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businessNOW – April 1, 2019

By Bruce Head -
Sam's Place in downtown Peterborough recently unveiled a renovated interior along with a new logo and slogan. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA / Facebook)

This week’s round-up of regional business news includes a new logo and new look for Sam’s Place Deli in downtown Peterborough, new ownership for Peterborough’s Electric City Bread Company, Innovation Cluster expanding into the City of Kawartha Lakes, Community Futures Peterborough announcing the eight semi-finalists for ignite100, and Inclusive Advisory being named one of the Best Workplaces™ for Women in Canada.

Every week, our managing editor collects business-related news and events from across the Kawarthas. If you’d like us to promote your business news or event in businessNOW, please email business@kawarthanow.com.

Also featured this week is Lake Edge Cottages on Katchewanooka Lake in Lakefield being under new ownership, Westwind Inn in Buckhorn celebrating its 28th anniversary, the Haliburton Chamber announcing the recipients of this year’s Business and Community Achievement Awards, the passing of Bill Pappas of Pappas Billiards in Peterborough, and the Peterborough DBIA helping downtown businesses improve their online presence.

New regional events added this week include the Peterborough Chamber’s PBX at Ganaraska Financial Credit Union on April 2nd, an Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Tech Talk on April 4th in Cobourg, FastStart Peterborough’s “Manufacturing Innovation in Peterborough” e-connect seminar on April 9th in Peterborough, Lindsay Chamber’s new B2B Professional Networking Club on April 10th in Lindsay, the Peterborough DBIA’s “Shaping Your Downtown” open house on April 10th in Peterborough, the Venture13 Funding Forum on April 25th in Cobourg, and Inclusive Advisory hosting “Conscious Shift” leadership workshops on May 10th in Peterborough.

Sam Sayer, owner of Sam's Place, in her newly renovated deli. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA / Facebook)
Sam Sayer, owner of Sam’s Place, in her newly renovated deli. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA / Facebook)

As food writer Eva Fisher first reported in KNosh News in March, Sam’s Place Deli (188 Hunter St W, Peterborough, 705-876-1900) in downtown Peterborough has a fresh new look and logo.

Owner Sam Sayer has given her business “a facelift”, geared toward making better use of the space. The renovation also allows for more grab-and-go foods.

The renovated space, along with a new logo and slogan, was unveiled last Monday (March 25). Previously “The Best Dan Deli In Town”, the new slogan reads “The Best Samwiches In Town”.

For more information on Sam’s Place Deli, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/samsplacedeli.

 

Electric City Bread Company in Peterborough is under new ownership

Conor Gilhooly has acquired Electric City Bread Company in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Inclusive Advisory / Facebook)
Conor Gilhooly has acquired Electric City Bread Company in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Inclusive Advisory / Facebook)

Conor Gilhooly is the new owner of Electric City Bread Company (165 Sherbrooke St., Peterborough).

Gilhooly, who has been an employee at the popular bakery and restaurant, has been working in the industry for 15 years.

“We’re a tight-knit group of people who believe in good comfort food,” Gilhooly tells local accounting and wealth management firm Inclusive Advisory, of whom he is a client. “Everything here is made from scratch, right down to the mustard.”

As well as being a bakery, Electric City Bread Company offers a menu featuring seasonal and local products.

Electric City Bread Company was opened in 2013 by Jeremy Fletcher and Jordan Podaima.

For more information on Electric City Bread Company, visit www.electriccitybreadco.com..

 

Innovation Cluster to expand into City of Kawartha Lakes

The Innovation Cluster, which operates a business incubator for startups in downtown Peterborough, is partnering with the City of Kawartha Lakes to expand into that municipality. (Photo: Innovation Cluster)
The Innovation Cluster, which operates a business incubator for startups in downtown Peterborough, is partnering with the City of Kawartha Lakes to expand into that municipality. (Photo: Innovation Cluster)

Last Tuesday (March 26), City of Kawartha Lakes council approved a recommendation from staff to develop a joint partnership with the Innovation Cluster Peterborough & Kawarthas.

The decision followed a presentation to Kawartha Lakes council by Innovation Cluster president and CEO Michael Skinner on March 19th, in which he proposed an expansion of the not-for-profit economic development organization into the City of Kawartha Lakes, including an office in Lindsay.

There has been a recent increase of entrepreneurs from Kawartha Lakes using the services offered by the Innovation Cluster. In 2018, the Innovation Cluster helped foster over $2.3 million dollars in sales and investments for businesses in Kawartha Lakes alone. This increase in demand has created the need for both parties to work together to streamline business support and programming locally.

The Innovation Cluster provides mentoring, workshops, incubation space and access to specialized resources for high-growth companies. This complements Kawartha Lakes’ Economic Development program by expanding services available to local entrepreneurs.

In 2018, through the support offered by the Innovation Cluster, 20 additional jobs were created by start-up companies within Kawartha Lakes. The endorsement from Kawartha Lakes council further supports the need for business development for the municipality and the partnership is likely to roll out by the end of June 2019.

 

Community Futures Peterborough announces eight semi-finalists for ignite100

Ignite 100

Community Futures Peterborough has announced the eight semi-finalists for the inaugural ignite100 entrepreneurial competition.

The semi-finalists are ATL Distributing, Cambium, Cottage Toys, Goodwin Metals, Iron Equipment, Keene Trucks, Percheron Plastics, and Treewell.

Launched earlier this year by Community Futures Peterborough (CFP), the competition’s grand prize is a repayable loan of $100,000, with no payments in the first year and no interest for the first three years (CFP will pay the interest for the first 36 months).

CFP received a total of 15 applications during the intake process, which closed on March 22nd.

“Considering it is our first year running the ignite100 program, we are excited with the applications we received and more so the quality of the submissions,” says CFP executive director Gail Moorhouse.

During April, the eight semi-finalists will perfect their presentations and, at a live pitch event on May 2nd at Fleming College, a panel of community leaders will select and announce the three finalists. The winner will be announced at CFP’s annual general meeting and community barbeque on June 26th.

Regardless of the grand prize winner, the eight semi-finalists will have first access to the new Rural Renaissance Innovation Initiative announced by the federal government in February 2019. This is a non-repayable contribution for projects that align with FedDev Ontario requirements around innovation. Since ignite100 is an innovation competition, Community Futures Peterborough views the applicants as already vetted to meet the innovation objective.

For more information on ignite100, visit ignite100.ca.

 

Inclusive Advisory named one of the Best Workplaces™ for Women in Canada

The team of Inclusive Advisory in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Inclusive Advisory)
The team of Inclusive Advisory in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Inclusive Advisory)

Inclusive Advisory, a multidisciplinary firm practising accounting, law, and wealth management with offices in Peterborough and Port Perry, has been named to the 2019 list of Best Workplaces™ for Women in Canada by Great Place to Work®.

The list is based on direct feedback from employees of the hundreds of organizations surveyed by Great Place to Work®. The data have a 90 per cent confidence and a plus or minus 5 per cent margin of error.

To be eligible for this list, organizations must be Great Place to Work Certified™ in the past year, have a minimum of 15 female employees, and at least 90 per cent of employees must agree that their workplace is safe and people are treated fairly regardless of their gender.

Great Place to Work® is a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. They conduct the world’s largest workplace study, surveying over 8,000 organizations representing more than 10 million employees in more than 50 countries.

 

Lake Edge Cottages on Katchewanooka Lake in Lakefield is under new ownership

Anne and Steve Wildfong with their three children Jakob, Stephanie, and Tyler camping in Percé, Quebec in 2018. The Wildfongs have purchased Lake Edge Cottages in on Katchewanooka Lake in Lakefield from long-time owners Peter and Pam Fischer. (Supplied photo)
Anne and Steve Wildfong with their three children Jakob, Stephanie, and Tyler camping in Percé, Quebec in 2018. The Wildfongs have purchased Lake Edge Cottages in on Katchewanooka Lake in Lakefield from long-time owners Peter and Pam Fischer. (Supplied photo)

Steve and Anne Wildfong are going to be the new owners of Lake Edge Cottages on Katchewanooka Lake in Lakefield.

Current owners Peter and Pam Fischer, who have operated Lake Edge Cottages for the past 22 years, will be handing over the reigns to the Wildfongs on April 15th.

The Wildfongs, who both grew up in small towns in Ontario, say their family’s love of small-town communities and the great outdoors led them to purchase Lake Edge Cottages, where they will be able to share their love of nature and community with others.

On its 12.5 acre property, Lake Edge Cottages offers four one-bedroom cottages and four two-bedroom cottages within a five-minute drive of the Village of Lakefield and within walking distance of Young’s Point. Most of the cottages are located on the shores of Katchewanooka Lake, with other cottages located away from shore with access to an outdoor heated swimming pool.

For more information, visit www.lakeedge.com

 

Westwind Inn in Buckhorn celebrates its 28th anniversary

The Jensen and Gallacher family is celebrating 28 years of owning and operating the Westwind Inn in Buckhorn. (Photo courtesy of Westwind Inn)
The Jensen and Gallacher family is celebrating 28 years of owning and operating the Westwind Inn in Buckhorn. (Photo courtesy of Westwind Inn)

Today (April 1), the Jensen and Gallacher family is celebrating 28 years of owning and operating the Westwind Inn (37 Fire Rte 21 Rd, Buckhorn).

David Jensen and his wife Kristi originally purchased Westwind Resort in 1991, having always enjoyed travelling, camping, and cottaging. They renamed it Westwind Inn and transitioned the previous family-style resort into a quiet resort for adults, making it 100 per cent smoke-free in the process (one of the first businesses in Ontario to do so).

They added home furnishings and decorated the main lodge with hotel antiques, art, and a Baldwin baby grand piano. Every one of the 31 rooms was renovated by adding white cedar to the walls, fireplaces in the rooms, upgrading the beds, adding sofas and (most recently) hardwood flooring and ensuite washrooms.

