The Bethune Street bikeway, stretching from McDonnel Street to Townsend Street, is the first street in the City of Peterborough that best serves cyclists and pedestrians over cars and trucks. Pictured is a cyclist using Bethune Street while, in the background, an elderly couple walks beside a newly built pollinator garden. (Photo: Tegan Moss / GreenUP)
The City of Peterborough recently opened up its inaugural “bicycle priority” street, the Bethune Street bikeway.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s column is by Tegan Moss, GreenUP Executive Director.
Stretching from McDonnel Street to Townsend Street, this new streetscape introduces features like curved gardens that enhance traffic safety by slowing traffic, while providing garden spaces that absorb runoff and are home to native plants that support pollinators.
Intersections and pedestrian crossings are marked with brick pavers to heighten awareness, while sharrows — icons depicting a bike over a diamond — illustrate shared road space for cyclists and vehicles.
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Bethune Street now best serves pedestrians and people on bikes. At intersections, vehicular traffic is channelled to arterial roads such as Aylmer Street to traverse downtown Peterborough on routes better suited to cars and trucks.
Underlying the transformation is vital stormwater infrastructure that will safeguard our city from intensifying climate-related storms.
The hidden marvel beneath the Bethune bike boulevard is the 1,600-metre “box culvert” sewer system. This underground network diverts floodwaters from Jackson Creek to the Otonabee River, safeguarding downtown homes and businesses from floods like those that devastated our downtown in 2004 and 2012.
Stormwater drains quickly on Bethune Street during a heavy rainstorm on the night of August 3rd, 2023. An underground 1,600-metre “box culvert” sewer system diverts floodwaters from Jackson Creek to the Otonabee River, safeguarding downtown homes and businesses from flooding. (Photo: Tegan Moss / GreenUP)
This Bethune Street overhaul achieves dual goals: preventing catastrophic floods and prioritizing active transportation. It is a marked success in helping our community in our climate adaptation efforts.
The City of Peterborough secured $15.9 million in federal and provincial funding, primarily through the federal Small Communities Fund, to finance this climate adaptation project. This initiative involved constructing the Jackson Creek stormwater diversion sewer and revamping the sanitary sewer along Bethune Street.
Responding to climate change will continue to be a costly investment for communities everywhere.
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The planning process for the new streetscape dates back to 2015-16 and involved robust community engagement for the Central Area (Bethune Street) Flood Reduction Project. The resulting 2017 Bethunescape Master Plan envisioned a pedestrian and cyclist-friendly corridor, enhanced green spaces, and the potential for spaces that could later be animated with community programming.
This vision is now realized, with the bikeway seamlessly joining the Trans Canada Trail and linking Peterborough’s core.
A bicycle-priority street like Bethune may initially pose an inconvenience as we learn new routes better suited for travel by car, but it is vital infrastructure for healthy, safe, and active transportation in our downtown.
Campers participating in GreenUP’s climate leadership camp use the Bethune Street bikeway to visit a variety of destinations, such as visiting old growth forests in Jackson Park. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
Bethune’s success epitomizes the kinds of infrastructure that can be used to build an inclusive transportation system where people of all ages and abilities can travel comfortably.
Bethune Street also stands as a symbol urging citizens to embrace car-free travel, reduce their carbon emissions, and applauds climate-resilient infrastructure.
The phrase “if you build it, they will come” holds true on Bethune. It’s not just people on bikes embracing the new route for daily commutes. Families, mobility device users, tourists, and pedestrians all frequent this corridor, fostering an environment of relaxed and joyous mobility.
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Bethune now accommodates diverse road users facilitating access to parks, work, and residences for people who do not have the option to drive or who choose other modes of travel.
For Freda Bourgon, who uses a power chair on Bethune almost daily with her son Sabastien, Bethune is a safer and smoother route across downtown.
In the recent past, they would often take George Street, but on Bethune, “with next to no cars,” Bourgon says, “it’s much safer going on this path, and it’s my son’s favourite spot — he calls it a shortcut.”
Bethune Street now accommodates diverse road users facilitating access to parks, work, and residences for people who do not have the option to drive or who choose other modes of travel. Freda Bourgon uses a power chair on Bethune Street almost daily with her son Sabastien as a safer and smoother route across downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
Bethune Street’s bikeway includes two new signalled intersections with state-of-the-art bicycle detection at Charlotte and Sherbrooke. Cyclists are able to roll up to the stop bar and are rewarded quite promptly with, fittingly, a green light in the shape of a bicycle.
“As a daily bicycle rider, I have never felt more at home in our city,” says Natalie Stephenson, director of programs at GreenUP and a Peterborough resident. “I feel like a road user who matters and whose needs have been prioritized.”
It’s time to celebrate this success for Peterborough and our natural environment.
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We can reflect on the water flowing underneath us while using the bikeway and appreciate the work done to reduce our impact on the environment while prioritizing the city and its many inhabitants.
On Saturday, September 9th, from 1 to 4 p.m., GreenUP and B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop will host an event at Bethune and Simcoe Park. Join us in celebrating this significant stormwater and transportation project.
Bring your wheels and don blue attire for a bike parade to mark this milestone in Peterborough’s journey towards resilience!
At its 70th anniversary barbeque on August 26, 2023, Campbellford Memorial Hospital unveiled the first rendering of its proposed "Campus of Care" to be located on County Road 30 just west of Campbellford. Pictured from left to right are Campbellford Memorial Hospital board chair Carrie Hayward, Trent Hills deputy major Michael Metcalf, Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini, Campbellford Memorial Hospital CEO Jeff Hohenkerk, and Jim Curle, who donated the land for the Campus of Care site. (Photo courtesy of Campbellford Memorial Hospital)
Campbellford Memorial Hospital has unveiled the first rendering of its proposed “Campus of Care” to be located on County Road 30 just west of Campbellford.
