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Lifeless on Mars – a review of The Martian

Matt Damon stars as Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut stranded on Mars and left to his own wits to survive

It’s been a banner week for the Red Planet. NASA announced the confirmation of transient liquid water on its surface and rapidly draws closer to convening its first landing site selection workshop based primarily on human exploration.

Art in the Street – October 2015

In the tight overlay of figures here, one can wonder about what Joe Stable references in "Nature can be cruel."

Cueing from recent experimentation with line drawing on a tablet in his “Picasso Series”, Joe Stable has carried right on playfully delving into the possibilities of these swirling figures.

Depave to create another piece of paradise in Peterborough

In Peterborough's first Depave Paradise project in June 2014, volunteers remove asphalt in front of the Brock Mission to prepare to transform the space into a garden

Depave Paradise returns to Peterborough this Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd. One of six Depave events to take place in Canada this year, the event will transform a local parking lot into another piece of paradise, leaving behind green space, habitat, and clean water.

musicNOW – October 2015

Folk/old-time act The Noisy Locomotive from Ottawa/Montreal are releasing their latest album at The Garnet in Peterborough on October 29

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.

Northbound lane of Ashburnham Drive closed for three weeks in October

The northbound lane of Ashburnham just north of Marsdale will be closed from October 5 to 23

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

Kathryn Rogers, Chair of the Kawartha Lakes Film Circuit, accepts the Best Special Event Film Circuit Achievement Award during the Toronto International Film Festival (supplied photo)

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

Among other things, the Team 55 program tackles the issue of suicide awareness through the annual Friday Night Lights football fundraiser, with games by senior football teams from local high schools

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

Kawartha Country Wines offeed samples of local wine during Cultivate, a festival dedicated to celebrating the best food and drink in Northumberland and Peterborough counties (photo: Angela Johnson)

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

The former federal building at 185 King St. in downtown Peterborough has been vacant for over two years (photo courtesy of AON Inc.)

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

Denise Vallee, one of the organizers of the Bras Around the Building campaign to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. The bra collection campaign kicks off on September 25 and continues until October 23, when donated bras will be strung around two radio station buildings in Peterborough and Lindsay. (Photo courtesy of Denise Vallee)

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.

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