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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.
The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's music director Michael Newnham conducts the orchestra during its February 2019 concert at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. On May 27, 2023, the orchestra will perform "Welcome to the Dance", the final concert in its 2022-23 season. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s season finale concert a fun and fiery mix of jazz, Latin,...

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'Welcome to the Dance' on May 27 at Showplace features music by Stravinsky, Price, Marquez, and Bernstein with guest spoken-word artist Sarah Lewis.
Peterborough's second Loaded Pierogi restaurant will open at 89 Hunter Street in East City on May 20, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s second Loaded Pierogi restaurant opens in East City on Saturday

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Founded in Ontario in 2014, restaurant chain has 15 locations across Canada with plans to expand.
The Canadian authors appearing at the Lakefield Literary Festival on July 14 and 15, 2023 include (left to right, top and bottom): Waubgeshig Rice, Kai Thomas, Sheila Heti, Harley Rustad, Iain Reid, and Catherine Hernandez. (kawarthaNOW collage of photos courtesy of Lakefield Literary Festival)

Lakefield Literary Festival announces all-star line-up of Canadian authors

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July 14 and 15 event at Lakefield College School's Bryan Jones Theatre features Sheila Heti, Iain Reid, Waubgeshig Rice, Harley Rustad, and more.
Some of the tents pitched by unsheltered people at the Rehill parking lot in December 2022 near the City of Peterborough's overflow shelter at 210 Wolfe Street in downtown Peterborough. The tent encampment has created a range of issues for homeowners and business owners in the area. (Photo: Matt Crowley / Twitter)

Peterborough city council endorses homelessness plan to end tenting near Wolfe Street shelter

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'The era of tenting is over' Mayor Leal proclaims of plan to install temporary modular housing units and support services by the fall.
Located at 83 Robinson Street in Peterborough's East City, the John C. Sullivan House was built in 1886 and designed by famed Peterborough architect William Blackwell. The Sullivan family, which founded Sullivan's Pharmacy, sold the home in the Roman Catholic diocese in 1936 which used it as a convent from 1941 until 1953. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Historic home built for founder of Sullivan’s Pharmacy in East City going up for...

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Listed for $1.4 million, John C. Sullivan House was built in 1886, designed by famed Peterborough architect William Blackwell, and later served as a convent.
Canadian drum legend Paul DeLong wears a Mahavishnu Orchestra T-shirt, in honour of the jazz fusion band that inspired him to become a musician 50 years to the day when he brings his own jazz fusion band ONE WORD to the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on May 4, 2023. (Photo: Trevor Hesselink / Groundswell Photography)

‘Unforgettable night of fusion’ coming to Gordon Best in downtown Peterborough on May 4

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Canadian drum legend Paul DeLong's jazz fusion band ONE WORD includes Peterborough's own award-winning electric violinist Victoria Yeh.
Minden residents Patrick Porzuczek, Laura Porzuczek, and Richard Bradley (middle) with NDP health critic France Gélinas (left) and NDP MPP Spadina-Fort York Chris Glover (right) in front of the Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 27, 2023, where they delivered a petition requesting a moratorium of the decision to close the Minden emergency department on June 1. (Photo via France Gélinas / Facebook)

Minden residents deliver petition to Queen’s Park protesting emergency department closure

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Haliburton Highlands Health Services officials appear at Minden Hills Township and Haliburton County council meetings to explain rationale for closure,
Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and critic George Elliott Clarke at the 2016 Lakefield Literary Festival. (Photo: Andrew Wolf)

Lakefield Literary Festival returns in July after three-year pandemic hiatus

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Festival will be presenting five authors to be announced as well as a children's tent on July 14 and 15.
Country musician Nathan Traux, recipient of the Peterborough Folk Festival's 2022 Emerging Artist Award, performing at the 2022 festival on the Pavilion Stage at Nicholls Oval Park. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Folk Festival)

Peterborough Folk Festival accepting applications for 2023 Emerging Artist Award

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Application deadline is May 31, with annual music festival returning to Peterborough from August 18 to 20.
The Theatre On King's artistic director Ryan Kerr addresses Peterborough City Council on March 27, 2023 to appeal the decision to deny the arts organization a community investment grant for 2023 after providing them the maximum grant in 2022. (Photo: Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay)

Peterborough city council votes against funding The Theatre On King

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Despite eloquent and impassioned pleas from delegations, vote for additional funding after denial of community investment grant failed 3-7.
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