The ambitious concept would see an array of health care services in a single location within the decade, including a redeveloped 50-bed hospital, a new 128-bed long-term care home, and a medical office building designed to house the hospital’s community mental health program, geriatric assessment and intervention network, primary care offices, and other ancillary health services.
The site would also include supportive and staff housing complexes, recreational trails, community gardens, and wooded areas.
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“This project will usher in a new era of health care excellence in our region,” says Campbellford Memorial Hospital president and CEO Jeff Hohenkerk in a media release.
“By expanding the hospital’s capacity, adding more long-term care beds, and offering a comprehensive range of ancillary health services all in one location, we will provide an unprecedented level of care that surpasses what is typically available in communities our size.”
Built in 1953, Campbellford Memorial Hospital has not undergone any major renovations or expansions since the construction of its emergency department wing, which was completed in 1987.
A rendering of Campbellford Memorial Hospital’s ambitious “Campus of Care” project, to be located on County Road 30 just west of Campbellford on a 48-acre parcel of land donated by local farmer Jim Curle. (Rendering by Lett Architects courtesy of Campbellford Memorial Hospital)
According to Hohenkerk, the proposed Campus of Care would represent a substantial improvement in the delivery of care, including more private rooms, increased accessibility features, medical units optimized for efficient patient flow, and an upgraded electrical grid to accommodate advanced medical equipment, and it would also help attract health care professionals to the region.
“In a competitive job market, modern and state-of-the-art facilities play a crucial role in attracting health care workers, especially new graduates,” Hohenkerk explains. “Our new hospital will be designed to meet the highest standards, offering a cutting-edge environment not seen elsewhere in our region.”
Having secured a 48-acre parcel of land donated by local farmer Jim Curle last October, Campbellford Memorial Hospital has been working to address zoning issues, conduct soil testing, study traffic flow, and develop comprehensive program plans.
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Once provincial government approval is received for its planning grant, the hospital expects it will take three or four years before construction begins and another three to five years for construction to be completed.
“Right now our hope is to have our new hospital completed within the next seven to 10 years,” says Campbellford Memorial Hospital board chair Carrie Hayward. “We are working every day to ensure those timelines are met.”
The hospital says it “is committed to ensuring a meticulous, transparent, and efficient development process” for the proposed Campus of Care project. For more information about the project, visit cmh.ca/redevelopment.
The Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage", about two sets of parents who meet after their sons have a nasty altercation in the schoolyard, runs for 10 performances from September 19 to October 14, 2023. Pictured during a rehearsal are (left to right) Michael Valiant Saunders as Alan Raleigh, Gayle Fraser as Annette Raleigh, Tristina Haines as Veronica Novak, and Kevin O'Neill as Michael Novak. (Photo: Peterborough Theatre Guild)
The Peterborough Theatre Guild is kicking off its 2023-24 season in September with a production of God of Carnage, a “comedy of manners without the manners” by French playwright Yasmina Reza, which runs for 10 performances from September 29 to October 14.
Set in present-day New York City, the play tells the story of two sets of parents who meet for the first time after their two 11-year-old sons have a nasty altercation in the schoolyard.
Attempting to settle the matter, both couples observe diplomatic niceties at first. However, as the meeting progresses and the alcohol flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the two couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.
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Directed by Bea Quarrie with Ina Stenner as production manager, the Peterborough Theatre Guild production stars Michael Valiant Saunders as Alan Raleigh, Gayle Fraser as Annette Raleigh, Kevin O’Neill as Michael Novak, and Tristina Haines as Veronica Novak.
God of Carnage was originally written in French by Yasmina Reza, who also directed the French premiere in January 2008 in Paris. Christopher Hampton translated the play into English, with the English version premiering in the U.K. at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End in March 2008, starring Ralph Fiennes, Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer, and Ken Stott. The London production received the Olivier Award for Best New Play of the year.
After some changes to the original English script to accommodate American audiences, a Broadway production opened in February 2009 with the original cast comprising Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden. All four actors were nominated for Tony Awards for their performances, with Harden winning the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play.
James Gandolfini, Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, and Jeff Daniels as two sets of parents who meet after their sons have a nasty altercation in the schoolyard in the 2009 Broadway production of Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage.” (Photo: Sara Krulwich / The New York Times)
“Never underestimate the pleasure of watching really good actors behaving terribly,” wrote Ben Brantley of the New York Times in a March 2009 review of the Broadway production, adding their performances “incite the kind of laughter that comes from the gut, as involuntary as hiccups or belching” and calling the play “satisfyingly primitive entertainment with an intellectual veneer.”
The Broadway production closed in 2010 after 24 previews and 452 regular performances, with various replacements to the original cast, including Annie Potts and Lucy Liu in their Broadway debuts. The production was remounted in 2011 for Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, with the original Broadway cast reprising their original roles.
In 2011, Roman Polanski directed a film adaptation called Carnage starring Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz, and Kate Winslet, with both Foster and Winslet receiving Golden Globe nominations for best actress.
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God of Carnage runs at the Guild Hall (364 Rogers St., Peterborough) from September 29 to October 14, with evening performances at 7:30 p.m. on September 29 and 30, October 5 to 7, and October 12 to 14, and 2 p.m. matinee performances on October 1 and 8.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $27 for seniors, and $22 for students, and are available now online at peterboroughtheatreguild.com or by calling 705-745-4211.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be a media sponsor of the Peterborough Theatre Guild’s 2023-24 season.
The original version of this story has been updated to correct the opening date (September 29 and not September 19).
Peterborough Public Health is reminding area residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after a horse tested positive for equine encephalitis last week.
Eastern equine encephalitis virus is transmitted to horses through mosquito bites. Like West Nile virus, it can also be transmitted to humans through mosquitoes carrying the virus.
This is the first confirmed case of equine encephalitis in the Peterborough region and the sixth confirmed in Ontario this year.
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Humans cannot get equine encephalitis from horses or from other humans — only the bite of an infected mosquito that can transmit the disease to humans.
