering (172 Lansdowne St. E, Peterborough, 705-742-8888) offers a variety of regular and smoked sausages including black bean salsa and jalapeno cheddar, both of which have won Ontario Meat Processing awards.
They also offer a variety of German sausages: not only Oktoberfest sausage but Bockwurst and Weisswurst.
Weisswurst is a traditional Munich sausage. It’s traditionally served in a clay pot with lukewarm water that is meant to be sucked from the casing. Franz’s Weisswurst can be eaten casing and all. It doesn’t contain nitrates so the meat is whiter than most sausages. Bockwurst is similar to a frankfurter but made in a wider casing.
Primal Cuts (550 Lansdowne St., Peterborough, 705-775-6378) makes about 15 varieties of sausage, with between 6 and 7 available any given week. They are known for their Square Nail Pork Sausages, which are made with local pasture raised pork finished on mash from The Publican House’s Square Nail Pale Ale. The Square Nail sausages are made with parsley, thyme and caramelized onion. Finishing the pork on the square nail mash gives it a sweeter taste.
Primal Cuts also offers merguez sausages, a North African inspired lamb sausage with paprika, cumin, coriander, chili flake, cayenne, cinnamon and garlic.
St. Veronus is bringing in Oktoberfest beers from Munich breweries to Peterborough
St Veronus is offering Oktoberfest beers from Munich this fall. (Photo: St Veronus)
If you didn’t make it to Munich for Oktoberfest, you can still taste the same beer that was poured in the festival beer tents here in the Kawarthas at St Veronus Cafe and Tap Room (129 Hunter St. W., Peterborough, 705-743-5714).
Munich’s Oktoberfest began as a wedding celebrations for the Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Sachsen-Hildburghausen on October 12th, 1810. The original Oktoberfest featured horse racing, shooting competitions and feasting. Munich’s annual Oktoberfest now draws millions of visitors every year from around the world, and centres around food and beer.
The beer is provided exclusively by the six breweries within Munich’s city limits.
The traditional Oktoberfest beer is a Märzen. When Oktoberfest began it was illegal to brew beer in the summertime because it was considered a fire hazard. Märzen beers were brewed in March, the last possible time to brew before Oktoberfest. They were made slightly higher in alcohol (at least 5.7%) so they would remain fresh until beer could be brewed again.
Roland Hosier, the owner of St. Veronus, is bringing in Oktoberfest beers from Hacker-Pschorr and Paulaner. “They’re perfect for drinking in the fall as well. They’ll have a biscuity quality and they’re usually a sort of brisk hopping. They’re also meant to be drunk in quantity so they’ll be fairly easy drinking.”
Roland notes that you don’t necessarily need to source from Bavaria to get a delicious beer in the Oktoberfest style. “A number of Canadian and American brewers make very good beers in that style. Beau’s brewery make great Oktoberfest, so does Sam Adams.”
Amandala’s makes fine food from scratch on Water Street
The cheese and charcuterie board at Amandala’s features many items made from scratch. (Photo: Amandala’s)
Amanda Menard opened her restaurant Amandala’s (375 Water St., Peterborough, 705-749-9090) this August, but she’s no stranger to the restaurant business. In fact, she’s no stranger to her Water Street location. Amanda co-owned Italian restaurant Niccolini’s, but after a split in the partnership she has reopened the location with a new menu and a new atmosphere.
Staying felt right to Amanda. “I really really love the industry, love food, love the community actually — I’ve really met a lot of great people here and had gotten quite a bit of support. I decided to give it a shot on my own and keep it going.”
Amandala’s has some Italian menu items, but Amandala’s features a variety of cuisines with menu items made from scratch by Chef Simon Brown.
The made from scratch ethic is apparent in the cheese and charcuterie board. It features duck rillette made by the chef and cheddar cheese cherry smoked in house. All of the vegetables on the board are pickled in house, the olives are marinated in house and the pecans are candied in house. Even the mustard is house made.
The most popular menu item so far? Amanda says “surprisingly, the duck.” It’s a pan-seared muscovy duck breast served rare to medium rare with a black cherry and ancho sauce. Maybe not so surprising after all.
This Wednesday (October 12), Amandala’s is debuting a mid week dinner for two that they call “Amandala’s Mid Week Indulgence.” This will feature a shared appetizer, two entrees, and a shareable dessert.
Register early for By the Bushel’s Winter Produce Baskets
By the Bushel is encouraging people to register early for their winter basket program. (Photo: By the Bushel)
By the Bushel (542 Rogers St., Peterborough, 705-760-1387) is a monthly produce subscription featuring items from 20 local farms. Their focus is on fresh, certified organic and ecologically grown produce.
They are encouraging people to register early for their winter basket program, which begins on November 17th and runs monthly for 6 months. Business Developer Margaret Madden says that this is important so their growers will be prepared for the season. “We like to give our farmers numbers so they can plan.”
By the Bushel offers spring, main season and winter baskets for pickup in East City. A typical winter basket contains 8-10 different vegetables: squash, potatoes, carrots and beets are popular because they store well. Growers with greenhouses allow By the Bushel to offer kale and salad greens even in colder months.
Around the time you pick up your vegetables By the Bushel sends a newsletter with recipes to inspire.
Although they’re not included in the monthly basket, you can also shop online for local items like butter, cheese and honey or additional seasonal vegetables to add to your basket before you pick it up.
By The Bushel is member owned and a lifetime membership costs $25, which includes the newsletter and regular events such as farm tours. Visit www.bythebushel.ca to learn more.
New ownership for Nuttshell Next Door
Popular Lakefield cafe the Nuttshell Next Door will change ownership as of November 1st. (Photo: Nuttshell Next Door)
Popular Lakefield cafe The Nuttshell Next Door (33 Queen St., Lakefield, 705-652-9721) will be under new ownership as of November 1st.
Owner Jay Nutt posted a moving farewell on the cafe’s Facebook page on October 9th. From the post:
“What made the café special wasn’t my tirelessly blind work ethic, but the people who came in and out of both the front and back doors.
It was the gardeners, the artists, the musicians. It was the writers, the teachers, the students. Young moms with babies, and women with old moms. Young people who grew up to be staff. Staff who grew up to have babies. Staff who became family. And at times, family who were staff.
We had weddings, anniversaries, graduations and chapel speeches, break-ups and re-unions. We saw the elderly, people with stages of dementia, people with physical and mental illnesses, and on occasion we lost customers to death. Age. Cancer. Accidents. Sudden passings and long drawn-out battles that ripped out our souls.
But throughout, we saw kindness. Smiles. Gestures of good-will. A community coming together for coffee, for lunch, for the occasional dinner party. Strangers buying coffee for people they’d never see. People sharing tables with strangers they’d just met. If we had one rude person in a day, I learned to acknowledge instead the other customers that supported us in such a positive manner.”
Congratulations and good luck to Chef Jay Nutt and his wife Jennifer MacKenzie.
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