Peterborough Police Service headquarters on Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)
A 43-year-old Peterborough man is facing a sexual assault charge after an incident was reported to Peterborough police.
In March, police learned of an alleged sexual assault that happened in the basement of The Social, a bar in downtown Peterborough, the previous November.
According to police, a co-owner of the bar is accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old female employee.
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As a result of the investigation, police arrested and charged 43-year-old Lang Freeman of Peterborough with sexual assault on Monday (May 15). Freeman was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on May 30.
Police have released the accused man’s name as they believe there could more victims in the community.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Constable Mark Jilesen at 705-876-1122 x285. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at stopcrimehere.ca.
The 2023 Haliburton Forest Festival, called "Women of The Forest", features a series of four monthly concerts from May to August at the Logging Museum at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve in the Haliburton Highlands. Headliners include (left to right, top and bottom): Boreal (with opener Sue Shikaze and Myrna McBrien) on May 20, The Salt Cellars (with opener Rose Randall) on June 24, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (with opener Carling Stephen and Rob Phillips) on July 21, and Jenie Thai (with opener Sandra Bouza) on August 25. (kawarthaNOW collage of artist-supplied photos)
The much-beloved Haliburton Forest Festival is back in 2023 after a four-year absence — although the event is smaller with a different format and takes place at a different venue.
This year’s Forest Festival, called “Women of The Forest”, presented by Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve with various community partners, will celebrate Canadian women in music with special guest musicians headlining each concert and local performers opening.
The series of four monthly concerts from May to August at the Haliburton Forest’s Logging Museum at 1095 Redkenn Road in the Haliburton Highlands features Boreal with opener Sue Shikaze and Myrna McBrien on May 20, The Salt Cellars with opener Rose Randall on June 24, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque with opener Carling Stephen and Rob Phillips on July 21, and Jenie Thai with opener Sandra Bouza on August 25.
The 2023 Haliburton Forest Festival’s “Women of The Forest” concert series takes place at the Logging Museum at the Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve at 1095 Redkenn Road in the Haliburton Highlands. (Photo: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve)
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The Forest Festival was originally held at the Bone Lake Amphitheatre at Haliburton Forest and featured such big-name Canadian performers as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jim Cuddy, Dan Hill, Sarah Harmer, and Lighthouse. Organizers discontinued the festival in 2019 after 13 years, primarily because of the need to reconstruct the Bone Lake Amphitheatre along with the high cost of hosting the festival.
For the Forest Festival’s 2023 Women of The Forest concert series, tickets for each concert are $35, or $120 for the entire series. Tickets are available at haliburtonforest.checkfront.com/reserve/?category_id=75. Select a concert date to purchase individual tickets, or select the May 20th date to purchase a series pass.
The series opens at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 20th when Haliburton Forest and the Haliburton County Folk Society present Boreal with opener Sue Shikaze and Myrna McBrien.
VIDEO: “It’s Spring” by Boreal celebrating their Songs of Renewal spring tour
Boreal is a trio of three successful singer-songwriters — Tannis Slimmon (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass), Katherine Wheatley (vocals, guitar, bass), and Angie Nussey (vocals, keyboard, percussion) — who have come together to present spell-binding harmonies combined with vocal prowess and tour-de-force song-writing.
With a new album on the way, Boreal’s show “Songs of Renewal” combines deeply uplifting songwriting with humour, storytelling, and heart-melting honesty.
Local duo Sue Shikaze and Myrna McBrien are long-time friends who began singing and harmonizing in cafés and open stages around Kingston after meeting at Queen’s University. Shikaze is a co-artistic director for the Haliburton County Folk Society’s concert series, a member of local band Trio Cappuccino, and a radio host of Northern Aire on Canoe FM. McBrien is an educator, professional artist, actor, and director who is currently working for the Highlands Summer Festival.
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On Saturday, June 24th at 7:30 p.m., Haliburton Forest and Minden Pride present The Salt Cellars with opener Rose Randall.
Hailing from the south side of Algonquin Park, The Salt Cellars are duo Virginia deCarle and Rob Bersan, who blend the sounds of folk, Americana, blues, jazz, and pop into a sound that’s uniquely their own. After decades of writing individually, they brought their lyrics and music to each other and began writing collaboratively. They have played in many venues in different parts of Ontario, with audiences enjoying their tight harmonies, skilled musicianship, and energy.
Singing over looped vocal harmonies and beat box, opener Rose Randall’s music is described as electronic music without the electronics. A mix of tribal, rock, rap, folk, and ethereal sounds, Randall’s music explores nature, the human condition, and “unapologetically celebrates God.”
