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.
Scouts’ racing sailboat stolen from Rogers Cove in Peterborough
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.
Steve Hancock is guest chef at Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market on July 15
On Wednesday, July 15th, Steve Hancock of St. Veronus Cafe and Tap Room will be the guest chef at the Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market.
Hancock, who was the champion of the market’s first annual Iron Chef Challenge in 2013, will be bringing some inspirational ideas on how to use local ingredients in your own cooking.
From blueliner to headliner
Canadian country music artist Chad Brownlee returns to Peterborough on Wednesday, July 15th to perform at Peterborough Musicfest at 8 p.m. at Del Crary Park.
“Stinking Rich”
Rob Brunet’s debut novel Stinking Rich asks the following question: “What could possibly go wrong when backwoods bikers hire a high school dropout to tend a barn full of high-grade marijuana?”
Dubbed “deviously funny” by Canadian Mystery Reviews, the book was included in the Ottawa Citizen‘s Big Beats Best Reads of 2014, Crimespree Magazine Editor’s Top Ten 2014, and MysteryPeople‘s Top 6 2014 Debuts.
Rob’s short crime fiction appears in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Out of the Gutter, and numerous anthologies.
A creative writing instructor at George Brown College and co-host of Noir at the Bar Toronto, Rob loves the bush, beaches, and bonfires.
He shares his time between Toronto and the Kawarthas with his wife, daughter, and son.
From bluegrass to newgrass with The Abrams
If you like traditional roots music with a contemporary edge, you’ll want to see The Abrams perform at Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday, July 11th at Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough.
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