This weekend at The Theatre on King, director Ryan Kerr presents Three One Act Plays by Alice Gerstenberg. The night of short plays by the early 20th-century American feminist playwright includes “He Said and She Said”, “The Illuminati in Dramatis Libre”, and Gerstenberg’s most famous play “Overtones”.
A review of Three One Act Plays by Alice Gerstenberg

Why winter is the best time to prune your fruit trees and shrubs

This time of year, many gardeners dream of stepping our bare feet onto fresh grass and sinking our hands into warm soil. If you just can’t wait to get out in the garden, you’ll be happy to know that winter is actually the best time bundle up and get outside to prune your fruit trees, and to learn some new skills about how to prune effectively.
More green power for Peterborough coming this summer

The new $30 million hydroelectric generating station on Peterborough’s Otonabee River, adjacent to the existing London Street Generating Station, is expected to come online by the end of June 2016.
Win free tickets from kawarthaNOW to see Hawksley Workman at Showplace

kawarthaNOW is pleased to present Canadian glam rocker Hawksley Workman at Showplace Performance Centre on Friday, April 22nd at 8 p.m.
In partnership with Showplace, we’ll be giving away several pairs of tickets to see Hawksley perform.
Game changer: Dr. Bruce Empringham
Dr. Bruce Empringham graduated in Medicine from Queen’s University and completed his family practice residency at McMaster University.
After four years in North Bay, Ontario, he took a job as Assistant Medical Director at London Life in 1981.
In 1998, he assumed the role of Vice-President and Medical Director for London Life, Great-West Life and now Canada Life and is now responsible for individual insurance life and living benefits, medical underwriting and medical claims assessment.
He remains active in the insurance industry in North America as past Chair of several organizations and on a number of industry and legislative fronts.
50 years of making family memories at Sir Sam’s in Haliburton

One eye on the sky, the other on the thermometer.
Since 1965, day in and day out, that has been the regimen for the Bishop family. As owners and operators of Sir Sam’s Ski/Ride (1054 Liswood Road, Eagle Lake, Ontario, 705-754-2298), Bob and Noreen, and siblings Rob, Chris, JD, Angela and Steve, have worked side by side with Mother Nature.
An evening of chills and laughs – a review of Double Feature: Monstrandum Corpus Hominis

There’s little connection between When I Sorrow Most by Simon Turner-Semchuk and Sinking’s Better Than Standing Still by Quinn McGlade-Ferentzy. They are different in tone, style, and subject matter. However, they do have a few things in common.
Fall in love with nature this Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is coming up this weekend, on Sunday, February 14th. Are you looking for the perfect way to celebrate love but feeling conflicted about the commercialism that has become attached with Valentine’s Day?
Hitting the jackpot – a review of Les Belles-Soeurs

When director Amy Cummings puts on a show, she never fails to deliver. Picking interesting productions and skilled at working with large casts, Amy’s work with The Motley Collective is always a highlight of the Peterborough theatre season.
KNosh News – February 2016

This month, food writer Eva Fisher bids farewell to FireHouse Gourmet as we know it, pairs wine and chocolate with Naked Chocolate and Kawartha Country Wines, eats 50 kale plants in one sitting with Tiny Greens, and prepares the perfect cup of tea with Amusé Coffee Co.