VIDEO: “Inside These Walls” by The Salt Cellars
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Jazz is the theme for July when Haliburton Forest and Jazz at the 45th/CANOE FM present Jane Bunnett and Maqueque at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 21st, with opener Carling Stephen and Rob Phillips.
A five-time Juno award winner and three-time Grammy award nominee, Jane Bunnett launched Maqueque in 2013 as a project to record and mentor young brilliant Cuban female musicians. It has since become one of the top groups on the North American jazz scene. Since then they have released four albums, including their Juno award-winning 2014 debut Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, 2016’s Juno award-nominated Oddara, 2019’s Juno award-nominated On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme, and 2023’s Playing with Fire.
Along with Bunnett on soprano saxophone and flute, Maqueque features Joanna Tendai Majoko on vocals, Mary Paz on congas and vocals, Dánae Olano on piano, Tailin Marrero on acoustic and electric bass, and Yissy García on drums.
VIDEO: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert with Jane Bunnett and Maqueque:
Vocalist Carling Stephen and pianist Rob Phillips are well known in Peterborough for their weekly jazz and blues show on Thursday nights with the Rob Phillips Trio at the Black Horse.
Stephen is a jazz and blues singer as well as a multi-instrumentalists and songwriter who recently collaborated with Haliburton-based jazz guitarist Nicholas Russell to record four live-off-the-floor music videos of jazz standards and is currently writing songs with Phillips for her first full-length studio album.
Phillips, who began studying classical piano at the age of seven, is a jazz and blues pianist, composer, and educator who has been engrossed in Peterborough’s musical community for decades. The 2015 Peterborough Pathway of Fame inductee enjoyed considerable success with Dan Fewings and Jimmy Bowskill as one third of the musical improv comedy trio The Three Martinis, and his trio — which has been performing at the Black Horse for almost 10 years — recently celebrated their 500th show there.
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VIDEO: “Night On Fire” by Jenie Thai
The Women of the Forest series wraps up at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 25th when Haliburton Forest and the Highlands Buckslide Blues Society present Jenie Thai with opener Sandra Bouza.
Born in Thailand and raised in Edmonton, R&B singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist Jenie Thai released her debut EP Lady Flower in 2011, with the title track earning her an honourable mention in the International Songwriting Competition from among 16,000 submissions. She released her first full-length album Only the Moon in 2013, with received considerable airplay on radio in Canada and the U.S., followed by Night on Fire in 2018. She has been nominated for two Edmonton Music Awards, three Maple Blues Awards, and was a semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2017.
Toronto R&B and soul singer-songwriter Sandra Bouza spent a large part of her life in Spain as well as travelling around the world, an experience that informs her songwriting. She released her debut EP Three Years in 2018, followed by her first full-length album Falling Away From Me in 2020. Her new album A Sound In the Dark is scheduled to be released this fall. Bouza was the 2019 winner of the Toronto Blues Society’s Talent Search and was a semi-finalist in the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. She also participated in the Hall Island Artist residency in the Haliburton Highlands and will also be performing at the Haliburton Rotary Music in the Park on August 15.
Tickets to individual concerts at the Haliburton Forest Festival’s “Women of The Forest” series cost $35, or $120 for all four concerts. (Poster: Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve)
For more information about the Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, visit www.haliburtonforest.com.
During patio season, Hunter Street West between George and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough will be reconfigured temporarily into a one-lane one-way westbound street to allow for expanded sidewalk space for patios in this part of the downtown's café district. (Photo: City of Peterborough)
Hunter Street West between George and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough will be reconfigured into a one-lane one-way westbound street beginning on Tuesday (May 15).
Part of the City of Peterborough’s preparations for patio season, the temporary change will allow for expanded sidewalk space for patios in this part of the downtown’s café district.
As part of the reconfiguration of this section of Hunter Street West, Chambers Street will be temporarily closed at its south end at Hunter Street and will allow two-way traffic from its north end at Brock Street for the duration of the Hunter Street reconfiguration.
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For a third year, the city will also be coordinating the installation of public artworks along a section of Hunter Street West as part of the Renaissance on Hunter public art project. The road mural and artists’ gardens projects are expected to be in place by the end of June, weather permitting.
The city will also be installing decorative fencing and planter boxes next to businesses on George, Water, and Charlotte streets that have signed up for the expanded patios this year, repurposing on-street parking in front of their businesses.
This is the fourth summer the city is implementing temporary changes to the downtown area to allow for more patio and pedestrian spaces, which originally began during the pandemic to support physical distancing as well as more outdoor dining spaces for restaurants.