Westwind Inn in Buckhorn is an adult resort surrounded by nature on the shores of Buckhorn Lake. (Photo courtesy of Westwind Inn)
Westwind Inn in Buckhorn is an adult resort surrounded by nature on the shores of Buckhorn Lake. (Photo courtesy of Westwind Inn)

Over the last 28 years, the family — now in its third generation — has acquired neighbouring property, growing the resort from seven to 60 acres. They expanded accommodations by adding the Linwood B.C. Cedar Chalet that offers four upgraded suites, an indoor pool, and a large meeting space, and they installed a 40-foot inground pool with waterfall.

Westwind Inn is a protected sanctuary surrounded by Crown land and the Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. Guests enjoy bird watching, quiet hikes (and skiing and snowshoeing in the winter) on groomed trails, and sitting by our 11-acre pond. With a quarter mile of shoreline and a sand beach, the resort offer free sports, kayaks, and canoes. They also offer breakfast and dinner to their guests and dinner to those who visit for an evening out.

For more information, visit www.westwindinn.net.

 

Haliburton Chamber announces recipients of Business and Community Achievement Awards

Two of the award recipients at the Haliburton Chamber's Business and Community Achievement Awards Gala: Haliburton County Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for New Business of the Year and Dr. Kassie Wright for Young Professional of the Year. (Photo: Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce)
Two of the award recipients at the Haliburton Chamber’s Business and Community Achievement Awards Gala: Haliburton County Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for New Business of the Year and Dr. Kassie Wright for Young Professional of the Year. (Photo: Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce)

The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce held its 13th Annual Business and Community Achievement Awards Gala on Saturday (March 30) at the Pinestone Resort & Conference Centre in Haliburton.

The recipients of the awards are:

  • Innovation and Creativity Award – Haliburton Solar and Wind
  • Not-for-Profit of the Year Award – Rotary Club of Haliburton
  • Customer First – Business Award – Haliburton Solar and Wind
  • Customer First – Employee Award – Shontel Neville (Heat-Line Freeze Protection Systems)
  • Business Achievement Award – Haliburton Solar and Wind
  • New Business of the Year Award – Haliburton County Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
  • Tourism & Hospitality Award – Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve
  • Young Professional of the Year Award – Dr. Kassie Wright (Haliburton County Chiropractic & Rehabilitation)
  • Skilled Trades & Industry Award – Haliburton Solar and Wind
  • Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Brandi Hewson (WAI Products Ltd.)
  • County Warden’s Award – Harvest Haliburton
  • Highlander of the Year Award – Steve Todd

 

Bill Pappas, original owner of Pappas Billiards in Peterborough, passes away

Before he emigrated from Greece to Canada where he ran Pappas Billiards in Peterborough, Bill Pappas fought the Nazis while serving in the Greek army. (Pappas family photo)
Before he emigrated from Greece to Canada where he ran Pappas Billiards in Peterborough, Bill Pappas fought the Nazis while serving in the Greek army. (Pappas family photo)

Bill Pappas, the original owner of Pappas Billiards on George Street in downtown Peterborough, passed away last Tuesday (March 26) at Peterborough Regional Health Centre at the age of 91.

According to his obituary, Pappas was born Basili Papakyriazis in the village of Anavriton in Arcardia, Greece in 1927. In his early years, he fought the Nazis and escaped from Communist re-education camps while serving in the Greek army. He later became a sergeant with the military police during which time he drove a Harley-Davidson motorcycle while on duty.

In 1955, he moved to Canada to make enough money to bring his fiancé Toula Anagnostopoulos from Greece to start a family. Within a year, she arrived in Canada and they were married in 1956.

In 1962, the couple moved to Peterborough where Pappas purchased a billiards business from his uncle Louis Yeotes. The business is now owned and operated by Bill Pappas’ son, city councillor Dean Pappas.

Bill Pappas is survived by Toulas Pappas, his wife of 63 years, along with their children Gina, Charley, and Dean and four grandchildren.

A funeral service was held at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (406 Parkhill Rd. E., Peterborough) at 10 a.m. on Monday (April 1) followed by interment at Little Lake Cemetery and a reception at Highland Park Reception Centre. The Pappas family would appreciate memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Society or Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

 

Peterborough DBIA helping downtown businesses improve their online presence

The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) will assist downtown businesses improve their online presence through Digital Main Street. Pictured are Suzanne McCrimmon of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development, Stu Harrison of the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Julie Morris of the DBIA Marketing Committee, Jasleen Sahni of Peterborough Inn and Suites and the DBIA Marketing Committee, Terry Guiel of the Peterborough DBIA, Joel Wiebe of the Peterborough DBIA, and Tiffany Arcari of the, Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) will assist downtown businesses improve their online presence through Digital Main Street. Pictured are Suzanne McCrimmon of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development, Stu Harrison of the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Julie Morris of the DBIA Marketing Committee, Jasleen Sahni of Peterborough Inn and Suites and the DBIA Marketing Committee, Terry Guiel of the Peterborough DBIA, Joel Wiebe of the Peterborough DBIA, and Tiffany Arcari of the, Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Starting this month, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) will be helping downtown businesses improve their online presence.

The DBIA received a $10,000 grant from Digital Main Street, an initiative of the Ontario Business Improvement Area (BIA) Association funded by the Ontario government that helps small businesses adopt digital tools such as e-commerce platforms and social media.

The DBIA will use the grant, along with support from Community Futures Peterborough and the DBIA’s own resources, to establish a “Digital Service Squad” that involves a trained online specialist visiting and assisting businesses at no cost to help them set up Google Business, conduct a digital-readiness assessment, and apply for a $2,500 grant from Digital Main Street.

“This program is going to make our downtown more competitive and vibrant,” says DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. “We know we have to meet our customers where it’s most convenient for them. The beautiful bricks and mortar physical locations will always be the core of what makes downtown what it is, but we need to help our businesses make the best use of their resources for promotions, serving their customers, and reaching new markets.”

Businesses within the downtown area will be introduced to the Digital Service Squad at the end of April, which will be available to businesses in the downtown area. For further information or to participate in the program, contact Communications Manager Joel Wiebe at joel@downtownptbo.ca or call 705-748-4774.

 

Peterborough Chamber PBX at Ganaraska Financial Credit Union in Peterborough on April 2

The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce’s next Peterborough Business Exchange (PBX) takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2nd at Ganaraska Financial Credit Union (823 Park St. S., Peterborough).

The PBX networking event is a great opportunity for the business community, employers, consumers, and community agencies to make valuable connections.

Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.

For more information, visit www.peterboroughchamber.ca.

 

Durham College’s AI/HUB presents Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Tech Talk on April 4 in Cobourg

Durham College is presenting an Artificial Intelligence (AI0 in Manufacturing Tech Talk from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4th at Venture13 (739 D’Arcy St., Cobourg).

The workshop features keynote speaker, Minute School CEO Tushar Singh, as he talks about AI skills for the manufacturing sector, followed but a panel discussion with industry leads working on AI projects with the AI/HUB: Lifelong Group of Companies CEO Absar Beg, People and Places Inc. CEO Daryl Thomas, Low Freight Rate CEO Hassan Jaffer, and Cameco operations manager Doug Jensen.

Tickets are $10 and can be ordered online at www.seatgiantevents.ca/event/Artificial-Intelligence-in-Manufacturing-Tech-Talk.

 

Peterborough Emergency Management and Safety Forum on April 4 and 5

Peterborough Emergency Management and Safety Forum

The Peterborough Emergency Management and Safety Forum is taking place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4th and Friday, April 5th at Stonehouse Hall (2195 Lansdowne St. Peterborough).

This two-day event is an opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field of emergency management and safety planning and execution. The forum will cover incident management and mitigation, emergency planning and responses, public safety, business continuity planning, interoperability in times of crisis or serious event, and coordinated collaborative response.

There will be guest speakers from Orlando, Florida speaking on lessons learned from the Pulse Night Club shooting, Peterborough Police Chief Scott Gilbert speaking on the 2018 Toronto van incident, Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the O.P.P. speaking on communications and the media in a crisis, Tom McKay (President of the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners), and an expert panel on cyber security.

Early bird tickets are $75 until Friday, February 15th and $100 thereafter. For tickets, visit www.eventbrite.ca/e/peterborough-emergency-management-and-safety-forum-2019-tickets-53587643083.

 

Women’s Business Network of Peterborough presents Women in Business Award and the Judy Heffernan Award Dinner on April 9 in Peterborough

The Women’s Business Network of Peterborough (WBN) is presenting the Women in Business Award and the Judy Heffernan Award at an awards dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m on Tuesday, April 9th at Personal Touch Banquet Hall (1135 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough).

The Women in Business Award will be awarded to a women showing exceptional business leadership. The Judy Heffernan Award will be awarded to a women who demonstrates the empowerment of other women. Enjoy cocktails at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., speaker at 7:30 p.m. and the awards celebration at 8 p.m.

Rhonda Barnet, Chief Operating Officer of Steelworks Design and past chair of the National Board of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, will be the keynote speaker.

Cocktails and networking begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m., the keynote speaker at 7:30 p.m. and the awards celebration at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the awards dinner are available at a cost of $65 for WBN members or $75 for non-members (tables are also available). For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit www.womensbusinessnetwork.net/awards-event/.

 

FastStart Peterborough presents “Manufacturing Innovation in Peterborough” seminar on April 9 in Peterborough

FastStart Peterborough’s next E-Connect seminar is entitled “Manufacturing Innovation in Peterborough” and takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9th at The Venue (286 George St. N., Peterborough).

The panel discussion features speakers John Gillis, incoming CEO and president of the Innovation Cluster, and Jason Balcombe, supply chain manager for Savage Arms Canada. The panel will invite the speakers to elaborate on the manufacturing industry in Peterborough, specifically how small/medium enterprises and large corporations function within the same city and landscape.

Appetizers and a cash bar will be available at this free event. To reserve your seat, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/e-connect-locally-created-manufacturing-innovation-in-peterborough-tickets-58997454976

 

Lindsay Chamber launching B2B Professional Networking Club on April 10 in Lindsay

The Lindsay and District Chamber of Commerce is launching a member-run professional networking club for business-to-business (B2B) members of the chamber to promote each other’s businesses.

