I may have gone into the preview night of the Peterborough Theatre Guild’s production of Oliver! a bit biased.
I have a certain soft spot for the musical because when I was a child of eight, my elementary school put on the play — making it the first real piece of theatre I had ever seen.
It’s a tremendous challenge to define our identity — something that most of us wrestle with throughout our lives. Nevertheless, it’s an almost daily activity to define ourselves to others in some way.
As an accomplished Canadian actor, Dianne Latchford is more familiar than most with the warp and weft of these definitions.
Coco Chanel and Giorgio Armani eat your hearts out. You may have reached the status of all-time fashion icons, but have you ever managed to create a stunning dress out of hardware supplies, or pennies? No … we didn’t think so.
These are just a couple of the imaginative pieces that have featured in past Wearable Art Shows. Other dazzling creations have included a black-light-emblazoned suit made of paper, a surgical bandage ballerina outfit, and a spritely ensemble crowned with an incredible chapeau made of plants and flowers.
Possibly the perfect outing for you and your Mom on her special weekend, the now perennially popular event also features The Runway Challenge.
Six artists/designers are matched up with six local businesses and challenged to create a stunning work of sartorial genius to be strutted down the catwalk at Market Hall.
Spring is finally beginning to arrive and it’s time to get out and enjoy some music in Peterborough. Here are some great things coming up.
Be sure to also check out all the other live music listings on our Pubs and Clubs page.
On Tuesday (April 22), we marked Earth Day, a day set aside to recognize and celebrate the planet we call home.
Traditionally, environment-themed events were focused on Earth Day alone. But as awareness of our fragile environment grew over the years, so did the importance of taking action to protect it — thus Earth Day blossomed into Earth Month.
Here in the Peterborough area, Earth Month is celebrated extensively with events and clean ups that are aimed to improve the health of our local environment and to raise awareness of issues outside our immediate area.
Here’s just a sampling of some of the many events that you can participate in throughout April and into May.
According to Industry Canada, 98.2 per cent of all businesses in Canada are small businesses. In Ontario alone, there are a staggering 381,000 small businesses, and 75 per cent of these employ fewer then 10 people.
These stats show us that what’s really driving our economy isn’t large multinationals or the government sector: it’s the small business owner.
Starting a small business by taking an idea and forming it into a reality is no easy task. It takes time, money, and a whole lot of courage. However, the rewards can be hugely satisfying. There’s also a badge of honour that comes from owning your own business — that wonderful moment at a party or networking event when someone asks you for the first time: “What do you do?”.
At that point, you realize that you no longer just have a job: you have an idea that you’ll passionately follow until it becomes something great.
Our region will soon be playing host to aboriginal leaders from across North and South America, coming together around the important, yet often over-looked, topic of water.
Montreal-based actress Cameryn Moore has returned to Peterborough, but is Peterborough ready for Cameryn Moore? Selling out The Theatre at King last summer with her one-woman show Phone Whore, Cameryn is back with the second part of her autobiographical trilogy — Slut (R)evolution (no one gets there overnight) — for three shows at The Theatre on King from Thursday, April 17th to Saturday, April 19th.
Cameryn is touring Slut (R)evolution throughout North America and England all summer. A bold and engaging discourse on her varied and colourful sex life, Cameryn shares with the audience her sexual history, from her upbringing in a Mormon household to her current status in an open relationship.
kawarthaNOW, Parkhill on Hunter, and Peterborough Inn & Suites are partnering to give one “lucky twosome” a SEINFELD NIGHT ON THE TOWN on Saturday, April 26th, 2014.
It was big news last fall when we found out that iconic comedian Jerry Seinfeld was coming to Peterborough in April to do his stand-up routine.
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