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Similar to last year’s changes, this year’s design will include reduced speed limits on streets with patios. Parking spaces, including accessible spaces, as well as loading zones and designated waste pick-up areas, may be adjusted once patio locations have been confirmed with participating businesses.
According to a media release, the city has received around 25 patio permit applications so far, but expects installations to continue throughout May and June for businesses that did not meet the application deadline of April 6th to have patios installed during the week of May 15th and the application deadline of May 8th to have patios installed during the week of June 12th.
The city is continuing to accept patio permit applications, which are required for all patios on city-owned property, until Thursday, June 1st. More information about applications for temporary patios is available on the City of Peterborough website.
The Region of Durham's 2021 micro-housing pilot project in central Oshawa features two pods of five-unit prefabricated housing suites intended for temporary transitional housing with supports from local agencies. The building was designed to be relocatable. (Photo: NRB Modular Solutions Inc.)
Peterborough Public Health applauds city staff and city council for their support at general committee this past week of a plan that will bring positive action on homelessness and improve health in our community.
There are few things more central to our health than a home. When we have one, we are sheltered from the elements, shielded from illness and disease, and protected from a range of health conditions that can have very little to do with our biology or genes. When we don’t, nothing else matters.
I have had several opportunities in my role as the medical officer of health, and as a doctor, to speak directly with and listen to people living outside and unsheltered in our community. I have listened to their health concerns. I have met individuals managing insulin for their diabetes, caring for complex wounds, or trying to make progress on a substance use disorder while living in a tent. Quite simply, it’s an impossible task.
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How can someone address these health challenges, which are difficult for anyone, while also trying to battle the elements on a bench or in a tent?
The highly visible and mounting challenge of homelessness that we are seeing in our community is not unique to Peterborough. Across the province and throughout the country, communities are grappling with how to support the increasing number of people who need help due to rising inequality.
It is clear from city staff’s report that the current system for homelessness is not meeting the needs of those who are sleeping outside. Inadequate space in the shelter system and the lack of truly affordable housing for individuals on limited income, combined with other barriers such as substance use and stigma, are making the work of health and healing worse. This impacts our health system and impacts us all. It is time for a change.
Peterborough Public Health applauds @cityptbo staff and Council for the support of critical action on homelessness, and the key health issues it’s linked to, at General Council this past week. pic.twitter.com/1LRwhgD1vL
— Dr Thomas Piggott (He/Him) MD PhD (@twpiggott) May 12, 2023
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The recent staff report to Peterborough city council to establish modular housing at Wolfe Street is an acknowledgement that change is needed. It presents a thoughtful, innovative and immediate response to the crisis of homelessness in our community.
If passed, it will enable partners across the health and social system to work together to address the crisis head on.
These are tough decisions for leaders in our community to make, as we grapple with this increasing challenge. I commend city staff and council for leading with heart, and with a recognition that healing starts with a home.
The general committee endorsement of the staff report will go forward to the regular city council meeting on Tuesday, May 23rd to be considered for approval.
Buzz the Spelling Bee mascot with the top three spellers in the senior division (grades 7 and 8) at the Rotary Club of Peterborough's ninth annual School Spelling Bee held on May 13, 2023. From left to right: Crepe Cochrane (third), Sonny Gillis (second), and Noah Hofman (first). (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough)
Champion spellers from Peterborough elementary schools won great prizes for themselves and their schools during the Rotary Club of Peterborough’s ninth annual School Spelling Bee on Saturday (May 13).
More than 60 students from grades 4 to 8 competed in the regional final, selected from 4,200 students across Peterborough County who competed in mini-spelling bees at their schools.
The spelling bee final consisted of a junior challenge for students in grades 4 to 6, and a senior challenge for students in grades 7 and 8.
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Olivia Jones of Saint Catherine Catholic Elementary School placed first in the junior division and Noah Hofman of Kenner Intermediate School placed first in the senior division. Each student won an overnight camp session at Camp Kawartha, a family photo shoot from Miranda Studios, and $225 to use toward a youth program at the Art School of Peterborough.
Arthur Zadro of Our Lady of the Wayside Academy placed second in the junior division and Sonny Gillis of Saint Catherine Catholic Elementary School placed second in the senior division. Each student won a Trent Excalibur Ultimate Camp session and $100 to use toward a youth program at the Art School of Peterborough.
Kaiden Surphlis of James Strath Public School place third in the junior division and Crepe Cochrane of Adam Scott Intermediate School placed third in the senior division. Each student won an iPad courtesy of YourTV Cogeco and $50 to use toward a youth program at the Art School of Peterborough.