The first meeting takes place from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10th in the community room of the Kawartha Lakes Police Services (6 Victoria Ave. N., Lindsay).

Future meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month.

For more information and to register, visit lindsaydistrictchamberofcommerce.wildapricot.org/event-3340350.

 

Peterborough DBIA hosting “Shaping Your Downtown” open house on April 10 in Peterborough

The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement (DBIA) is looking for public input for a vision of downtown Peterborough at the “Shaping Your Downtown” open house event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10th in the Friends of the Library Community Room at the Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer St. N., Peterborough).

The Peterborough DIBA is developing its five-year strategic plan this spring and seeking input from the community. You can learn about potential DBIA initiatives planned for the future, share your views on key factors affecting the success of the downtown, and learn how you can play a role in helping the downtown grow and thrive.

This drop-in event is free to attend.

 

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism hosts second annual Rural Tourism Symposium on April 11 in Keene

Rural Tourism Symposium

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism is hosting the second annual Rural Tourism Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 11th in the Agriculture Heritage Building at Lang Pioneer Village Museum (104 Lang Rd., Keene).

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Ontario’s tourism industry to gather in Keene on April 11 for Rural Tourism Symposium

This symposium for tourism industry professionals will include a keynote presentation from Lisa LaVecchia, president and CEO of Destination Ontario, as well as presentations by: Beth Potter, president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario; Trevor Benson, director of food tourism innovation with Culinary Tourism Alliance; Jewel Cunningham, director of Ontario Waterways with Parks Canada; and David Robinson of Destination Canada.

There will also be a tourism town hall by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, one of a series presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Destination Canada, and local industry partners.

The cost for the second annual Rural Tourism Symposium is $125+HST, which includes a continental breakfast, a market-style lunch, and entry to the Tourism Town Hall. Tickets are available online at ruraltourism.biz.

 

Kawartha Lakes Arts Council hosts community celebration and annual general meeting on April 17 in Omemee

The Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is hosting its 4th annual community celebration and annual general meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17th at Coronation Hall (1 King St. W. Omemee).

The annual general meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by a tribute to artist Michael Poulton, a live auction of original artworks and creative experiences, a Neil Young tribute by Gerald Van Halteren, and more.

The Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is a not-for-profit volunteer organization of volunteers dedicated to serving the arts community in Kawartha Lakes by advocating for artists and the arts, promoting a vibrant arts community, fostering professional development and educational training, and cultivating investment and support of the arts in the community.

 

Haliburton Highlands Chamber hosts a breakfast meeting with MPP Laurie Scott on April 23 in Haliburton

The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce is hosting The Breadkfast Club with MPP Laurie Scott from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23rd at Mckeck’s Tap & Grill (207 Highland St., Haliburton)

Scott, who is MPP for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, will talk about her role as Ontario Minister of Labour and what she is planning on for 2019.

The cost is $20 for Chamber members and $25 for non-members. Register at events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eg76zk9ob91259d5

 

Venture13 Funding Forum on April 25 in Cobourg

Venture13, the Business Development Bank of Canada, and the Northumberland Manufacturing Association are presenting the Venture13 Funding Forum from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, April 25th at Venture13 (739 D’Arcy St., Cobourg).

Meet with various funding organizations, including the Northumberland CFDC, FedDev, OMAFRA, and more, to learn about the funding programs and services they have to offer.

The event is free. Reserve your spot at www.eventbrite.com/e/venture13-funding-forum-tickets-55978753960.

 

Trent Hills Chamber hosts Celebration of Business Excellence Awards Ceremony on April 27 in Hastings

The Trent Hills Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its Celebration of Business Excellence Awards Ceremony from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27th at The Grand Maple (19 Abert St. E., Hastings).

Awards will be presented in the following categories: Excellence In Business (Retail-Based Business), Excellence In Business (Service-Based Business), Pride And Progress, Customer Experience Award (Service Business), Customer Experience Award (Retail Business), Community Impact, Non-Profit Organization, and the Chair’s Award.

A reception takes place at 6:30 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m., and are available at business.trenthillschamber.ca/events/details/celebration-of-business-excellence-awards-ceremony-3316.

 

Inclusive Advisory hosts “Conscious Shift” workshops on May 10 in Peterborough

Conscious Shift

Inclusive Advisory, a multidisciplinary firm practising accounting, law, and wealth management with offices in Peterborough and Port Perry, is hosting a series of workshops called “Conscious Shift” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10th at VentureNorth (270 George St. N., Peterborough).

With the tagline “leadership and management uncensored”, the workshops will feature four speakers sharing their experiences on leadership. Each speaker will give an original 20-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session.

The speakers are: Paul Bennett, owner of Ashburnham Realty; Mike Skinner, president and CEO of the Innovation Cluster; Chief Kelly LaRocca of the Mississaugas of Scucog Island First Nation; and Sacha Lai-Svirk, director of digital health at Outpost379.

The workshops, which promise to “challenge the participants to step outside of their comfort zone” by introducing them “to alternative insights that challenge the status quo in management”, are designed for business owners, executives, managers, and community leaders.

Tickets are $200 each, with $150 from each ticket donated to The Mount Community Centre, Peterborough’s sustainable and inclusive urban village (charitable receipts will be provided).

For tickets, email Montana Scott at Inclusive Advisory at mscott@inclusiveadvisory.ca.

 

For more business-related events in the Kawarthas, check out our Business Events column.

Federal government investing $10 million in Peterborough’s new Canadian Canoe Museum

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The Government of Canada is investing $10 million to support the construction of the new Canadian Canoe Museum will be built on a Parks Canada site adjacent to the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site on the Trent-Severn Waterway. (Rendering: heneghan peng / Kearns Mancini Architects)

The federal government is investing $10 million in the construction of a new facility for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez made the announcement on Monday (April 1) at the museum’s current location on 910 Monaghan Road in Peterborough.

“Our government knows that investments in arts and culture help build vibrant communities and support local economies,” Rodriguez said.

On April 1, 2019, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez announced $10 million in funding from the Government of Canada to support the construction of the new facility for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)
On April 1, 2019, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez announced $10 million in funding from the Government of Canada to support the construction of the new facility for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

The new museum facility will be located on a Parks Canada site adjacent to the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site on the Trent-Severn Waterway. It will house the museum’s entire collection, offer modular programming space and allow for paddling activities on the waterway.

The federal government is providing support to the museum through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, a $300-million fund to support the improvement of physical spaces for arts, heritage, culture, and creative innovation.

In February 2017, the museum received $1.4 million from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund to fund architectural and engineering plans for the new facility.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez tries his hand at paddle carving at The Canadian Canoe Museum on Monaghan Road in Peterborough on April 1, 2019, as Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef (left) looks on. The Government of Canada announced a $10 million investment from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund for the contruction of a new museum facility. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez tries his hand at paddle carving at The Canadian Canoe Museum on Monaghan Road in Peterborough on April 1, 2019, as Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef (left) looks on. The Government of Canada announced a $10 million investment from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund for the contruction of a new museum facility. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

“The Government of Canada’s partnership on this project of national scope and significance has, and continues to be, central to its success,” said the museum’s board chair John Ronson. “Our world-class collection and stories have a pivotal role to play in understanding our past and our collective future. We are so grateful for this support.”

Construction of the new museum is expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs in the area, according to a media release.

Run with the butterflies during the Monarch Ultra Relay Run this fall

By Bruce Head -
A runner trains at the Trent Wildlife Sanctuary in Peterborough for the Monarch Ultra, which is a 4,300-kilometre relay run through Canada, the U.S., and Mexico taking place from September 19 to November 4, 2019. Runner registration beings on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Do you want to run with the butterflies?

Every fall, monarch butterflies migrate thousands of kilometres from Canada to Mexico — and a group of ultra-runners is going to make the same journey this fall.

Registration officially opens on Friday (April 5th) for the Monarch Ultra Relay Run, with 100 runners participating in the run that departs Peterborough on September 19, 2019 — when the monarch butterflies begin their migration south — for an epic 4,300-kilmoetre adventure to the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico.

The Monarch Ultra is the first attempt to run across Canada, the U.S., and Mexico to raise awareness of the resiliency of monarch butterflies, who make the migratory journey every year and whose populations are in decline largely because of human impact on the environment.

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Carlotta James, Rodney Fuentes, and Clay Williams have organized the Monarch Ultra Relay Run to raise awareness of the threats facing the monarch butterfly and other pollinators. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)
Carlotta James, Rodney Fuentes, and Clay Williams have organized the Monarch Ultra Relay Run to raise awareness of the threats facing the monarch butterfly and other pollinators. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

“This multi-day running adventure invites runners to traverse wild and remote landscapes as well as populated urban areas, while building camaraderie, overcoming adversity and sharing a singular adventure with monarch butterflies,” says Carlotta James, co-founder and project director of the Monarch Ultra Relay Run.

A life-long runner, James is also co-founder of the Peterborough Pollinators, a grassroots citizen-led group working together to meet the challenge of declining pollinator populations.

The Monarch Ultra Relay Run will pass through hundreds of municipalities in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, including Toronto, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Cape Girardeau, Little Rock, Texarkana, Dallas, San Antonio, Reynosa, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, and Macheros — where the runners will finally arrive at the Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary near Zitácuaro on November 4, 2019.

The route of the Monarch Ultra Relay Run. (Photo: Clay Williams)
The route of the Monarch Ultra Relay Run. (Photo: Clay Williams)

“Each runner will run distances of 50 or 100 kilometres through a diversity of landscapes including mountain paths, forests, meadows, deserts, and cities,” says run director and mapping expert Clay Williams.

A team of filmmakers and pollinator advocates will accompany the runners, filming a documentary on the flight of the monarch butterfly, the relay run, and the conservation efforts taking place across the continent during the event.

