One of the best-selling Canadian rock bands of the late ’80s and early ’90s, The Northern Pikes are performing at Peterborough Musicfest at Del Crary Park at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015.
The comeback kids
Train in Vain – a review of Trainwreck
If you didn’t know who Amy Schumer was last week, then you do by now. The breakout comedian — who achieved huge viral success with her strikingly on-point sketch comedy/stand-up series Inside Amy Schumer — wrote and stars in Trainwreck, which opened this past weekend to a very respectable $30 million at the box office.
Photos from Peterborough Pulse on Saturday
Over 4,000 people took advantage of the open streets during Peterborough Pulse to walk, cycle, skateboard, rollerblade and more through downtown Peterborough on Saturday, July 18th. kawarthaNOW staff photographer Linda McIlwain was there to capture some moments from the morning.
Don’t let this plant turn you into a “vampire”
Beware: there’s a monster at the roadside. While hardly new, the wild parsnip plant is causing some major trouble in eastern Ontario .
Scouts’ racing sailboat stolen from Rogers Cove in Peterborough
Brownsea Base — a Peterborough program run by Scouts Canada that teaches young people about safe boating, canoeing, kayaking, and sailing — discovered earlier this week its racing sailboat had been stolen and that other boats had been vandalized.
The real Judy Garland – a review of End of the Rainbow
In our collective pop-culture subconscious, we’ll always remember Hollywood icon Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale — the lost little girl from Kansas with the big hazel eyes and the tremble in her voice. We think of her ruby slippers, the yellow brick road, and the terrier in the wicker picnic basket.
The best Canadian singer-songwriter you may not know you’ve heard
Even if you don’t recognize Hannas Georgas’s name, chances are you’ve already heard her music. Taylor Swift, the most powerful woman in pop music, certainly has.
A blast from the past – a review of The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Peterborough Theatre Guild opens its summer season by bringing audiences to Springfield USA circa 1958. With the theatre decorated in crêpe paper decorations, you’re invited to prom night at Springfield High to watch a performance by the school’s award-winning song leaders The Marvelous Wonderettes.
Turning Peterborough’s streets into a people’s playground
When one thinks of George Street, chances are the first imagery that comes to mind focuses on the many cars, trucks, and buses that use the street to maneuver through our city’s downtown core each day. That scene is going to change dramatically this Saturday, as George Street becomes an “open street” for Peterborough Pulse.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., people are invited to walk, bike, skate or stroll the Pulse route that stretches from City Hall all the way to the Saturday Farmer’s Market.
Art Gallery of Peterborough moving back to Crescent Street
This is the final weekend that the Art Gallery of Peterborough will be located at its temporary home at 420 George Street North in downtown Peterborough.
The gallery will then close to the public from Monday, July 20th to Friday, August 7th, to prepare for the reopening at its permanent location at 250 Crescent Street.
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