The top three spellers in the junior division (grades 4 to 6) at the Rotary Club of Peterborough’s ninth annual School Spelling Bee held on May 13, 2023. From left to right: Kaiden Surpllis (third), Arthur Zadro (second), and Olivia Jones (first). (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough)
The winning students’ schools also received $1,000, $500, and $250 respectively to use toward literacy programs and materials.
The School Spelling Bee was organized by the Rotary Club of Peterborough’s literacy committee.
“The Rotary Club of Peterborough is grateful to all teachers, principals, parents, and guardians for organizing the mini-spelling bees at their schools and within their home schooling community,” reads a Rotary media release. “We recognize that it can be resource intensive. Thank you for supporting young people in our community and the Rotary Club of Peterborough’s literacy committee’s goal of promoting literacy and a love of reading and writing.”
A partnership between Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development and the Culinary Tourism Alliance, "Feast On the Farm: A Taste of Peterborough & the Kawarthas" takes place on May 28 and 29, 2023 at Lang Pioneer Village in Keene. The two-day event begins with a Consumer Day featuring a gastronomic experience for foodies prepared by local chefs followed by an Industry Day for industry professionals only that includes speakers, networking, and local food and drink. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Tourism Alliance)
A unique celebration of local food and drink that also supports the culinary tourism industry is coming to Lang Pioneer Village in Keene on May 28 and 29.
“Feast On the Farm: A Taste of Peterborough & the Kawarthas” is a partnership between Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development and the Culinary Tourism Alliance, a not-for-profit food tourism development organization. Feast On® is a certification program that recognizes Ontario restaurants and purveyors (growers, producers, suppliers, and distributors) committed to sourcing and celebrating Ontario-grown food and drink.
The two-day event begins on Sunday (May 28) with a Consumer Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that features a gastronomic experience for foodies prepared by local chefs, followed on Monday (May 29) with an Industry Day from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for industry professionals only that includes speakers, networking, and local food and drink.
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For Consumer Day on Sunday, three Peterborough chefs — Brad Watt of Publican House Brewery and Pub, Tyler Scott of Rare Escape, and Lisa Dixon of Black Honey Cafe — will present curated dishes paired with local beverages including craft beer from Bobcaygeon Brewing Company and spirits from Persian Empire as well as Ontario Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wines by sustainable winegrowing certified wineries from across the province.
The day’s menu includes canapés (red fife wheat bannock with smoked trout mousse and radish sprouts finish; maple-poached Otonobee bacon with spiced pea purée), mains (confit duck on red fife fry bread with goat ricotta, wild leek salsa verde, and maple syrup; Kawartha pork and wild leek sausage with wild rice and cheddar porridge, finished with maple and pollen; fried zucchini nest with soft egg sous vide beet “down” finished with sumac-spiced hollandaise), and dessert (local herbal tea infused panna cotta with maple syrup and puffed wild rice granola).
The menu also includes a vegan and gluten-free canapé option (falafel with apple slice and carrot paté for the canapés), as well as vegetarian options for the mains: roasted oyster mushrooms on red fife fry bread with goat ricotta, wild leek salsa verde, and maple syrup; roasted Kendal Hills Farm mushrooms with wild rice and cheddar porridge, finished with maple and pollen; and fried zucchini nest with sous vide tofu and miso “hollandaise”.
On Sunday, May 28, 2023, foodies can enjoy curated dishes prepared by Peterborough chefs Brad Watt of Publican House Brewery and Pub, Tyler Scott of Rare Escape, and Lisa Dixon of Black Honey Cafe that will be paired with local beverages. (Photos courtesy of Culinary Tourism Alliance)
The $125 ticket cost (plus tax and fees) includes a selection of food and drink, a behind-the-scenes experience at Lang Pioneer Village, and a $25 Feast On gift voucher that can be redeemed at participating Feast On restaurants (there are more than 150 Feast On certified restaurants in Ontario). Tickets are available at ontarioculinary.com/fonfarm/feast-on-the-farm-peterborough-the-kawarthas/.
Every ticket purchased for Consumer Day on Sunday also supports Ontario’s culinary tourism industry, by subsidizing the cost for restaurants and food purveyor professionals to attend Industry Day on Monday.
Industry Day is for all professionals who want to learn about incorporating local Ontario ingredients into their menus and implementing sustainable practices in their businesses through the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Keynote speakers for Monday’s Industry Day include Judy Song of Ocean Wise, a conservation program created to educate consumers and businesses about the issues within the world’s fisheries and aquaculture operations and empower them to make informed decisions when purchasing seafood, and Leah White of Second Harvest, who will provide a tactical and educational session with concrete solutions and a roadmap to reduce food waste and food insecurity and to participate in a national food recovery network.
