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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Zero Mostel (middle) performs as Tevye in the original production of "Fiddler on the Roof" which opened on Broadway in September 1964. Almost 60 years later, the Peterborough Theatre Guild will stage a production of the beloved musical at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough from February 16 to 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Photofest, Inc.)

Peterborough Theatre Guild returns to Showplace stage with beloved musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’...

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Award-winning Broadway hit about a Jewish patriarch's struggle to maintain cultural traditions in pre-revolutionary Russia turns 60 in 2024.
For New Stages Peterborough's production of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," the stage at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre is transformed into a radio station in Bedford Falls on Christmas Eve in 1946, set to air a radio version of the classic Christmas film to millions of people before a live "studio" audience. Pictured from left to right are musical director and pianist Gabriel Vaillant and actors Megan Murphy, M. John Kennedy, Kerry Griffin, Brad Brackenridge, and Ordena Stephens-Thompson, who perform all the characters from the movie and also create all of the sound effects. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Clarence gets his wings during New Stages production of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A...

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Five actors perform all the roles from the classic film, along with sound effects, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough until December 17.
Peterborough's artist-run centre Artspace turns 50 in 2024. It was founded in 1974 by late artists Dennis Tourbin and David Bierk and was originally located at 440 Water Street at Brock Street, a building that no longer exists. (Photo: Artspace website)

Peterborough’s Artspace, one of Canada’s oldest artist-run art centres, is turning 50

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Non-profit organization was founded in 1974 by late artists Dennis Tourbin and David Bierk.
Christy Bruce, Madison Hayes-Crook, Zoë O'Connor, Paul Constable, Steve Ross, and Robbie Fenton perform in "Jack – A Beanstalk Panto" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, with 'nice' and 'naughty' performances until December 23, 2023. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

‘Hysterically funny’ panto a highlight of the holiday season at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre

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Along with 'Jack – A Beanstalk Panto', the Capitol presents its annual Festival of Lights and Trees and four concerts during December.
Globus Theatre is presenting its 16th annual traditional British panto "Puss in Boots" for eight public performances from December 8 to 17, 2023. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon presents its 16th annual traditional British panto with ‘Puss in...

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Written by Sarah Quick and featuring both community and professional actors, the family-friendly show runs for eight public performances from December 8 to 17.
Hadi Jakmora, founder and CEO of the startup Quest It Inc., won the Cubs' Lairs entrepreneurial competition on November 30, 2023 at Erben in downtown Peterborough. Matt Anderson of Chemong City Greens and Nicholas Landon of Course Sync Inc. were the second and third place winners at the event organized by the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Founder of Quest It mobile app wins Cubs’ Lairs entrepreneurial competition

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Hadi Jakmora wins $3,000 grand prize, with second and third place going to Matt Anderson of Chemong City Greens and Nicholas Landon of Course Sync Inc.
With a capacity for 675 students, Kaawaate East City Public School at 250 Hunter Street East in Peterborough opened its doors for the first time on September 7, 2021. (Photo: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board)

School board proposing changes to prevent overcrowding at Kaawaate East City and Crestwood schools...

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Next September, Kaawaate East City Public School projected to be 125% over capacity with Crestwood Intermediate School 174% over capacity.
The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra will perform its annual holiday concert at Showplace Performance Centre on December 2, 2023 with "Believe" featuring award-winning Canadian soprano Ariane Cossette singing beloved classic arias and the orchestra performing popular arrangements of Christmas carols and holiday favourites. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

‘Believe’ in the magic of the holidays with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra on December...

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Orchestra will perform popular arrangements of holiday favourites with soprano Ariane Cossette singing beloved classic arias at Showplace Performance Centre.
Business Advisory Centre manager Madeleine Hurrell (top of stairs) overlooks the Peterborough-area entrepreneurs whose eight businesses were awarded a collective $39,000 in grants from the fall 2023 intake of the provincially funded Starter Company Plus program administered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development. Sara Scheuermann of Steaped Slow Ceramics and Jordan Lyall of Jordan Lyall Photography are holding the cheque and, behind them, left to right, are Iola Taylor of Cold Duck Creamery, Cody Lewis of Cody Lewis Carpentry, Mackenzie Caldwell of Grace & Glow Beauty Studio, Meaghan Kynock of muttmix, Joe Crowley of Crowley Acres, and Katie Jackson of Wanderlight Luxury Farm Stay. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Eight more Peterborough-area small businesses get training and a financial boost from Starter Company...

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12 small businesses participated in fall intake of five-week program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre.
New Stages Peterborough is presenting "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough for six performances from December 13 to 17, 2023. Set in a 1940s radio station before a live "studio" audience, actors (from left to right) Kerry Griffin, Megan Murphy, M. John Kennedy, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, and Brad Brackenridge will play all the characters from the movie and also create all of the sound effects. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

New Stages Peterborough brings a classic Christmas film to life on the Market Hall...

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Five actors perform all the characters in 'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' running for six performances December 13 to 17.
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