“At the heart of the Monarch Ultra is a story about our connection to the land and the beauty, resiliency, and strength of the runners and the people they will meet along the way, amplified even more by the monarch migration,” says director and cinematographer Rodney Fuentes.

A monarch butterfly at the Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Mexico, the final destination for the 4,300-kilometre Monarch Ultra Relay Run taking place in fall 2019. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)
A monarch butterfly at the Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Mexico, the final destination for the 4,300-kilometre Monarch Ultra Relay Run taking place in fall 2019. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Since initiating the Monarch Ultra project last October, the team has been connecting with conservation organizations across North America to support their work at the local and international level.

“These partnerships have deepened our understanding on the issues monarchs and other pollinators face,” James says, “as well as provided guidance on the ways to support biodiversity and wildlife habitat that is essential to the survival of pollinator populations.”

The global partnerships include: Bee City Canada, Monarch City USA, Monarch Joint Venture, David Suzuki Foundation, Butterflies and Their People, Ecosistemica AC, Environmental Concern, Monarch: A Living Resort, Save Our Monarchs Foundation, Little River Wetlands Project, and the National Butterfly Centre.

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The team will also include “Monarch Ambassadors” who will help to ensure the project’s success by reaching a broad audience, promoting meaningful dialogue at the local level, and supporting the logistics of the relay run.

“This is an opportunity to connect communities in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico with common goals of earth stewardship and biodiversity conservation,” James explains.

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Aside from participating in the Monarch Ultra as a runner, you can sponsor the project or volunteer support the runners and the team when they are in your city.

To register as a runner for the Monarch Ultra, visit raceroster.com/events/2019/22355/the-monarch-ultra.

For more information on the Monarch Ultra, including other ways to get involved, visit www.themonarchultra.com.

CBS reality TV series ‘Survivor’ may be coming to Algonquin Park

By kawarthaNOW -
A prototype logo for the 42nd season of Survivor, tentatively entitled "Survivor: Into The Wild", which will be filmed on location in Canada. Algonquin Park in Ontario heads the list of proposed locations for the 42nd season of the popular reality TV series. (Graphic: AF Department / Castaway Television Productions)

In this era of fake news and due to the continuing shares of this story in the days following its original publication on April Fool’s Day, we feel obliged to point out upfront that this story was published on April Fool’s Day.

As far as we know, there are no plans for Survivor to be filmed in Canada now or ever — although we still think it’s a great idea!

Black flies and mosquitoes? It’s possible that “outwit, outplay, and outlast” is going to take on an entirely new meaning.

For the first time in its history, a season of the Emmy award-winning CBS reality TV series Survivor will be filmed in Canada instead of the tropics, possibly as soon as next year — and Ontario’s own Algonquin Park is at the top of the list of potential locations.

This follows another first for Canada: the announcement last fall that Canadians are now eligible to compete on Survivor.

“For the first time ever, we’re looking to have Canadians on the show,” executive producer and host Jeff Probst announced to ET Canada last September. “I think Canadians will do great and honestly because they understand the game. Survivor is a game in addition to having to survive the elements, which Canadians know how to do.”

In September 2018, "Survivor" executive producer and host Jeff Probst announced that Canadians would be eligible to compete on the reality TV series for the first time in its history. So filming a season in Canada seems like a logical next step. (Publicity photo)
In September 2018, “Survivor” executive producer and host Jeff Probst announced that Canadians would be eligible to compete on the reality TV series for the first time in its history. So filming a season in Canada seems like a logical next step. (Publicity photo)

According to an exclusive memo supplied to kawarthaNOW by an anonymous CBS employee who says she is a former Peterborough resident, the show’s production company will be scouting several locations in Canada this summer. Algonquin Park in Ontario is the top location, with three other possible locations in British Columbia and Quebec.

“Photogenic vistas, isolated interior, large lakes, camp locations on water, excellent fishing, crew accommodations in nearby towns” are some of the desirable location qualities for Algonquin Park listed in the memo.

The 42nd season is tentatively entitled Survivor: Into The Wild which, according to the memo, would see “18 strangers heading into an isolated forest in Canada to battle the elements — and each other.” The memo also includes a prototype logo for the Canadian season.

The isolated beauty of Algonquin Park, while still being close enough to urban accommodations for the 350-person production crew, would make it an ideal location for the Canadian season of "Survivor". (Photo: Destination Ontario)
The isolated beauty of Algonquin Park, while still being close enough to urban accommodations for the 350-person production crew, would make it an ideal location for the Canadian season of “Survivor”. (Photo: Destination Ontario)

But this won’t be a cold-climate version of the show, something fans have been suggesting for years.

“I get snowy climate a lot,” Probst said in a 2012 interview with Gordon Holmes of Xfinity TV. “It seems quite unlikely that will ever happen.”

Instead, the show would be filmed during the summer months, allowing contestants to remain scantily clad — a consistent feature of the series since it premiered in 2000.

Algonquin Park is one of the locations being scouted for the Canadian season of "Survivor", which will take place in the summer months so that contestants can remain scantily clad. (Photo: Destination Ontario)
Algonquin Park is one of the locations being scouted for the Canadian season of “Survivor”, which will take place in the summer months so that contestants can remain scantily clad. (Photo: Destination Ontario)

Although the series has been filmed in other locations including Australia, according to kawarthaNOW’s anonymous source, Probst took some convincing before he agreed with the decision to film a season in Canada.

Previously, Probst told Entertainment Weekly the series would stay permanently in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, where it has been shot for the last six seasons, including the current 38th season Survivor: Edge of Extinction.

One reason for the decision to film a season in Canada might be related to ratings for the series, which have been slipping over the past few years.

Contestants on "Survivor: Into The Wild" will have to battle black flies and mosquitoes along with each other.
Contestants on “Survivor: Into The Wild” will have to battle black flies and mosquitoes along with each other.

If Algonquin Park is ultimately selected for the location for Survivor: Into The Wild, it will certainly change some of the dynamics of the show.

While obtaining fresh water will no longer be a concern, finding edible food other than fish may be a greater challenge, and there will still be issues with weather, making fire, and finding shelter. And did we mention the black flies and mosquitoes?

A casting call for seasons 41 and 42 will be made later this summer, with filming taking place in the spring and summer of 2020.

This story will be updated if more details become available, although that’s not going to happen since this story is an April Fool’s joke.

Moving and witty family drama ‘How It Works’ produces tears and laughter

By Sam Tweedle -
Television and film actress Kelly Van der Burg, who has a role in the upcoming "It: Chapter Two" horror film, will perform as teenaged drug addict Brooke in New Stages Theatre Company's staged reading of Daniel MacIvor's play 'How It Works'. The play, which will be performed on April 7, 2019 at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough, also stars Tony Munch and Gemini award-winning actress Catherine Fitch as well as local favourite Megan Murphy. (Photo: David Leyes)

On Sunday, April 7th, New Stages Theatre Company continues its popular The Page on Stage Reading Series at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre with Canadian playwright’s Daniel MacIvor’s How It Works.

New Stages Theatre Company presents
How It Works

When: Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St. E, Peterborough)
How much: $25 general admission ($15 students/arts workers/underwaged)

Written by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Randy Read, and featuring Catherine Fitch, Tony Munch, Megan Murphy, and Kelly Van der Burg. Part of The Page On Stage Reading Series. Tickets available in person at the Market Hall Box Office or by phone at 705-749-1146 (12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday) or online anytime at markethall.org.

A story about addiction and family dynamics, How It Works continues New Stages’ tradition of selecting shows that challenge its audiences, performed by both local favourites alongside actors from some of the biggest stages across Ontario.

Making its debut in 2007 at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, How It Works is a story about the complex relationship between a broken family and the arrival of an outspoken albeit compassionate outsider.

“How It Works weaves the past and present together as it follows the lives of four characters: a cop, his ex-wife, his new girlfriend and his deeply troubled daughter,” says New Stages founder and artistic director Randy Read. “The play also examines two increasingly common aspects of our society: divorce and addiction.”

The play tells the story of a divorced couple, Al (Tony Munch) and Donna (Megan Murphy), and their 19-year-old daughter Brooke (Kelly Van der Burg), who not only plays her parents off one another but is suffering from a serious drug addiction. When Al’s new girlfriend Christine (Catherine Fitch) enters their lives, she takes an interest in Brooke — creating an emotional and often humorous life journey.

After first seeing the show during its original Toronto run, Randy reveals he has had How It Works on his list of shows to bring to Peterborough for more than a decade.

“What I love about How It Works is that it follows the journey of these characters with compassion, humour, and grace,” Randy says.

“Daniel MacIvor has a deep understanding of how a family works when forced to confront and deal with drug abuse, addiction, and recovery, as well as the changing dynamics that inevitably occur. These are serious issues and, while his writing always examines these issues with respect and sensitivity, there is also an awareness of the inherent humour that is always an aspect of our complex humanity.”

"How It Works" was written by Nova Scotia playwright, actor, and director Daniel MacIvor, who also directed the play's debut in 2007 at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. (Publicity photo)
“How It Works” was written by Nova Scotia playwright, actor, and director Daniel MacIvor, who also directed the play’s debut in 2007 at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. (Publicity photo)

Like all New Stages’ The Page on Stage presentations, one of the treats of the night is experiencing some of Canada’s top talents on the local stage.

How It Works features the return of veteran actor Tony Munch (Shoot ‘Em Up, Cube Zero, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day) and Gemini award-winning actress Catherine Fitch (South of Wawa, Slings & Arrows, The Arrow, Butterbox Babies, Road to Avonlea, Murdoch Mysteries), who appeared together in one of New Stages’ very first productions more than 20 years ago.

“Tony and Catherine are married actors who starred in New Stages’ 1998 production of George F. Walker’s Problem Child,” Randy says. “We are thrilled to have them together on our stage again.”

Munch and Fitch are joined by up-and-coming Canadian actress Kelly Van der Berg, who has had roles in the Reelz mini-series The Kennedys: After Camelot as Mary Jo Kopechne and FOX’s Rocky Horror Picture Show as Betty Munroe, as well as appearances in CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries and Frankie Drake Mysteries. She also performs as Victoria’s mom in the It: Chapter Two horror film, based on Stephen Kin’s novel, which is coming to theatres in September 2019.

