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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.
Cast and crew on the set for the Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of "The Enchanted Bookshop" by Todd Wallinger, which runs for eight performances from December 1 to 10, 2023. The family-friendly comic fantasy takes place in a used bookstore where literary characters come to life at night. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Peterborough Theatre Guild brings beloved literary characters to life in ‘The Enchanted Bookshop’

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Todd Wallinger's family comedy runs for eight performances from December 1 to 10 with weekend matinees.
The Township of Selwyn has received entry-level certification under Nature Canada's Bird Friendly City program. (Graphic: Bird Friendly Selwyn)

Selwyn Township is one of Canada’s four new ‘bird friendly’ cities

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Selwyn Township joins Peterborough in the Kawarthas region as two of 24 Canadian municipalities that have received the Nature Canada certification.
Lakefield's The Chocolate Rabbit is opening a new location at 72 Hunter Street East in Peterborough's East City on November 21, 2023, with a grand opening celebration on December 2. Opened and operated by the Webster family of Lakefield, the East City location is the chocolate shop's third location. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Lakefield’s The Chocolate Rabbit opening a third location in Peterborough’s East City

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Family-owned shop will open on November 21 with a grand opening on December 2, while East City candy shop Flossophy announces it is closing after Christmas Eve.
Anne Shirley Theatre Company's production of "Alice" by British playwright Laura Wade runs for six performances from November 17 to 26 at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space at Trent University. (Graphic: Anne Shirley Theatre Company)

Anne Shirley Theatre Company presents modern take on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Trent University

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'Alice' by British playwright Laura Wade runs from November 17 to 26 at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space.
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Lee-Anne Quinn, president of the Frank Poley (Peterborough) chapter of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the UN Peacekeepers Monument in Peterborough's new urban park on July 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Sean Bruce)

Peterborough Rotary Club names Canadian Forces veteran Lee-Anne Quinn as Paul Harris Fellow

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Along with Myke Healy and Darlene Callan, Dorothy Taylor, Kathi Curtin Williams, and Kateryna Sysoieva, Quinn will be celebrated at November 13 dinner and ceremony.
Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit logos.

Two largest health units in Kawarthas region considering a voluntary merger

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Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit are assessing impacts of merger in response to provincial government funding offer.
Applications open on November 1, 2023 for the City of Peterborough's 2024 community grants program, which will be modified in 2025 in part to better address the funding needs of arts organizations. In June 2023, The Theatre On King's artistic director Ryan Kerr (pictured with property manager Kristi Dick at Cherney Properties) renewed a two-year lease for the organization's 171 King Street location following a successful community fundraising campaign. The future of Peterborough's only black-box theatre had been thrown into doubt earlier in the year when city council decided against providing a community investment grant to the organization, even though the theatre had received the maximum grant the previous year. (Photo courtesy of The Theatre On King)

Applications open November 1 for City of Peterborough’s 2024 community grants program

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This is the final year for the existing program, which in 2025 will have three funding streams including a new art investment fund.
Indigenous choreographer Sophie Dow will perform "Journals of adoption" at "Zaagi'idiwin: Our Mothering Heart" on November 3 and 4, 2023 at Trent University in Peterborough. Presented by Public Energy Performing Arts and Nozhem First People's Performance Space, the program by Vancouver-based contemporary Indigenous dance company O.Dela Arts also features "Slip away" by Samantha Sutherland and "Rematriate XX23" by Olivia C. Davies. (Photo: Chris Randle)

Peterborough’s Public Energy kicks off its 30th season with a program of contemporary Indigenous...

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'Zaagi'idiwin: Our Mothering Heart' on November 3 and 4 at Nozhem First People's Performance Space features works by Sophie Dow, Samantha Sutherland, and Olivia C. Davies.
Pastry Peddler founders and co-owners Deanna Bell and Colin Hall have sold their popular Millbrook café and bakery to Wendy and Mark Bannerman. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Millbrook’s Pastry Peddler coming under new ownership

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After 13 years of operating the popular café and bakery, Deanna Bell and Colin Hall have sold the business to Wendy and Mark Bannerman.
Hungarian-born violist Máté Szücs will perform the world premiere of a new concerto created by Canadian composer Ronald Royer for Szücs and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra at the orchestra's 2023-24 season opening concert "The Muse" on Saturday, November 4 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. The concert will also feature Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony," Ravel's "Tombeau de Couperin," and Canadian composer Christine Donkin's "Four Poems." (Publicity photo)

World-renowned violist Máté Szücs to perform new concerto at Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season...

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Canadian composer Ronald Royer's Rhapsody Concerto for viola and orchestra one of four works featured at 'The Muse' concert November 4 at Showplace Performance Centre.
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