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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW's managing editor, events editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. Outside of work, he enjoys songwriting, playing guitar, and spending time with Cait the border collie.
Public Energy Performing Arts' 2026-27 season begins with a performance of "Blood, Water, Earth" on October 14, 2026 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. The elemental multimedia dance and music work by acclaimed dancer and creator Santee Tekaronhiáhkhwa Smith and her Kaha:wi Dance Theatre combines dance, music, and visual elements, with Curve Lake First Nation musician Missy Knott opening with a musical set. (Photo: Erik Zennstrom)

Public Energy Performing Arts in Peterborough launches 33rd season featuring dance, theatre, music, and...

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2026-27 season includes six mainstage productions along with continuing initiatives supporting regional artists.
Directed by Dahlia Katz, New Stages Theatre's staged reading of Kat Sandler's award-winning play "Mustard" on October 4, 2026 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough features (left to right, top and bottom) M. John Kennedy as Mustard, Aurora Browne as Sadie, Kris Siddiqi as Leslie, Jason Gray as Bug, Jayda Freeman as Thai, and Matt Schermann as Jay. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

New Stages Theatre opens 2026-27 season with Kat Sandler’s award-winning dark comedy ‘Mustard’

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Dahlia Katz directs October 4 staged reading at Peterborough's Market Hall featuring M. John Kennedy, Aurora Browne, Kris Siddiqi, Jason Gray, Jayda Freeman, and Matt Schermann.
4th Line Theatre's Salon Reading Series will feature staged readings of works by acclaimed playwrights Drew Hayden Taylor and Brad Fraser, along with 4th Line's own managing artistic director Kim Blackwell, in different local homes on October 15, November 11, and January 14. (Graphic: 4th Line Theatre)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre invites audiences to experience a ‘house play’ with new Salon...

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Off-season series features intimate staged readings of plays by Drew Hayden Taylor, Brad Fraser, and Kim Blackwell, accompanied by food, drink, and conversation.
New owners Theresa Thibadeau and Mark Walsh cut the ribbon at the entrance to Grady's Feet Essentials at 231 King Street in downtown Peterborough as retiring owners Kelli and Tony Grady look on during a ceremony on September 1, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Grady's Feet Essentials)

Grady’s Feet Essentials in downtown Peterborough begins new chapter under new owners

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Kelli and Tony Grady retire after nearly three decades at the helm of the footwear business, with employee Theresa Thibadeau and Mark Walsh taking ownership.
"Reacher" star Alan Ritchson in an Instagram reel posted from Minden Whitewater Preserve in the Haliburton Highlands on August 29, 2026, one of the Ontario locations for the fifth season of the popular Amazon Prime Video action-thriller series based on the best-selling books by Lee Child. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

‘Reacher’ wraps up filming at Minden Whitewater Preserve in the Haliburton Highlands

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The fifth season of the popular Amazon Prime Video action-thriller series is based on Lee Child's 2015 book 'Make Me'.
At its general committee meeting on August 24, 2026, Peterborough city council endorsed an eight-month pilot program that would see One City Peterborough hire people facing challenges with employment to clean streets in the downtown core. The pilot program is similar to the "Clean Team" program launched in 2018 as an initiative of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) in partnership with the Warming Room Community Ministries, which merged with Peterborough Reintegration Services the following year to become One City Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Peterborough city council backs $25,000 downtown street-cleaning pilot for this fall

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Based on a similar program launched in 2018, One City Peterborough would employ people facing barriers to traditional employment.
Pictured with Monaghan Ward councillor Matt Crowley (top left) during a candidate information session on March 31, 2026, Rob Hailman (top, second from right) joined the mayoral race on Friday, August 21. Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area board vice-chair Nigel Lister (bottom left) has registered to run in Town Ward, and Kawartha Ribfest organizer Dennis Nephin (bottom right) has joined the crowded Northcrest Ward race. (Photo: Jordan Lyall / kawarthaNOW; kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video; Dennis Nephin / Facebook)

Peterborough municipal election field set with seven mayoral candidates and 28 council hopefuls

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Rob Hailman joined the race for mayor before nominations closed Friday, while several new ward candidates have also filed to run in the October 26 election.
Located at 201 St. George Street in Lindsay, Mariposa Dairy has crown from a 100-acre goat farm into one of Canada's largest goat cheese producers and processors, and also produces sheep milk cheese products. (Photo: Mariposa Dairy / Facebook)

Ottawa invests more than $7 million in Lindsay manufacturers ahead of new U.S. tariffs

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Federal funding will help Mariposa Dairy automate its operations and auto parts manufacturer Armada Toolworks diversify into medical devices.
Globus Theatre founders and real-life couple James Barrett and Sarah Quick rehearsing their lines as Theo and Gwen in Kristen Da Silva's poignant romantic comedy "Beyond the Sea," which runs for 10 performances at the professional theatre company in Bobcaygeon from August 19 to 29, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Globus Theatre)

Globus Theatre founders Sarah Quick and James Barrett reunite on stage for ‘Beyond the...

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The real-life couple will star in Kristen Da Silva's poignant romantic comedy, running in Bobcaygeon from August 19 to 29.
Leaves of a Norway maple infected with Rhytisma acerinum, one of three related fungus species that cause tar spot disease. While the disease is unsightly, it is cosmetic and does not usually affect the long-term health of a tree. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Black spots and falling leaves don’t mean your maple tree is dying

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Tar spot is a common fungal disease that thrives after rainy spring weather and can be reduced by properly disposing of infected leaves
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