Veteran married actors Tony Munch and Catherine Fitch along with Peterborough's own Megan Murphy also perform in the New Stages Theatre Company's staged reading of Daniel MacIvor's play 'How It Works'. (Publicity photos)
Veteran married actors Tony Munch and Catherine Fitch along with Peterborough’s own Megan Murphy also perform in the New Stages Theatre Company’s staged reading of Daniel MacIvor’s play ‘How It Works’. (Publicity photos)

The cast is rounded out by local favourite Megan Murphy, who returns to New Stages for the first time since her appearance in last year’s two-part production of Angels in America.

A unique way to watch a theatrical production, The Page on Stage Reading Series has actors performing a play in a dramatic script reading, but without any sets or costumes and with limited interaction on the sage. This allows the focus to be on the words and the meaning of the show, as well as allowing top talent to perform challenging productions that otherwise would not come to the Peterborough stage.

These one night-only performances are consistently among the best nights of theatre in Peterborough. How It Works will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 7th at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St. E, Peterborough).

General admission tickets are $25 ($15 for students, art workers, and the underwaged) and are available in person at the Market Hall Box Office or by phone at 705-749-1146 (12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday) or online anytime at markethall.org.

artNOW – April 2019

By Shannon Taylor -
'Chin Up' by Laura Berman, one of the painterly photographs on display in her "With Respect" exhibition during the SPARK Photo Festival at The Old Oriental Hotel in Castleton, with an opening reception on April 6th. (Photo courtesy of the SPARK Photo Festival)

April is here, and with it comes the annual SPARK Photo Festival, running for the entire month. As well as SPARK, you can look forward to a packed month with The Art School of Peterborough’s Art Auction masquerade party ‘Festa Carnevale’ (including an auction preview and a mask-making workshop on First Friday), Rob Niezen’s ‘Nocturnal Reflections’ at the Art Gallery of Northumberland, a group photography show at Acme Art and Sailboat Company, and Leigh Macdonald’s ‘Limn’ showing at Atelier Ludmila.

There will be a Curator’s talk at Artspace this month, and the 50/50 Art Draw is on the horizon. A call for entries is now open for Hartley Stephenson’s May show ‘Get Your Art On’ at the Mount Community Centre. Some new arts spaces have opened in Peterborough as well, including the Artisans Centre in Peterborough Square and The Green Lemon Gallery, a small new arts-friendly space that will host a group show in April opening on First Friday.

Of course, there is much more happening on Friday, April 5th in downtown Peterborough, as the First Friday event is alive and well. To keep informed, follow FirstFridayPtbo on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Artspace presents a Curator’s Talk on Krista Belle Stewart in April with 50/50 Art Draw coming in May

The installation of Krista Belle Stewart's 'A Guest A Host A Ghost' at Artspace. A Curator's Talk takes place on April 3, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Artspace)
The installation of Krista Belle Stewart’s ‘A Guest A Host A Ghost’ at Artspace. A Curator’s Talk takes place on April 3, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Artspace)

On Wednesday, April 3rd at 7 p.m, Jon Lockyer and Hannah Keating of Artspace will be giving a free tour of Krista Belle Stewart’s installation of ‘A Guest A Host A Ghost’.

During the presentation we will learn more about Belle-Stewart’s artistic practice and how Artspace brought her work to the gallery. Feel free to RSVP on Facebook or just show up. The event is free to attend and all are welcome.

Krista Belle Stewart is an artist and member of the Sylix Nation who works with video, land, performance, photography, textiles and sound, drawing out personal and political narratives inherent in archival materials while questioning their articulation in institutional histories. Her ‘A Guest A Host A Ghost’ exhibition continues at Artspace until April 18th.

Tickets are available for the 50/50 Art Draw on May 4, 2019. (Image: Artspace)
Tickets are available for the 50/50 Art Draw on May 4, 2019. (Image: Artspace)

In other Artspace news, the annual 50/50 Art Draw is fast approaching. The event will be on Saturday, May 4th at 7 p.m. and is always a fun night of music, door prizes, food and drink, and of course the exciting Art Draw, Fire Sale, and Silent Auction.

For the Art Draw, you buy a ticket and wait for your ticket number to called at random, and then select a piece of art from the wall. Everyone with a draw ticket goes home with a piece of art.

Tickets are $25 for the party and $100 for the Art Draw, available online at artspace-arc.org/shop/.

Artspace is located at 378 Aylmer Street in downtown Peterborough and offers barrier-free access (to all but Gallery 2) and free admission during regular open hours: Tuesday to Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Parking is available in the municipal lot on Hunter Street between Aylmer and George. For more information, call 705-748-3883 or visit artspace-arc.org.

 

Submissions now open for ‘Get Your Art On’ Victoria Day weekend art show at The Mount Community Centre

Get your art into this beautiful space at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough for the Victoria Day Weekend. (Image courtesy of Hartley Stephenson)
Get your art into this beautiful space at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough for the Victoria Day Weekend. (Image courtesy of Hartley Stephenson)

Get involved in this art show in the beautiful Austin Doran Hall (the former chapel) at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough, taking place on the Victoria Day long weekend in May.

Whether you are a maker or someone who is interested in art, it will be a fun event featuring artists from all walks of life. All are welcome, and the fee to show your work is only $15. You can bring as many pieces as you want and there is no commission on art sales.

Get your art together this April, and Get Your Art On in May! Drop off will be between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 16th. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 17th at 7:30 p.m. Art pick up and an open house takes place all day on Monday, May 20th (Victoria Day).

For more information, call Hartley Stephenson at 705-743-6042.

The Mount Community Centre is located at 1545 Monaghan Road in Peterborough.

 

Artist Rob Niezen's works are on display at the Art Gallery of Northumberland. (Photo courtesy of Rob Niezen)
Artist Rob Niezen’s works are on display at the Art Gallery of Northumberland. (Photo courtesy of Rob Niezen)

The latest series by oil painter Rob Niezen is now on display at the Art Gallery of Northumberland and will continue until Sunday, May 5th.

City nights are lit up by streetlights and stoplights and storefronts glow and glitter across wet city streets in this series of urban nocturnes.

Don’t miss the opening reception to be held on Saturday, April 6th beginning at 1 p.m.

The Art Gallery of Northumberland is located at on the third floor of the west wing of Victoria Hall (55 King St. W., Cobourg). Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed on Mondays. For more information, visit www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.com.

 

SPARK Photo Festival takes over the region in April

A photo from "Bear Necessities", an exhibit by Pontypool photographer Barb Callander at Ashburnham Ale House during the SPARK Photo Festival in April. A reception will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 14th. (Photo courtesy of the SPARK Photo Festival)
A photo from “Bear Necessities”, an exhibit by Pontypool photographer Barb Callander at Ashburnham Ale House during the SPARK Photo Festival in April. A reception will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 14th. (Photo courtesy of the SPARK Photo Festival)

The SPARK Photo Festival is in so many locations in the city of Peterborough and surrounding area that it might just take the whole month of April to catch it all!

With 40 exhibits spanning the city and county of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland, the seventh annual SPARK is the first photography festival of its kind in Canada. It’s a good thing that SPARK pocket guides and catalogues are available at all exhibit locations.

SPARK SPiN walking routes. (Image courtesy of SPARK Photo Festival and Peterborough GreenUp)
SPARK SPiN walking routes. (Image courtesy of SPARK Photo Festival and Peterborough GreenUp)

SPARK has also partnered with Peterborough GreenUp to create two walking and two cycling tours in a brochure called SPARK SPiN available as a supplement to the pocket guide and catalogue.

The opening party and 2019 SPARK Juried Exhibit awards ceremony will take place on Friday, April 5th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Peterborough Public Library. Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery will be hosting a SPARK-related workshop with Christopher Thorpe on the same evening as part of the First Friday art crawl.

For more detailed information about the festival, including a list of exhibits and oppening reception dates, visit www.sparkphotofestival.org.

 

The Art School of Peterborough’s Annual Art Auction ‘Festa Carnevale’, with preview and mask-making workshop on First Friday

The Art School of Peterborough's 23rd annual Art Auction takes place on April 13, 2019. (Poster: Art School of Peterborough)
The Art School of Peterborough’s 23rd annual Art Auction takes place on April 13, 2019. (Poster: Art School of Peterborough)

The Art School of Peterborough is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019 and this year’s Annual Art Auction, called ‘Festa Carnevale’, is Saturday, April 13th.

The auction, the largest fundraiser of the year for the not-for-profit organization, takes place at 6 p.m. in the spacious atrium at Princess Gardens (100 Charlotte St., Peterborough).

Co-hosted by Catherine Hanrahan and Ben van Veen, there will be a silent auction, pop-up entertainment from the Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts, and a live auction with original works from local artists Brian Atyeo, Christine Baayen, Audrey Bain, David Baker, Debra Bannister, Peter Barron, Leanne Baird, Jocasta Boone, Pam Buckler, Anne Cavanagh, Nancy R. Chalut, John Climenhage, Daniel Crawford, Dorothy Cruickshank, Art Cunanan, Joan Desira, Katie Ellement, Brianna Gosselin, Richard Hayman, Roz Hermant, Jose Miguel Hernandez Autorino, David Hickey, Karen Hjort-jensen, Dwayne James, Jenni Johnston, Bill Lockington, Sandy MacFarlane, Lucy Manley, Lisa Martini-Dunk, Rob Niezen, Micky Renders, Bronson Smith, Susan Taylor-Stevenson, Victoria Wallace, Megan Ward, and Gail West.

Advance tickets are $15 available at artschoolptbo.org/art-auction-2019/. Tickets will also be available at the door for $20 ($10 for members).

On Friday, April 5th from 6 to 9 p.m. during the First Friday art crawl, The Art School of Peterborough will host a preview of the items in the auction. This is a great way to see what will be up for auction and to purchase your advance door tickets.