Along with a welcome breakfast and coffee bar, attendees will enjoy a family-style lunch — curated by Chef Jeff Curtis of Elmhirst’s Resort — featuring Elmhirst’s own brisket sliders with red fife beaver tails for dessert. A locally curated cheeseboard and preserves will be provided during the afternoon. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options will also be available. Attendees will also enjoy a selection of wines from Rolling Grape Vineyard.
On Monday, May 29, 2023, industry professionals can hear keynote speakers Judy Song of Ocean Wise and Leah White of Second Harvest and enjoy a family-style lunch prepared by Chef Jeff Curtis of Elmhirst’s Resort in Keene. (Photos courtesy of Culinary Tourism Alliance)
Two people were seriously injured when a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle collided south of Emily Provincial Park in Kawartha Lakes late Friday afternoon (May 12).
At around 5:20 p.m., Kawartha Lakes Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of serious two-vehicle collision on Emily Park Road between Grassy Road and Valley Road involving a passenger vehicle and motorcycle.
The motorcycle’s driver and passenger were transported to a local hospital and then flown by air ambulance to a Toronto-area trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
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No other injuries reported at the scene.
Emily Park Road was closed from Grassy Road to Valley Road for several hours while police documented the scene.
Police are continuing to investigate the collision. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage is asked to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 705-324-6741 or 1-888-310-1122.
Jennifer (Opal) Elchuck's "Woodland & The Wilds Promenade" is a participatory performance during Artsweek 2023 that celebrates local wildlife and our shared greenspaces with community crafting and a musical parade. Everyone can take part by doning a mask and join a magical gaggle of woodland puppets, stilt-walkers, and travelling musicians during a celebratory tour of Ecology Park on May 13, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Public Energy)
As Artsweek Peterborough wraps up this weekend, you have one more chance to don an animal mask and participate in Woodland & the Wilds Promenade, with the final performance taking place at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 13) at Ecology Park in Peterborough.
The promenade is a celebration of local wildlife and the animals that make the local ecosystem unique. The idea of the event is for audience members to participate in an embodied experience celebrating local ecology while engaging with the city’s artistic community.
Among the animals you can expect to encounter — or become — during the performance include foxes, bears, wolves, crows, and owls, with the masks created by Laurel Paluck. The performance also feature stilt-walkers in the guise of a monarch butterfly, a moose, a heron, and a praying mantis.
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While the promenade is led by stilt-walkers Jennifer “Opal” Elchuk, Jeff Cadence, Victoria Kopf, and Victoria Wood with musical accompaniment provided by fiddler Jay Edmunds, everyone is encouraged to join by donning one of the available masks.
“It’s definitely not like a sit-down and spectate, although I guess it would still be fun to watch if you were not someone who wanted to promenade around,” Elchuk tells kawarthaNOW.
While the artists and performers in Woodland & the Wilds Promenade have worked together in the past, with the stilt-walkers members of the Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts, this is a new performance created for Artsweek Peterborough.
Jennifer (Opal) Elchuck has been active in the Peterborough arts community since 2006. Beginning in visual arts and dance, her current focus is aerial circus arts. (Photo courtesy of Artspace Peterborough)
“Two of the stilt characters have been out at a couple of other performances over the last couple of years,” Elchuk says. “Jay did the music for a production I did with an aerial canoe and Jeff and Victoria Kopf were a part of that as well. Jay has also been with Laurel for her promenades in the past.”
Beyond the masks that will be lent to willing participants, there will also be the opportunity for audience members to dress in costume and join in on the proceedings.
“There are some costumes that allow audience members also to be woodland animals,” Elchuk explains. “People even without a costume can join our celebratory promenade.”
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As the number of costumes and masks available for the public is limited, audience members are also welcome to bring their own costumes and join in.
“Anyone would be welcome to come with any animal ears or masks or costumes that they happen to have,” Elchuk says.
Woodland & the Wilds Promenade was first performed during Artsweek Peterborough’s opening night in downtown Peterborough last Friday, and again last Sunday afternoon at the Riverview Park & Zoo.
The Trans Canada Trail entrance to Peterborough’s Ecology Park from the Beavermead Park parking lot. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)
As well as mentioning her gratitude for Theatre Trent, which donated some funds for Woodland & the Wilds Promenade, Elchuk adds that some Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts students may join the stilt-walkers.
“We’re offering it as an opportunity for some of our students who’ve been getting really skilled at so far,” Elchuk says.
The final performance of Woodland & the Wilds Promenade takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 13th at Ecology Park, located at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. Parking is available in the Beavermead Park parking lot. Pedestrians and cyclists can access the park using the Trans Canada Trail entrances from the parking lot or from Ashburnham Drive.
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