While human infection with the equine encephalitis virus is extremely rare, the symptoms can be severe and life threatening. The best way to prevent an infection is to prevent mosquito bites.
Although the summer months are behind us, you can skill encounter mosquitoes during September, especially during hot weather. To prevent mosquito bites, wear long-sleeved and light-coloured clothing, use mesh screens and close routes of entry to prevent mosquitoes from entering your home, stay indoors during dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active, use insect repellent containing DEET or icaridin, and remove sources of stagnant or standing water from your property to prevent mosquito breeding.
Peterborough police staff sergeant Dan MacLean spoke to the media on March 23, 2023 after a three-year-old girl died in hospital from injuries she sustained when she was struck in the driveway of a Woodglade Boulevard home when a vehicle left the roadway. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)
Peterborough police have charged a 43-year-old driver in connection with the death of a three-year-old girl in March.
At 9 a.m. on March 23, 2023, the girl was struck in the driveway of her family home on Woodglade Boulevard between Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street by a southbound SUV that had left the road. She was transported to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with life-threatening injuries and succumbed to her injuries later that day.
Two other children were also in the driveway at the time of the collision, but were not injured.
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Following the girl’s death, police would not comment on whether the vehicle left the roadway because the driver was in medical distress, whether the mechanical fitness of the vehicle or speed were factors, or whether the driver would be charged. They said they would be completing a “full investigation.”
On Wednesday (September 6), police announced they had completed a five-month investigation and had charged a 43-year-old Peterborough woman with careless driving causing bodily harm or death. The accused woman is scheduled to appear in court September 25.
The collision resulted in Monaghan Ward councillor Matthew Crowley posting on social media to call for the City of Peterborough to install a three-way stop at the corner of Oakwood Crescent and Woodglade Boulevard.
“Speeding and dangerous driving has been something the residents on Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Woodglade have been complaining about for years,” Crowley wrote. “The term ‘Kawartha Heights Speedway’ has been used for years to describe traffic in that area.”
Camila Duarte has been appointed the new executive director of Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas. She has worked at the Innovation Cluster since 2021 as an innovation specialist and programs director, working on initiatives that generated over $1 million in revenue growth, mentoring more than 100 companies, and fostering partnerships internationally and across Canada, including hubs in Manitoba, Vancouver, Guelph, and Cape Breton. (Supplied photo)
The board of directors of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas has announced Camila Duarte is the organization’s new executive director.
Duarte has spent nine years in tech innovation, non-profit, and customer-facing industries, providing coaching and relationship building and developing strategic initiatives across international centres in Melbourne in Australia and in Montreal and Toronto.
She has worked at the Innovation Cluster since 2021 as an innovation specialist and programs director, working on initiatives that generated over $1 million in revenue growth, mentoring more than 100 companies, and fostering partnerships internationally and across Canada, including hubs in Manitoba, Vancouver, Guelph, and Cape Breton.
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“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to understand the Innovation Cluster from its grassroots,” Duarte says in a media release. “This provides me with a unique understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape in the regions we serve and what the organization needs to continue its history of driving growth and innovation.”
The not-for-profit economic development organization had been looking for a new leader since earlier this year, following the departure of former CEO Michael Skinner and former president John Gillis, who announced in November 2022 they would be resigning from the organization and launching a new venture.
Since February, Nicole Stephenson — founder of Toronto-based Stephenson Law Group and chair of the organization’s board — has been the interim chief executive officer.
“Camila’s impressive track record, together with her entrepreneurial spirit and proven leadership skills, makes her the right candidate to lead the organization as a prominent and vibrant centre for the incubation of innovation,” Stephenson says. “Her dedication, resilience, and transformative vision are the skills that we require in a leader to achieve our ambitious goal to be a catalyst for building, attracting, nurturing, and retaining companies in the region.”
"Moon of the Crusted Snow" by Waubgeshig Rice, a 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller set in a small Anishinaabe community, was chosen earlier this year for the Peterborough Public Library's inaugural "One Book, One Ptbo" event. The event aims to build community through a shared reading experience, and culminates with a public reading by the author in Peterborough on November 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
This fall, the Peterborough Public Library is holding events and workshops related to its first “One Book, One Ptbo” event, which builds community through the shared experience of reading the same book.
That book is the 2018 critically acclaimed bestseller Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound. Chosen as the first community read earlier this year, copies of Rice’s book have been available since May at the Peterborough Public Library for members of the community to borrow.
Throughout the fall, the library will be hosting events and workshops to get readers engaged with the story, leading up to the grand finale on Wednesday, November 15th when the author himself will visit Peterborough for a public reading and interview. That means there’s still plenty of time to borrow the book from the library and finish reading it before Rice makes his visit.
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound. As the grand finale for this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” event that features his 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller “Moon of the Crusted Snow”, the Anishinaabe author will be at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 15, 2023 where he will read from the book and its new sequel “Moon of the Turning Leaves”. (Photo: Shilo Adamson)
“One Book, One Community” events have been held at libraries across North America. For “One Book, One Ptbo,” the event began with a community-wide online vote to select a book from among a short list of three Canadian titles curated by librarians at the Peterborough Public Library. Along with Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow, the other two finalists were The Theory of Crows by David A. Robertson and Holden After and Before: Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose by Tara McGuire.
Moon of the Crusted Snow is a post-apocalyptic thriller where a small Anishinaabe community goes dark, leaving people confused and panicked, just as winter is looming. When an unexpected visitor arrives and begins to manipulate the tired, hungry, and desperate residents, the community leadership loses its grip on power. A group of young friends turn to the land and Annishinaabe tradition to help their community heal and begin to thrive once again.
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“We put it on the short list because it deals with issues that are relevant to Indigenous communities,” explains Karen Bisschop, Community Development Librarian with the Peterborough Public Library. “We’re talking so much in Canada about Truth and Reconciliation, we thought this was a good fit in terms of getting people to think and talk about some of those issues.”