There will also be a free mask-making workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. on First Friday. The auction party is masquerade themed, so participants can make their own mask to wear to the event! Drop-ins are welcome.

The Art School of Peterborough is located at 174A Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough.

 

An adorable photo of Bronson and Cole by Katie Ellement and Heather Doughty. (Photo courtesy of the SPARK Photo Festival)
An adorable photo of Bronson and Cole by Katie Ellement and Heather Doughty. (Photo courtesy of the SPARK Photo Festival)

As part of the SPARK Photo Festival, The Art School of Peterborough will feature ‘Bronson and Cole’, a fun series of images by Katie Ellement and Heather Doughty featuring canine Bronson and human friend Cole as they explore life.

Receptions for the exhibit will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 12th, with sweet treats provided by April & August Cookie Co., and again from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 26th. Photos will be available for purchase.

The exhibit will be on display for the month of April at the Launch Gallery at The Art School of Peterborough (174A Charlotte St., Peterborough). Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday (closed on Monday and Tuesday).

 

Artisans Centre opens in Peterborough Square

Demonstrations in the Artisans Centre workshop by members of the Kawartha Woodturners Guild. (Photo: Margaret Hamilton)
Demonstrations in the Artisans Centre workshop by members of the Kawartha Woodturners Guild. (Photo: Margaret Hamilton)

Now open in Peterborough Square in downtown Peterborough, the not-for-profit Artisans Centre is the result of a number of guilds coming together and making something of their collective knowledge.

From the wood turners, potters, gourd artists, and weavers and spinners there is a lot to be learned, though classes are not limited these skills alone. The Artisans Centre provides space and tools for a wide variety of artisans who will now be able to use the space and share their skills with the wider community.

This centre is an exciting new endeavour and resource within the creative community. Classes are now available, and a call for entry is now open for the ARTISANity spring sale that takes place at the Marshlands Centre in Lakefield in May.

The Artisans Centre is located in Unit 3 of Peterborough Square at 360 George St. N. North in downtown Peterborough. For more information, call 705-775-1797, email info@artisanscentre.ca, or visit www.artisanscentre.ca.

 

Acme Art and Sailboat Co. presents group photography show ‘un-sensored F8-shutter FIZZLE’

un-sensored F8-shutter FIZZLE

‘un-sensored F8-shutter FIZZLE’ is a group photography show taking place during the First Friday art crawl from 6 to 10 p.m. on April 5th at Acme Art and Sailboat Co.

The exhibit includes photography by Alex Pendergast, Wayne Eardley, Davey Warren, Wayne Ferguson, Scott Cisco, Marlon Hazlewood, Esther Vincent, and Paul Hodgkinson.

Refreshments will be provided, and new work by Joe Stable will be presented in the Copper Closet.

Acme Art and Sailboat Company is located at 129-1/2 Hunter Street West, 3rd floor, in downtown Peterborough. Hours of operation are variable, please check Acme’s Facebook page.

 

Atelier Ludmila presents ‘Limn’ by Leigh MacDonald

A detail from Leigh Macdonald's 'Limn'. (Photo courtesy of Atelier Ludmila)
A detail from Leigh Macdonald’s ‘Limn’. (Photo courtesy of Atelier Ludmila)

Come out for the opening reception of Leigh Macdonald’s ‘Limn’ at Atelier Ludmila during the First Friday art crawl on April 5th from 6 to 10 p.m.

This series of bold paintings is inspired by Kandinsky, Basquiat, and Campion. The opening will include theatrical elements, so be ready for anything!

The gallery is open for three Saturdays in April, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 6th, 13th, and 20th. There will also be a closing party on Friday, April 26th from 7 to 11 p.m.

Operated by artistic director Laurel Paluck, the Atelier Ludmila Gallery and The Drawing Room are located on the second floor of the Commerce Building (129 1/2 Hunter St. W., Peterborough). For more information, visit atelierludmila.com.

 

Works by Shannon Taylor and Charlotte Di Carlo are on display this April at the new Green Lemon Gallery in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Shannon Taylor)
Works by Shannon Taylor and Charlotte Di Carlo are on display this April at the new Green Lemon Gallery in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Shannon Taylor)

Green Lemon Gallery, a tiny new gallery and art-friendly space, has sprung up in downtown Peterborough.

Conveniently located close to Black Honey, the space is a fun venue for small workshops and art-making events.

The space will be featuring a small group show this April with works by me and by Charlotte Di Carlo. It will will be open during the First Friday art crawl on April 5th.

The Green Lemon Gallery is located at 219 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough.

Fred Eaglesmith has found his musical love in Tif Ginn

By Bruce Head -
Married musical couple Tif Ginn and Fred Eaglesmith will be performing at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Fred Eaglesmith / Facebook)

When it comes to his music, Fred Eaglesmith is definitely not a late bloomer. After all, the alt-country singer-songwriter began playing guitar and writing songs by the age of 10, hit the road as a performer when he was still a teenager, released 22 records, became a cult hero to his fans (the self-proclaimed “Fred Heads”), won a Juno Award, and performed on David Letterman.

Market Hall presents
The Fred Eaglesmith Show Starring Tif Ginn

When: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 8 p.m.
Where: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St. E, Peterborough)
How much: $33 general admission or $35 assigned cabaret table seat in advance, $35 at door

Tickets are available at the Market Hall box office, by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.

But when it comes to love, that has bloomed again later in life for the 61-year-old musician after he met Texan singer-songwriter Tif Ginn.

For the past few years, the couple have been writing and performing together, heading out in their tour bus (one of many Eaglesmith has owned over the years) to play shows in hundreds of small towns and large cities across North America.

And the duo is returning again to Peterborough on Friday, April 5th to perform at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, having last played here in 2016 at Showplace Performance Centre.

VIDEO: “49 Tons” – Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn

As many locals know, Fred is no stranger to Peterborough, having several connections to local musicians.

“Me and Peterborough go way back,” he said in an interview with kawarthaNOW’s Josh Fewings in 2016. “I remember I first started coming down there when Reverend Ken and Washboard Hank were still playing together, and of course I used to play shows with your dad (musician Dan Fewings).”

As well as Washboard Hank (Hank Fisher, father of kawarthaNOW’s food columnist Eva Fisher), another one of Eaglesmith’s former band members was the late Willie P. Bennett, who lived in Peterborough until his death in 2008. He played harmonica and mandolin with Eaglesmith for more than 20 years.

Fred Eaglesmith (in the cowboy hat) giving the all-in-good-fun "Willie P" salute at the July 27, 2007 benefit show at the Market Hall in Peterborough for Fred Eaglesmith's long-time bandmate Willie P. Bennett (front), who had to stop touring after suffering a heart attack (he died six months after this photo was taken of a another heart attack). Also pictured from left to right: Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, kawarthaNOW.com publisher Jeannine Taylor, and Tom Wilson. (Photo: Rainer Soegtrop)
Fred Eaglesmith (in the cowboy hat) giving the all-in-good-fun “Willie P” salute at the July 27, 2007 benefit show at the Market Hall in Peterborough for Fred Eaglesmith’s long-time bandmate Willie P. Bennett (front), who had to stop touring after suffering a heart attack (he died six months after this photo was taken of a another heart attack). Also pictured from left to right: Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, kawarthaNOW.com publisher Jeannine Taylor, and Tom Wilson. (Photo: Rainer Soegtrop)

Born Frederick John Elgersma, Eaglesmith grew up on a 200-acre farm near Guelph, one of nine children in an impoverished family. When he was nine years old, he saw Elvis Presley perform on television and decided he wanted to be a musician.

By the time he was 10 years old, he began playing guitar and writing songs. But his strict evangelical minister father, who took the family to church five times a week, didn’t approve of Eaglesmith’s musical aspirations and, when he was 16 years old, Eaglesmith ran away from home.

Riding the rails and hitchhiking across Canada for three years, Eaglesmith busked in youth hostels and wherever else he could. His friends had already nicknamed him Eaglesmith, and he adopted it as his stage name when he was 18. He was a political and prolific songwriter, a Canadian version of Woody Guthrie, with his lyrics focused on the struggles of rural working people.

“I wrote so many bad songs from the time I was ten years old to fifteen,” he says in a 2004 interview with Roy Kasten of the Riverfront Times. “But when I was fifteen I wrote a song about a kid dying on the farm. Although looking back it was very immature, there was nothing to it, but it struck a chord with people. They cried when they heard it. I knew I had found something, I knew I was a storyteller. From then it was just honing my skills.”

The cover of Fred Eaglesmith's 1980 self-titled debut record.
The cover of Fred Eaglesmith’s 1980 self-titled debut record.

He released his first album, 1980’s Fred J. Eaglesmith, independently at the age of 23. By this time, he had married his high school sweetheart and they had three children. The couple bought a farm where they grew flowers to sell to farmers’ markets in Toronto, which gave Eaglesmith the chance to perform in Toronto clubs and further refine his song-writing chops.

But the combination of farming and performing music proved too much of a challenge, and the family’s flower business went bankrupt.

“It just led me down the wrong roads,” Eaglesmith tells Kasten. “It was harsh, I couldn’t do it. I thought I was just gonna end up like my parents, never have any money and slide backward.”

Eaglesmith had already released five records in Canada but was virtually unknown in the U.S. and, in the early 1990s, he headed to Nashville where he signed with independent music publishing company Vertical Records. His down-to-earth tunes, sung in Eaglesmith’s raspy voice and with a rock edge, began to earn him a following in the small venues where he performed, especially in Texas.

Fred Eaglesmith has released 22 records over his career including his latest, 2017's "Standard".
Fred Eaglesmith has released 22 records over his career including his latest, 2017’s “Standard”.

By the mid-1990s, he was performing with his band The Flying Squirrels (with Willie P. Bennett on harmonica and Washboard Hank on percussion). Their 1996 record Drive-in Movie won Eaglesmith the Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo in 1997. Several more bands and 14 more records followed, with his latest being 2017’s Standard.

