October is a great month to go see some music. The evenings and days get a little cooler, but the venues around Peterborough and the Kawarthas are still hot inside with great music and entertainment all month long.
musicNOW – October 2015
Northbound lane of Ashburnham Drive closed for three weeks in October
If you want to travel north on Ashburnham Drive between Marsdale Drive and Maria Street in Peterborough’s East City, you’ll have to take a detour for the first three weeks of October.
Fenelon Falls film circuit wins award at Toronto International Film Festival
The Kawartha Lakes Film Circuit in Fenelon Falls was honoured at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with a Film Circuit Achievement Award.
The TIFF Film Circuit is the film festival’s outreach program to bring the best of Canadian and international film to communities across the country.
Every year, member communities of the TIFF Film Circuit gather together at a conference to network, share ideas, and preview new feature films for their local audiences at home. During this year’s conference, held at TIFF in Toronto from September 18th to 20th, the program handed out its first-ever Film Circuit Achievement Awards.
Raising suicide awareness among high school students
This Friday (October 2nd) sees the return of the Team 55 Friday Night Lights football game, a fundraiser to raise suicide awareness and support local mental health programs.
Photos from Cultivate in Port Hope
The first Cultivate festival of food and drink took place this past weekend at Memorial Park in downtown Port Hope. kawarthaNOW’s events editor Angela Johnson was there on Saturday and took a few photos.
Peterborough County-City Health Unit announces plans for new downtown location
Officials from the Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU) have announced details of the plan to move to downtown Peterborough this fall.
Displaying bras to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer
The fifth annual “Bras Around the Building” campaign, where women donate their bras to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, kicks off today and continues through October.
The campaign culminates on Friday, October 23rd, when the donated bras will be strung around the outside of the Energy 99.7/Country 105 building in Peterborough and the 91.9 BOB FM building in Lindsay.
Five design concepts for a new Canadian Canoe Museum
On Wednesday, September 23rd, the Canadian Canoe Museum held an open house where five potential designs for a new museum from architectural teams were presented to the public for the first time.
Douro Street in East City becomes Fun Street this Saturday
Fun Streets are community events that transform local residential roads into sites of play, active transportation, and recreation. Peterborough’s first Fun Street event took place on Stewart Street in May, and brought hundreds of people out into the road to celebrate their community and to engage in a number of fun and exciting activities.
What really happened at Ravenscroft?
The Peterborough Theatre Guild celebrates its landmark 50th season with a mixture of drama, mystery and murder in director David Morris’ production of Ravenscroft.
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