At just over a couple of hundred pages and with Rice’s masterful plotting, journalistic eye for detail, and ear for dialogue, the novel is a very accessible read and appropriate for both adult and teenager readers.
“We thought a lot of people could read it, even if they’re not readers to begin with,” Bisschop notes.
The Peterborough Public Library is currently stocked with more than 70 copies of “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection. The 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller is available in a range of formats including traditional paperbacks, e-books, audio books, and CD books, with French language versions also available. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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The Peterborough Public Library is currently stocked with over 70 copies of Rice’s novel in a range of formats including traditional paperbacks, e-books, audio books, and CD books, with French language versions also available.
According to Bisschop, roughly two-thirds of the available copies are checked out at a given time, meaning that while many people are engaging with the story and participating in One Book, One Ptbo, there are still plenty of copies left for those wanting to read the book before the fall events begin.
The Peterborough Public Library also has a couple of “Book Club in a Bag” kits prepared to help readers form their own book clubs to discuss Rice’s novel. Each kit comes with 10 copies of the book, a list of discussion questions, and other resources including interviews and articles. Like the One Book, One Ptbo event itself, the kits are assembled to encourage community members to engage in their own conversations about their reading outside of the library.
“We had this idea that people would just start chatting about the same book and have discussions about it, even if it’s not at the library,” Bisschop says. “Maybe it’s with their friends, members of their book club, or just people who ride the bus with them. Wherever they are, they’re having discussions about the book.”
To get readers talking about books outside of the library, the Peterborough Public Library has created “Book Club in a Bag” kits, complete with 10 copies of a book, discussion questions, and other resources. A couple of Book Club in a Bag kids are available for “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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To support the shared community reading experience, the Peterborough Public Library is hosting several events throughout the fall that are related to Rice’s novel.
The first workshop, held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th, is “Kairos Blanket Exercise.” This interactive, experiential activity will be led by Moon Tide Reconciliation, comprised of Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and educators.
Participants will step into the role of Inuit, First Nations, and Métis peoples with a blanket representing their land. Guided by the facilitators, participants respond to the cues of their scrolls, covering pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance, and more between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. The afternoon will end with a de-brief to discuss the activity.
“This is an activity that’s really encouraged by lots of groups for Truth and Reconciliation,” explains Biscchop. “It’s a way for people to get to know the effect the residential school system has had on Indigenous peoples, and just how many of them are living in Peterborough or surrounding communities and have experienced this generational trauma.”
Anne Taylor, Cultural Archivist for Curve Lake First Nation and Community Anishinaabemowin Coordinator for Curve Lake First Nation, will lead an “Anishinaabemowin Language for Beginners” workshop at the Peterborough Public Library on September 13, 2023. “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection, uses Anishinaabemowin words and phrases. (Photo courtesy of Anne Taylor)
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While Bisschop says it’s important to create a safe space for conversation about the more serious issues present within the novel, the librarians also wanted to add in a few light-hearted, fun events that still provide education.
This includes the “Anishinaabemowin Language for Beginners” workshop taking place at the library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13th. Led by Anne Taylor of Curve Lake, the workshop gives participants the opportunity to learn some Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway), the Indigenous language of which several words and phrases are used throughout Rice’s novel.
“We live in a community that’s surrounded by people who are learning and speaking Anishinaabemowin and it would be great for all of us to at least learn a few phrases and words,” explains Bisschop.
While the Anishinaabemowin workshop is already full, library members can use their library card number to access language learning online through the Transparent Language platform. The platform provides unlimited access to more than 100 languages, including Ojibway.
As part of this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” event, the Peterborough Public Library will host librarian-led book clubs about this year’s selection, “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice. An adult book club will be held on September 26, 2023 and a teen book club will be held on November 14, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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Next, the Peterborough Public Library will host a book club for both adults on Tuesday, September 26th and for teens on Tuesday, November 14th, with discussions led by the librarians. If you can’t make it to one of the book club dates, Bisschop points out the librarians will be happy to help you facilitate your own book club.
“It’s a way for us as librarians to get out in the community and work with other people in their book clubs and to promote the idea of creating them where they can” she says.
After the pandemic and recent events like this summer’s wildfires, the natural disasters within Rice’s novel might hit a little too close to home for some readers. That’s why the library is hosting “Lunch and Learn: Emergency Preparedness” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 28th. City of Peterborough experts Jodi De Noble and Stephanie Sisson will explain how you can be prepared for the next natural weather event or household emergency.
“That whole idea that this major world catastrophe could indeed happen — and was happening as many people read the book during the pandemic — really engaged a lot of people,” notes Bisschop, adding that she believed its relatable storyline was a major reason the novel was chosen by the community.
“I think a lot of people have the idea now that this isn’t just fiction — it’s something that could happen.”
Did you love this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection “Moon of the Crusted Snow”? You’ll be happy to know author Waubgeshig Rice is releasing its sequel “Moon of the Turning Leaves” in October. He will also be reading excerpts from both novels when he visits Peterborough on November 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Waubgeshig Rice)
Rice’s reading and interview, originally scheduled to take place at the Peterborough Public Library, has been moved to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre due to high demand.
Last but certainly not least, is the One Book, One Ptbo grand finale at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15th when Waubgeshig Rice himself will be at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough to read an excerpt from Moon of the Crusted Snow as well from the book’s new sequel Moon of the Turning Leaves, which will be released on October 10 prior to his reading.
The evening will also include a live interview with Rice by local journalist and “big reader and library fan” Joelle Kovach. Registration for Rice’s visit opens on Monday, October 2nd.
Throughout the One Book, One Ptbo event, the Peterborough Public Library will also be hosting reading challenges through Beanstack. Used by more than 10,000 public libraries and schools around the world, the online platform makes habitual reading fun by awarding badges for completing challenges and reading goals.