While Eaglesmith has never achieved superstardom, he has a loyal legion of fans who call themselves “Fred Heads”, and they’ve been along with him every step of the way. But playing hundreds of shows every year isn’t conducive to family life, and Eaglesmith and his wife eventually parted ways.

“I had kids and everything, but I had no idea how it worked,” Eaglesmith told Jeff Spevak in a 2016 interview with USA Today. “I had no business even dabbling in that world. I had a trying childhood, my parents’ relationship was not great. Lots of stuff affected my ability to have a relationship.”

Tif and Brit Ginn of the The Fabulous Ginn Sisters. The sisters toured with Fred Eaglesmith's band and performed with him for his 2010 appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman". (Publicity photo)
Tif and Brit Ginn of the The Fabulous Ginn Sisters. The sisters toured with Fred Eaglesmith’s band and performed with him for his 2010 appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman”. (Publicity photo)

That changed when Eaglesmith met Tiffani “Tif” Ginn, who already had her own successful music career in her home state of Texas.

Ginn grew up in a musical family in the Texan farming community of Schulenburg. Her parents had a band called The Unplanned Parenthood Association, and Tif and her sister Brit starting performing as young children in an offshoot of the family band. Tif went on to study piano, guitar, voice, dance and theatre from childhood through college, and cut her teeth while hosting open mic nights at the prestigious Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas.

As adults, Tif and Brit formed The Fabulous Ginn Sisters and released three critically acclaimed albums. The duo toured for nearly a decade, when an impromptu collaboration at Texas’ Old Settler’s Music Festival in 2009 presented them with the opportunity to sing backup for Eaglesmith and garnered them an invitation to join the band as well as perform as the opening act.

“Careless” – Fred Eaglesmith on David Letterman (with Brit and Tif Ginn)

By this time, Tif had married singer-songwriter Bill Passalacqua, the bassist in The Fabulous Ginn Sisters, and they had a son Blue (the couple later divorced).

Tif and Brit ended up touring with Eaglesmith, and both performed with Eaglesmith when he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 14, 2010.

In 2012, Tif became a solo artist and released a self-titled debut album that she co-wrote with Eaglesmith. Tif and Eaglesmith soon fell in love and became a touring duo, with Tif singing and performing on multiple instruments including ukulele, harp, trumpet, drums, percussion, and more. Tif’s nine-year-old son Blue often joins them on stage.

vTif Ginn and Fred Eaglesmith fell in love while touring together and later married. (Photo: Fred Eaglesmith / Facebook)
Tif Ginn and Fred Eaglesmith fell in love while touring together and later married. (Photo: Fred Eaglesmith / Facebook)

The couple married in 2014 and Tif eventually moved to Canada, prompting the name of her 2018 10-song record Moving Day — a name suggested by her son Blue — which includes four of her own songs and six co-written with Eaglesmith.

At Eaglesmith and Tif’s Market Hall show, you can expect to hear songs from Moving Day, along with tunes from Eaglesmith’s latest release Standard and from his back catalogue.

The Market Hall concert is one of a string of dates in Canada in April, after which the duo will be heading to Belgium and The Netherlands in May, where Eaglesmith frequently tours.

VIDEO: “Lucille” – Eaglesmith Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn in Bruce Mines

“I have a really big following there,” Eaglesmith said in at 2017 interview with Constance Scrafield of the Orangeville Citizen. “It’s like touring Ontario. I play every little town in the Netherlands.”

Tickets for The Fred Eaglesmith Show Starring Tif Ginn at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St. E, Peterborough) are $33 for general admission or $35 for assigned cabaret table seats.

Advance tickets are available at the Market Hall box office, by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org. Tickets will also be available at the door for $35.

“Getaway Car” – Tif Ginn at The Arlington in Maynooth in 2014

Rainfall and freezing rain warnings issued for the Kawarthas for Saturday

By kawarthaNOW -

Environment Canada has now issued a rainfall warning for southern areas of the Kawarthas, including Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland.

Snow or freezing rain is expected to change to rain later Saturday morning (March 30), which will continue into Saturday night.

Rainfall amounts of 25 to 45 mm are likely by the overnight hours, when the rain is expected to change back to snow.

Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible. Keep children and pets away from creeks and river banks. For information concerning flooding, consult your local Conservation Authority or Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry District office.

In the northern areas of the Kawarthas, including Haliburton and Hastings counties, Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning.

The snow that has developed in these areas will accumulate a few centimetres before mixing with or changing to freezing rain later on Saturday morning. Areas near and south of Highway 7 can expect the freezing rain to change to rain this afternoon.

Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery. Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas. Ice build-up may cause tree branches to break. Utility outages may occur.

Winter returns to the northern Kawarthas on Saturday

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It’s spring, but winter will return to the northern Kawarthas this weekend.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Haliburton County and Hastings County, with significant snowfall forecast for Saturday (March 30).

Snow will begin on Saturday morning and continue into Saturday night, with possible total accumulation of 10 to 15 cm.

This snow is the result of a low pressure system that will track over southern Ontario on Saturday. There remains considerable uncertainty in the exact track of this system and the associated precipitation. Snowfall warnings may be required.

Travel may be difficult as untreated roads become snow covered and slippery.

Further south, there will periods of snow or rain (up to 2 cm of snow in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes) or just rain (Northumberland).

There is also risk of freezing rain early on Saturday morning in the southern Kawarthas.

nightlifeNOW – March 28 to April 3

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New Brunswick singer-songwriter Colin Fowlie brings his acoustic blues and folk rock to the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, April 3rd. (Photo: Jay Merle)

Every Thursday, we publish live music and performance events at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas based on information that venues provide to us directly or post on their website or social media channels. Here are the listings for the week of Thursday, March 28 to Wednesday, April 3.

If you’re a pub or club owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our Nightlife Editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com.

ARIA
Arlington Pub
Arthur's Pub
Black Horse Pub
Boiling Over's Coffee Vault
Canoe & Paddle
Castle John's Pub & Restaurant
The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg
Champs Sports Bar
Chemong Lodge
The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse
Coach & Horses Pub
The Cow & Sow Eatery
Dominion Hotel
Dr. J's BBQ & Brews
Dreams of Beans
Frank's Pasta and Grill
Ganarascals Restaurant
Ganaraska Hotel
The Garnet
Golden Wheel Restaurant
Gordon Best Theatre
Junction Nightclub
Kawartha Coffee Co.
McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery
Mckecks Tap & Grill
McThirsty's Pint
Moody's Bar & Grill
Oasis Bar & Grill
Pappas Billiards
Pastry Peddler
Publican House Brewery
Puck' N Pint Sports Pub
Red Dog Tavern
Riley's
Sapphire Room
Simcoe Ptbo
The Social
Southside Pizzeria
Sticks Sports Pub
The Thirsty Goose
Turtle John's Pub & Restaurant
The Twisted Wheel
The Venue

ARIA

331 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0333

Saturday, March 30

10pm - Megahits hosted by 88glam ($15, available at https://clubaria.ca)

Arlington Pub

32990 Highway 62, Maynooth
(613) 338-2080

Saturday, March 30

8pm - Cabin Fever

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 6
8pm - West End Riverboat Band

Saturday, April 13
8pm - Russell deCarle ($25 in advance in Maynooth at the Maynooth General Store and at Sunrun Café and in Bancroft at Harvest Moon Whole Foods and Guitar Nuts Music Shop, $20 at door)

Arthur's Pub

930 Burnham St., Cobourg
(905) 372-2105

Thursday, March 28

8pm - Karaoke w/ The Travelling Wilburs

Friday, March 29

9pm - Shawn Wilson

Saturday, March 30

9pm - Shawn Wilson

Sunday, March 31

4:30-8pm - Celtic music w/ Chris Devlin

Monday, April 1

7-9pm - Local talent

Tuesday, April 2

7:30pm - Beatles Tribute w/ Don Owen & Bruce Longman

Wednesday, April 3

8pm - Open mic hosted by Bruce Longman

Black Horse Pub

452 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-0633

Thursday, March 28

7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Marsala Lukianchuk

Friday, March 29

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Jake Norris & The Side Street Band

Saturday, March 30

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Josh Gordon Band

Sunday, March 31

3-6pm - Tom Eastland Triage; 6:30pm-9:30pm - Morgan Rider

Monday, April 1

7pm - Rick & Gailie's Crash & Burn

Tuesday, April 2

7pm - Randy Hill Band w/ Ryan Van Loon

Wednesday, April 3

6-8:30pm - Colin Fowlie

VIDEO: "Amusement Park" - Colin Fowlie

VIDEO: "Bury Me" - Colin Fowlie

Coming Soon

Thursday, April 4
7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Marsala Lukianchuk

Friday, April 5
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Brother Sweet Brother

Saturday, April 6
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - House Brand

Sunday, April 7
3-6pm - The West End Riverboat Band; 6:30pm-9:30pm - Joe Bulger

Boiling Over's Coffee Vault

148 Kent St. W., Lindsay
(705) 878-8884

Friday, March 29

7-9pm - Keith Kirkpatrick

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
7-9pm - Gerald Van Halteren

Friday, April 12
7-9pm - Looking for Heather

Canoe & Paddle

18 Bridge St., Lakefield
(705) 651-1111

Sunday, March 31

Closed for renovations

Monday, April 1

Closed for renovations

Castle John's Pub & Restaurant

1550 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-740-2111

Saturday, March 30

9pm - Two For The Show

The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg

38 Covert St., Cobourg
(905) 377-9029

Friday, March 29

7pm - Bruce Longman

Champs Sports Bar

203 Simcoe St., Peterborough
(705) 742-3431

Thursdays

7pm - Open mic

Chemong Lodge

764 Hunter St., Bridgenorth
(705) 292-8435

Thursdays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

Fridays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

Wednesdays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse

26 Bridge St. W., Campbellford
(705) 653-0001

Thursday, March 28

7-9pm - Open mic

Friday, March 29

7-9pm - Randy Stewart

Saturday, March 30

9pm - Cindy & Scott

Wednesday, April 3

8pm - Whiskey Wednesday w/ Ken Tizzard

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 6
7-11pm - Chic'n Pot Pi

Coach & Horses Pub

16 York St. S., Lindsay
(705) 328-0006

Thursdays

10pm - Open Mic w/ Gerald Vanhalteren

Fridays

9:30pm - Karaoke Night w/ DJ. Ross

Wednesdays

7-11pm - Live music

The Cow & Sow Eatery

38 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls
(705) 887-5111

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 6
9pm - Karaoke

Dominion Hotel

113 Main St., Minden
(705) 286-6954

Coming Soon

Friday, May 3
8pm - Valdy w/ Doris Mason ($30, in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/valdy-in-concert-with-doris-mason-tickets-56596015205)

