This weekend, students at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, under the direction of Sarah Tye, bring Elton John and Tim Rice’s Broadway musical Aida to the Peterborough stage. A bold choice for a high school production, Aida is a sophisticated but bleak love story filled with drama, anguish, and tragedy.
Theatre at a glance: “Aida”
Pan Am Games Torch Relay passes through the Kawarthas on June 4
The sixth day of the 41-day journey of the Pan Am Games Torch Relay on Thursday, June 4th will see the flame travel through the Kawarthas, beginning at Algonquin Provincial Park and passing through Minden, Lindsay, and Omemee on its way to Peterborough. Community celebrations will be held at each location.
Learn to do it yourself on DIY Day
By now, most of us have heard of Pinterest, one of the newer social media networks that have popped up in the last five years or so. Centered on photo sharing, Pinterest users share images of everything from their favorite vacation spots, to pets, to a delicious recipe they whipped up in the kitchen.
One of the areas that Pinterest has become famous for is showcasing do-it-yourself projects.
“Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” raises $109,204 for YWCA
On Friday, May 29th, over 300 men slipped into red high heels and walked a mile through downtown Peterborough to support women and children in our community.
Participants in the YWCA Trent Valley Honda “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” event raised a total of $109,204 for YCWA Peterborough Haliburton.
Art in the Street – June 2015
Bike Art Show, Tyler Lambert, and Lucky Jackson at Gallery in the Attic in Peterborough
The new wide-open three room gallery format at Gallery in the Attic features three distinct shows this month.
Downtown Peterborough trail bridge to close again this summer
The popular Trans-Canada Trail Bridge across the Otonabee River, which provides pedestrians and cyclists a car-free route between East City and downtown Peterborough, will close between Monday, June 15th and Wednesday, July 15th.
musicNOW – June 2015
There’s a wide variety of music to be seen and heard during June in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. What better way to celebrate the season than getting out to see some live entertainment? Here are my picks for shows you should check out in June.
Paying it forward at Peterborough’s Speak Easy Cafe
Everyone by now has heard about the “One for James” social media campaign that went viral earlier this week, but many people don’t know about a pay-it-forward program that the Speak Easy Cafe in downtown Peterborough has been running for the past year.
Through the Looking Glass Darkly – a review of Ruse of the Romantic
Much has been written about Lewis Carroll and his most famous piece of literature, Alice in Wonderland, over the decades. From feature films to comic books to video games, it has been reexamined, rebooted, and reimagined so often that it seems like there’s nothing new to say.
Upstaging Shakespeare
After last Saturday’s performance of New Stages’ production Taking Shakespeare at Peterborough’s Market Hall, a couple of audience members stole the limelight — but in a way The Bard himself would have approved.
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