Bisschop hopes the Beanstack challenges, along with the library events related to Moon of the Crusted Snow, will encourage residents of Peterborough and surrounding communities to make a habit out of reading and will come together to discuss the major themes and messages present throughout the text.
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“There’s a lot going on in our community and this is a really great way to get folks talking about a topic through fiction and through literature.”
For more information on One Book, One Ptbo and to register for the upcoming events, visit the Peterborough Public Library website at www.ptbolibrary.ca. You can also follow the library on Facebook, Twitter (now called X), and Instagram.
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Canadian comedian Deborah Kimmett is making her return to Peterborough with her hit show "Overnight Sensation" in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre on October 19, 2023. Combining her stand-up and storytelling with music by blues singer Kim Pollard, Kimmett will talk about turning 65 and ageism, auditioning for the nursing home, getting along with neighbours, dealing with hecklers, and more. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
Get ready to laugh until it hurts when comedian Deborah Kimmett makes her hilarious return to Peterborough this fall.
Well known as ‘One Funny Lady’, Kimmett is bringing her one-woman hit show “Overnight Sensation” to the Nexicom Studio at Showcase Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th. Tickets are $44 and are available online at showplace.org, by calling the Showplace box office at 705-742-7469, or by emailing boxoffice@showplace.org.
Selling out from coast to coast, Kimmett’s latest show is her response to turning 65 years old, as she asks herself if she’s too late to become an overnight sensation on the verge of her first old-age security cheque. Throughout the 90-minute performance, audience members will be laughing and crying along with Kimmett as she offers commentary on the way society stereotypes aging women.
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“As you get older, you become more invisible and you get called ‘dear’ and ‘honey’ and everybody kind of gives you an eye roll,” Kimmett tells kawarthaNOW, which is sponsoring the show.
Throughout “Overnight Sensation,” Kimmett will be sharing stories of her own relationship with her mother, while riffing on how to audition for the nursing home, how to get along with your neighbours (especially the ones who try to tell you how to parallel park), and how not to deal with hecklers (even if the heckler is your own mom).
The comedian, who has spent 17 years on CBC’s The Debaters and has had two shows featured on the network’s Laugh out Loud show hosted by Ali Hassan, has received high praise while taking “Overnight Sensation” across the country.
VIDEO: Deborah Kimmett brings “Overnight Sensation” to Peterborough
Kimmett last performed in Peterborough in 2019 for her “Downward Facing Broad” show, which was also largely centred around the ageism she experienced after turning 60 years old.
After that show, her mother went into a nursing home with dementia, the pandemic hit, and Kimmett turned 65. These combined events inspired her as she began writing “Overnight Sensation.”
“I started writing about that experience and how things change so quickly,” she recalls. “It’s all about my relationship with my mother and my relationship to my own aging and being patronized as a senior.”
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Despite this focus, Kimmett says the show is not solely meant for those who are in or approaching their “golden years,” adding that it will appeal to everyone because of its relatability and honesty to be treated differently based on how young or old you are.
“Ageism kind of runs the gamut for all generations a bit,” Kimmett notes. “I think younger people identify with Overnight Sensation because they get a different version of ageism — like being told Gen Z doesn’t know anything.”
In her show, Kimmett break downs and critiques how society treats people based on age by really “poking fun” and mocking society — including her friends for making her join choir with them.
Deborah Kimmett is no newcomer to Peterborough, as she previously performed her “Downward Facing Broad” show in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough in 2019. Kimmett is returning to perform in the Nexicom Studio again on October 19, 2023 with her latest show “Overnight Sensation.” Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
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In addition to her comedy, the former Second City instructor has been teaching writing workshops for several years, and has published three books and multiple plays. She explains she’s always explored her own life experiences when scripting her shows, from raising children and teenagers to her divorce, and now aging.
“A lot of people have followed me as I’ve aged and, as my comedy progressed into other areas of my life, I put everything that’s happened to me — the big moments — on stage,” she says. “The more I tell my story, the more the audience really connects it to their own story. That’s something that’s been really cool about this show.”
In performing “Overnight Sensation,” Kimmett feels she’s reached a wider audience with her comedy, much more than she had over four decades ago when she first took to the stage. In the past if a female comedian was doing a solo show, she explains, it would be an opportunity for a “girls’ night out” and men would not be in attendance. For this show, however, she estimates about 50 per cent of the audience has been male.
“It’s a lot more diverse than it was years ago,” she observes. “It’s good because I do believe I speak to that.”
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Kimmett adds that’s one of the reasons she’s eager to return to Peterborough, as she feels there’s an opportunity to engage with an even larger audience.
“There’s so much culture in Peterborough,” she says. “There are so many bands, so much diversity, so much political activism, and so many people trying to open their minds to things they wouldn’t have thirty years ago.”
Joining Kimmett on stage once again will be musician Kim Pollard. A bluesy singer who, like Kimmett, hails from Napanee, Pollard will provide the opening score, before musically accompanying Kimmett throughout her storytelling.
“It’s not just straight stand-up,” Kimmett points out. “It’s stand-up, storytelling, and singing, and they’re all woven together to make this really beautiful mode of theatre.”
Bluesy singer Kim Pollard will be opening and musically accompanying Deborah Kimmett as the comedian takes the stage to perform her hit show “Overnight Sensation” in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 19, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
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With this combination of theatrics, Kimmett’s shows do a lot more than make the audience laugh hysterically. While she says she often sees female audience members with mascara running down their cheeks from tears of laughter, Kimmett says her shows also tug at the heart strings.
“What I really love doing on stage is making people laugh their guts out — and people do laugh their guts out — but there are always touching moments. I’ve always loved balancing that comedic part with something serious because the audience, once they’ve laughed, will go there with you emotionally too.”
That real-time connection with her audience is something Kimmett greatly missed during the restrictions of the pandemic, when people were unable to gather for a collective laugh.