Saturday, May 11
8pm - Canadian Blues Legend Series ft Chris Antonik Band ($30, in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/chris-antonik-band-canadian-blues-legend-series-tickets-57945124427)

Dr. J's BBQ & Brews

282 Aylmer St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5717

Coming Soon

Saturday, May 11
8pm - Doc Yates w/ Greg Williams & Kansas Stone (tickets available soon at www.docyates.com)

Dreams of Beans

138 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 742-2406

Thursday, March 28

8pm - Open mic hosted by Jacques Graveline

Friday, March 29

9:30-11pm - Graham Show (no cover)

Coming Soon

Wednesday, April 10
5-9pm - Sarah Tohnin

Frank's Pasta and Grill

426 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-2727

Friday, March 29

9pm-12am - Karaoke; 12am - DJ

Saturday, March 30

8pm - Mardi Gras ft. Johnny Sweet & The Project; 11pm - DJ

Wednesday, April 3

8-11pm - Open Mic

Ganarascals Restaurant

53 Walton St., Port Hope
905-885-1888

Saturday, March 30

2pm - Payadora Tango Ensemble ($20, email for tickets)

Ganaraska Hotel

30 Ontario St., Port Hope
(905) 885-9254

Friday, March 29

8pm - Ontario Street Theatre presents The Mighty Led Zepplin Experience ($20)

Saturday, March 30

2pm & 10pm - Bone Yard

Wednesday, April 3

8-11pm - Open Mic Night w/ Clayton Yates & Rob Foreman

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
8pm - Ontario Street Theatre presents Ode to Bruce Springsteen ($20)

Saturday, April 6
2pm & 10pm - Celler Door

The Garnet

231 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 874-0107

Thursday, March 28

9pm - Bring The War Home & garbageface ($8)

Friday, March 29

5-7pm - Forselli Friday w/ Diamond Dave; 8pm - Lauryn Macfarlane w/ Kane Miller ($10)

Saturday, March 30

6-8pm - Author talk ft. Devon Code and Ursula Pflug

Sunday, March 31

7-9pm - Show and Tell Poetry Series ft. Esther Vincent, Myanna Hansen, Nic Taylor

Tuesday, April 2

5-6:30pm - Show and Tell Poetry Series (STPS) presents National Poetry Month Shut Up and Write (A Letter); 7-8pm - STPS Peterborough Showcase ft Joanthan Bennett, Melissa Johnson, Justin Million

Coming Soon

Thursday, April 4
9:30pm - Haus of Dope, Tripsonix, and more (PWYC)

Friday, April 5
9pm - Nick Ferrio, Le Ren, Eliza Niemi ($10 or PWYC)

Saturday, April 6
9pm - Hot Garbage, Rhys Climenhage, Kelly McMichael, Carew ($10 or PWYC)

Golden Wheel Restaurant

6725 Highway 7, Peterborough
(705) 749-6838

Wednesday, April 3

6:30-8:30pm - Line Dancing w/ Marlene Maskell ($7)

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 13
7pm - Dinner and dance patry ft Rye Street ($20 includes dinner, $5 music only at 8pm)

Gordon Best Theatre

216 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 876-8884

Saturday, March 30

8:30pm - 90s Night Dance Party and Drag Queen Show fundraiser to send photographer Samantha Moss to Zambia ($5 in advance at ww.eventbrite.com/e/90s-night-at-the-best-tickets-58861420092)

Junction Nightclub

253 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0550

Friday, March 29

10pm - Country Night w/ DJ Bill Porter ($5 cover)

Saturday, March 30

10pm - DJ Cale Granton w/ DJ Justin Anderson

Kawartha Coffee Co.

58 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon
(705) 738-1500

Saturday, March 30

7-11pm - Mayfield ft. Bill Douglas of Douglas + Son (no cover)

McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery

13 Bridge St.. N., Hastings
(705) 696-3600

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
9pm - Downbeat

Mckecks Tap & Grill

207 Highland St., Haliburton
(705) 457-3443

Friday, March 29

6pm - Sheri Hawkins and The Rockin Eighty Eights (no cover)

McThirsty's Pint

166 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 743-2220

Thursdays

9pm - Live music hosted by Tony Silvestri and Greg Caven

Fridays

10pm - Live music with Brian Haddlesey

Saturdays

10pm - Live music with Brian Haddlesey

Sundays

8pm - Open stage hosted by Ryan Van Loon

Mondays

9:30pm - Trivia Night hosted by Cam Green

Wednesdays

9pm - Live music hosted by Kevin Foster

Moody's Bar & Grill

3 Tupper St., Millbrook
(705) 932-6663

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 20
2-5pm - Max Mouse & The Gorillas

Oasis Bar & Grill

31 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-6634

Sundays

5:30pm - PHLO

Pappas Billiards

407 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-9010

Thursday, March 28

7-10pm - Open Mic

Friday, March 29

9pm - Jacques Graveline

Saturday, March 30

1-3pm - Shipwrecked Saturdays w/ Jacques Graveline

Pastry Peddler

17 King St., Millbrook
(705) 932-7333

Saturday, March 30

SOLD OUT - 7pm - Rick Fines w/ Matthew MacCleod ($25)

Publican House Brewery

300 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5743

Friday, March 29

7-9pm - Reg Corey

Saturday, March 30

7-9pm - Mike Graham Duo

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
7-9pm - Reg Corey

Saturday, April 6
7-9pm - JJ and The Pillars

Puck' N Pint Sports Pub

871 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
(705) 741-1078

Saturday, March 30

9pm - The Acoustically Hip ft Craig McEarchern, Rod MacDonald, Dave Clarke (no cover)

Red Dog Tavern

189 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 741-6400

Friday, March 29

10pm - The Sadies ($15, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/23470/)

Monday, April 1

8-11pm - Sean and Chris Conway and guests

Tuesday, April 2

9pm - Open mic hosted by Davey Mac

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 6
2pm-12am - Benefit for Alexander Norris ft Rick & Gailie, Dennis & Michael O'Toole, Amanda Robb Band, Roy Asseltine, Tami J Wilde, Niall, James Higgins, Austin Carson Band, Colt Harley ($5)

Friday, April 19
10pm - Tokyo Police Club w/ special guests TBA ($25, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/22684/)

Friday, April 26
8pm - Death by Art School album release w/ St. Homer and Bellyflop ($10 or PWYC)

Riley's

257 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 750-1445

Thursdays

Travis Berlinbach

Fridays

Travis Berlinbach

Saturdays

Josh Gontier

Sundays

Josh Gontier

Mondays

Josh Gontier

Tuesdays

Josh Gontier & Cale Gontier

Wednesdays

Guest performers

Sapphire Room

137 Hunter St., Peterborough
(705) 749-0409

Thursday, March 28

7-10pm - Trent Writers Society Anthology Release

Coming Soon

Thursday, April 4
9pm - You're Welcome and Haus of Accounting present Amateur Drag Night

Simcoe Ptbo

172 Simcoe St., Peterborough
705-874-3825

Friday, March 29

9pm - Local Open Stage

Saturday, March 30

9pm - Gutter Demons w/ Gunt ($10 in advance or at the door)

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
8pm - Heart Attack Kids w/ No Big Deal ($10)

Wednesday, April 10
9pm - West of Hell and Expain w/ Titan Arum, Neker & After Sin ($10)

Saturday, April 27
9pm - The Castor Troys and Hot Lips w/ The Crooked and One In The Chamber ($10)

The Social

295 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 874-6724

Friday, March 29

9-11pm - Robyn Ottolini

Saturday, March 30

10pm - Man On The Wall

Coming Soon

Friday, April 5
10pm - Dean James

Saturday, April 6
9:30pm - Orangeman

Southside Pizzeria

25 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
(705) 748-6120

Friday, March 29

9pm - Punks On Pizza: Cowapunka Duuude ft Heir To The Throne, The Watched Pots, Basement Dweller, The Space Wizards, Critical Hit, Dream Sculptor ($5)

Sticks Sports Pub

500 George St. S., Peterborough
(705) 775-7845

Saturday, March 30

1-4pm - High Waters Trio

The Thirsty Goose

63 Walton St., Port Hope

Thursday, March 28

7pm - Kevin Foster

Friday, March 29

8pm - Ty Wilson

Saturday, March 30

8pm - Mike Kelly

Turtle John's Pub & Restaurant

64 John St., Port Hope
(905) 885-7200

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 6
10pm - Joker

The Twisted Wheel

379 Water St., Peterborough

Thursday, March 28

7-10pm - Catfish Willie's Swing Billy Roundup w/ Washboard Hank, Sweet Muriel, and John Hoffman

Saturday, March 30

11am-7pm - A celebration of the life of Jonathan "Jonny Trash" Hall (bring your photos, music, art, and memories)

Coming Soon

Wednesday, April 3
8pm - Basement Dweller farewell show w/ St. Homer & Seyton

The Venue

286 George Street North, Peterborough
(705) 876-0008

Coming Soon

Tuesday, April 16
7pm - The Tea Party ($45, available at www.ticketmaster.com)

Sunday, May 18
7pm - The Beaches ($25+fees, available Mar 1 at https://www1.ticketmaster.ca/the-beaches-peterborough-ontario-05-18-2019/event/10005659DDEE3F62)

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