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“I feel like people need a laugh and they need to go out and laugh together in community,” she explains. “We really need that connection, and I think that’s what live theatre and especially comedy does. You can get that connection just through such a good belly laugh. It’s so good for the soul.”
Though she’s now cracking jokes about her age, Kimmett wants you to know that aging is not holding her back in the slightest.
“I don’t find that I’ve aged — I feel like I’ve gotten stronger and more creative,” she says, before adding a few choice raunchy words for those who treat her like she’s fragile or weak because of her age.
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“Overnight Sensation” takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th in the Nexicom Studio at Showcase Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are $44 and are available online at showplace.org, by calling the Showplace box office at 705-742-7469, or by emailing boxoffice@showplace.org.
For more information on Deborah Kimmett or to view her workshops, visit kimmett.ca.
For regular laughs, you can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be a sponsor of Deborah Kimmett’s “Overnight Sensation”.
Peterborough Pride returns for its 21st year in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong from Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 24, 2023. Pride Week features more than 30 events and culminates with the Pride parade, which takes place on Saturday, September 22 in downtown Peterborough, followed by the family-friendly "Pride in the Park" event in Millennium Park. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)
Peterborough Pride, the annual celebration welcoming all people regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, returns for its 21st year in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong from Friday, September 15th until Sunday, September 24th.
The origins of the Peterborough celebration go back to 2003, when Peterborough’s then-mayor Sylvia Sutherland proclaimed September 13th as “Gay Pride Day”. On that day, 300 people gathered in front of City Hall to participate in the very first Pride parade in Peterborough.
Since then, Peterborough Pride has grown into a full week of fun and informative events in mid-September to celebrate diversity and to support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, culminating in the Pride parade at the end of the week.
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“2SLGBTQIA+” stands for “Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Androgynous and Asexual”, with the “+” suffix meant to accommodate additional sexual and gender identities that may arise. (For those interested in understanding what these terms mean, the Peterborough Pride organization has provided a glossary we’ve included at the end of this story.)
The theme of this year’s Peterborough Pride Week, which features more than 30 community-run virtual and in-person events, is “LOVE. OUT. LOUD.”
“It’s a set of values or conditions that tell the world that ‘we’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!’,” reads a media release from Peterborough Pride. “‘Love out loud’ describes how queer folks aspire to exist in communities worldwide. It’s a rallying cry for visibility and safety as the 2SLGBTQIA+ community faces threats from those who wish to silence us. To love who we want, openly and visibly and have our voices heard. Our community calls for compassionate love, bodily autonomy, and celebration. We invite everyone to embrace the theme of Pride Week, take action and make it your own.”
The logo for Peterborough Pride’s 2023 theme of “LOVE. OUT. LOUD.” was designed by Trent University student Jane Vassbotn. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
The week begins with a flag-raising ceremony at noon on Friday, September 15th at Peterborough City Hall, where Mayor Jeff Leal will read the city’s proclamation of Pride Week and the Progressive Pride Flag will be raised on the south lawn of City Hall.
The week ends with the Pride Parade in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, September 23rd starting at 2 p.m. at City Hall. After the parade, the “Pride in the Park” event takes place at Millennium Park from around 2:30 to 6 p.m. The family-friendly event will include live music, information booths from groups and agencies that support the LGBTQ+ community, vendors, a beer and beverage tent, a Peterborough Lions Club food booth serving burgers, hot dogs, and sausages, and a family and children’s area with activities for the entire family.
“We invite everyone to show their Pride and express their feelings by decorating their homes and businesses to signal that they are part of a welcoming community where nobody needs to feel alone or unsafe,” reads a media release from Peterborough Pride. “Everyone should be able to live and love as they wish with dignity and without fear. Freedom from oppression and discrimination of any sort should be a basic human right that all humans can enjoy.”
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The Peterborough Pride organization is made up entirely of volunteers and is supported by the City of Peterborough, community organizations, local businesses, and the broader community. For more about Peterborough Pride and a detailed listing of events during Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Pride Week, visit www.peterboroughpride.ca.
The following background material has been supplied by the Peterborough Pride organization:
The first Peterborough Pride parade was held on September 13, 2003, with 300 people participating. This year’s parade is expected to include over 750 participants, including numerous floats and groups and a pipe band. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
Formal Pride parades and related events have taken place around the globe for close to 50 years, beginning with New York’s first Pride march in 1969.
This event was held to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which resulted when the LGBTQ+ community took a stand against police harassment and brutality, fighting back as policemen attempted to force them out of the Stonewall Inn.
Since then, Pride events have been a way of rallying for equal rights in regards to sexual orientation and gender identity. The response to these celebrations varies depending on the hosting countries, cities and current circumstances. In some places, Pride events are met with brutal physical violence from the state, police, and groups who oppose LGBTQ+ rights.
With Pride we acknowledge the history and ongoing fight for equality and human rights, celebrate the diversity within the LGBTQ+ community, work to improve the quality of life for LGBTQ+ community members, and send a message to the broader community of the need for acceptance and inclusion for everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Pride is a political act and a joyful celebration of LGBTQ+ cultures that is focused on inclusion.
Themes that are typically at the core of most Pride celebrations today are:
Acknowledgement of the history and the ongoing fight for equality;
Celebration of diversity and who each person is as LGBTQ+ individuals;
Human rights advocacy;
Build community and quality of life for those in the LGBTQ+ community;
Bring messages to the broader community of the need for acceptance and inclusion;
Political alignments.
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History of the Rainbow Flag
The colours of the rainbow flag reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of Pride in LGBTQ+ rights marches. It originated in California but is now used worldwide. Variations of the rainbow flag are widely displayed, including at Peterborough’s annual Pride Parade. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
The rainbow flag, commonly called the gay pride flag and sometimes the LGBTQ+ pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride, and LGBTQ+ social movements.
Its colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of Pride in LGBTQ+ rights marches. It originated in California but is now used worldwide.
Designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978, the design has undergone several revisions to first remove, then re-add colours, due to widely available fabrics. As of 2008, the most common variant consists of six stripes featuring the colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The flag is commonly flown horizontally, with the red stripe on top as it would be in a natural rainbow.
The original gay pride flag flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. It has been suggested that Mr. Baker was inspired by Judy Garland’s singing of “Over the Rainbow” and the Stonewall riots that happened a few days after Garland’s death. Thirty volunteers hand-dyed and stitched the first two flags for the parade.
Demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased after the assassination of Harvey Milk (left, pictured at Gay Pride in San Jose in California in June 1978), the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. Milk, who was responsible for passing a stringent gay rights ordinance for San Francisco, served almost 11 months as a city supervisor when he and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed on November 27, 1978. Milk subsequently became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the gay community. (Photo: Wikipedia)
After the November 27, 1978, assassination of openly gay San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased. To meet the demand, the Paramount Flag Company began selling a version of the flag using stock rainbow fabric consisting of seven stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue and violet. As Baker ramped up production of his version of the flag, he too dropped the hot pink stripe because of the unavailability of hot-pink fabric.
The rainbow flag celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2003. During Pride celebrations in June of that year, Mr. Baker restored the rainbow flag back to its original eight-striped version and has since advocated that others do the same. However, the eight-striped version has seen little adoption by the wider gay community which has mostly stuck with the better known six-striped version.
That said, various variations of the rainbow flag are still widely displayed, including at Peterborough’s annual Pride Parade.
The flag’s colours, and their meaning, are as follows: red, life; orange, healing; yellow, sunlight; green, nature; turquoise, magic/art; blue, serenity/harmony; and violet, spirit.
Today, you’re likely to see a version designed by Daniel Quasar — commonly known as the “Progressive Pride Flag” or “Inclusive Pride Flag” — that adds a triangular chevron to one side, with colours honouring the trans community as well as people of colour. You may also see a version pioneered in Philadelphia that puts black and brown stripes at the top.
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Did You Know…? LGBTQ+ Terminology Explained
2SLGBTQA+
Stands for Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Androgynous and Asexual. This is by no means a comprehensive list of identities and these definitions tend to shift and expand as the dominant culture changes. As such, the acronym includes identities that are commonly used today.
Two Spirit
Refers to an Indigenous person on Turtle Island (North America) whose gender experience or sexual orientation incorporates both or lies outside of a male/female binary. Two Spirit people were specifically targeted during early colonization for their apparent queerness and were largely erased from history. The term Two Spirit, however, is recent and comes from the 1990 Native American/First Nations Gay and Lesbian Conference in Winnipeg. A Two Spirit person may or may not also identify as LGTBQA+. Two Spirit is a term created by and for Indigenous peoples only, and is not a term for non-Indigenous people to identify as.
Lesbian
Relating to a woman, or femme-aligned non-binary person, who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for other women or femme-aligned non-binary people.
Gay
Relating to a man, or masculine person, who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for other men or masculine people.It is also an umbrella term often used to refer to non-heterosexual sexual identities.
Bisexual/Pansexual
Relating to any person who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for one or more genders. Pansexuality expands upon this to include all genders. There is considerable overlap between bisexuality and pansexuality and so it is left up to the individual to decide how they wish to define themselves.
Transgender or Trans
Relating to a person whose assigned gender is not congruent with how they experience their gender.
Non-Binary
Refers to a person whose gender experience cannot be entirely described by binary identities like “man” or “woman.”
Cisgender
Refers to a person who is content with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Queer/Questioning
Historically, “queer” was used as a derogatory term to refer to homosexual people and as such should only be used as a form of reclamation. i.e. It is rude to call someone queer who does not openly identify this way or has not given you permission to do so. Queer is a personal identity, meaning it tends to have individual definitions for individual people. It is also often now used as an umbrella term in much the same way that “gay” is.
Questioning refers to people who are not certain of their identity and who require a safe space to explore their possibilities.
Asexual/Aromantic
Two distinct terms that refer to a person who experiences either little, conditional, or no sexual or romantic attraction.
Tyrone Flowers first moved to Peterborough with his spouse Lauren Mortlock five years ago with the goal of opening their own restaurant. In May, after two decades working in every from dishwasher to bartender and chef, Flowers opened The Vine, offering a menu focused on seafood and plant-based options to pair with a weekend brunch. The Vine is more than a restaurant, with bread loaves available wholesale on weekends and special events like drag shows and movie nights coming soon. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
With 20 years of restaurant experience under his belt, there are three things Tyrone Flowers said he would never do over the course of his career: bake, serve vegan, and do brunch. Now, he does all three at one of Peterborough’s newest downtown restaurants, The Vine.
The plant-forward restaurant opened its doors back in May to serve up pescatarian, vegetarian, and vegan comfort foods and weekend brunch. The restaurant just recently received their liquor license, allowing them to introduce craft beer, wine, and specialty cocktails to their already-loyal customer base.
Along with the new drink list, The Vine has made a few other changes around the restaurant including a menu with all-new fall-inspired dinner items, a rotating lineup of baked goods, and fresh breads available wholesale. The Vine will also be hosting events within the restaurant as part of their effort to make the space accessible to all.
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Although The Vine opened just months ago, it was actually years in the making. When Flowers and his partner Lauren Mortlock moved from Toronto to her hometown of Peterborough five years ago, he had always intended to open his own restaurant. When they came across the available space for lease, the couple took the chance and opened a restaurant that was welcoming to all, no matter their diet, serving a mix of seafood, vegetarian, and vegan cuisine.
“I’ve noticed that if it’s not a vegan restaurant itself, nine times out of ten, vegan options are a curry or a salad,” Flowers explains. “But if you (want) go to a 100 per cent plant-based restaurant, there’s always one or two friends who are not cool with that and don’t want to go and turn their nose up at tofu. So, we thought, why not incorporate everything so that everybody can come and enjoy a meal together?”
Though Flowers and his partner are meat-eaters themselves, his decades of restaurant experience — working as everything from a dishwasher to bartender to chef — has allowed him to explore all kinds of cuisine. He has also learned from the best in the neighbourhood, spending four and a half years moving from line chef to sous chef at Publican House Brewery & Pub, before moving to Revelstoke Café where he learned more about vegan cooking.
“I just thought that I would take everything I’ve learned from different people and try to combine it into one thing,” says Flowers.
Just in time for fall, The Vine in Peterborough has just launched an updated menu, which highlights more dinner mains with a seasonal fall focus. An all-new dish, the street corn salad is made from mixed greens with a house-made lemon vinaigrette, with a corn mix, of onion, tomato, roasted corn, feta, and mayonnaise, and garnished with local cilantro microgreens. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
To pair with the The Vine’s new liquor license, the updated menu includes a larger focus on dinner items. The couple has also added vegetables and meals that are very fall-focused, like the all-new Street Corn Salad, and more pescetarian options, including Seafood Cakes and Shrimp Tacos to match their well-loved vegan Tacos.
The restaurant hasn’t changed the menu completely, as The Vine has kept some of its signature dishes, including the Loaded Tot Waffle on the brunch menu, because, as Flowers explains, “where else would you get a waffle made out of tater tots?”
While The Vine certainly holds its own as a new restaurant on the block, it also carries on the legacy held by its neighbours. Customers of Peterborough’s now-closed Pizza Bodega might be familiar with the spicy pickle pizza. With permission from the owner, The Vine now serves up their own variation of the popular pie, created with their homemade sourdough crust, a whipped feta dill base, and topped with pickles and seitan bacon.
“If you like dill,” says Flowers, “it’s a thing of beauty.”
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As for the drinks menu, The Vine uniquely serves a pitcher of Gatorade on the brunch menu, helping customers recover from weekend hangovers.
For something a little stronger, the restaurant also has a line-up of signature cocktails and some local craft beer and cider, including cans from Rice Lake Hard Cider, a woman-led craft cidery in Baltimore, Ontario.
“They were the first place that I contacted when I knew we were going to get alcohol because I know how good their stuff is,” says Flowers, adding that they have brands that can’t be found elsewhere in the Kawarthas. “We want to try and offer something that you may not be able to get everywhere and introduce people to something new.”
Now that The Vine in Peterborough has received its liquor license, the restaurant has updated in drinks menu to include specialty cocktails, wine, craft beer, and cider, including Rice Lake Hard Cider, a woman-led cidery based out of Baltimore, Ontario. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
And of course, The Vine is continuing to serve up their Papa Tom’s Caesar, which took the crown at the Peterborough’s first-ever Caesar Fest hosted in July by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). Created by Flowers’ partner Lauren Mortlock, the cocktail is named after her father.
“My dad’s drink of choice has always been a Caesar, so I’ve been making them forever,” she says.
Now served with vodka, the Caesar Fest version was a mocktail because the restaurant didn’t yet have its liquor license (The Vine still has two other mocktails on its menu).
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“I wanted to make sure that we had a flavourful Caesar and it wasn’t about the booze, it was about the flavour,” Mortlock adds.
She explains there are two key ingredients to the Papa Tom’s Caesar: the horseradish (she says a lot of restaurants leave it out of the recipe but it’s a necessity) and the Dill Pickle Picante Jalapeño hot sauce, sourced from local small business Don South Hot Sauce Company.
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Those who’ve visited The Vine might notice that the new menu doesn’t include the same list of desserts. But don’t fear, in lieu of the bigger dessert items, the restaurant will be serving up goods that are baked fresh every day.
The lineup will be constantly rotating, including cinnamon buns, cookies, scones, and the brownies the restaurant has become known for.
“Instead of having the same things, it’s nice to be able to try something new each day,” says Flowers, adding The Vine will also be making fresh potato breads and focaccia to sell wholesale right out of the restaurant every weekend.
The Vine in Peterborough offers vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian fare, including the salmon burger featuring a salmon patty, remoulade, avocado, red onion, and arugula on a brioche bun. The dish comes with a side of potato wedges (pictured), salad, or soup. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
The idea of trying something new each day extends beyond the baked goods, as Flowers and Mortlock are already envisioning The Vine to become more than a space to gather for food and drink.
To do that, Flowers is planning some in-store events, including a drag brunch on September 16 in celebration of Peterborough Pride. The event will include food and drink specials.
“We’re both huge fans of the art of drag, everything from watching it on television to attending shows,” says Flowers. “We just wanted to show our support for everybody. We believe in a safe space for everybody, and drag is just fun. It’s just a good time.”
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The couple are also planning some ticketed dinner events that would include a five-course plated menu from Flowers or other local chefs in the community, as well as movie nights where the community can vote on a movie to play on the projector. The Vine will serve up snacks and drinks related to the film and there’s even talks of a good old fashioned popcorn maker making an appearance for the special occasions.
Lastly, for Thanksgiving, The Vine will be serving up take-home meals to feed the whole family. While the menu isn’t fully set yet, there will be both a vegan and a pescetarian option.
“If you don’t want to cook on Thanksgiving, then just contact us and we’re happy to put you down for a take-home meal and make the weekend a little easier for you,” explains Mortlock.
Located at 165 Sherbrooke Street in downtown Peterborough, The Vine is also available to be booked for catering and private events. Though hours will be changing in the fall, the restaurant is currently open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information and to browse the menu, visit www.thevineptbo.com.
Located at 165 Sherbrooke Street in downtown Peterborough, The Vine is a pescatarian, vegetarian, and vegan restaurant that will be also be hosting events during the fall, beginning with a drag brunch on September 16, 2023 in celebration of Peterborough Pride. Other in-store events will include ticketed dinners and movie nights. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
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