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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.
Juno award-winning Canadian drum legend Paul DeLong's ONE WORD jazz fusion band will perform at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on October 26, 2023, with Peterborough's own Victoria Yeh on electric violin, Steve Lucas on bass, Michael Murray on guitar, and original keyboardist Marco Luciani rejoining the band. (Photo: Trevor Hesselink / Groundswell Photography)

Canadian drum legend Paul DeLong’s ONE WORD jazz fusion band comes to Peterborough’s Market...

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Featuring Peterborough's own Victoria Yeh on electric violin, band will performs classic '70s tunes from Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Weather Report, and more.
"Jack - A Beanstalk Panto," the annual holiday panto at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, was written by award-winning award-winning Canadian actor, improviser, and playwright Rebecca Northan, who will also direct the production that runs from November 24 until December 23 with both 'naughty' and 'nice' performances. (Publicity photo)

Award-winning improviser Rebecca Northan writes and directs this year’s holiday panto at Port Hope’s...

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'Jack - A Beanstalk Panto' runs from November 24 to December 23 with both 'nice' and 'naughty' performances.
Eileen and Tom James (middle) travelled from British Columbia to donate a family heirloom to the Northumberland County Archives and Museum on September 26, 2023. The pair of shoes was worn by their ancestor Marguerite Pentland in 1860 during a gala dance with the Prince of Wales after he officially opened Cobourg's Victoria Hall. Also pictured at Victoria Hall in Cobourg are Northumberland County Archives and Museum curator Katie Kennedy (left) and Northumberland County warden Mandy Martin. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland County)

British Columbia couple donates historic shoes to Northumberland County Archives and Museum

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Pair of shoes were worn by their ancestor in 1860 during a gala dance with the Prince of Wales after official opening of Cobourg's Victoria Hall.
Taso's Restaurant & Pizzeria is closing its location at 287 George Street in downtown Peterborough, with its last day of operation October 14, 2023, and operating exclusively out of its new location at 18 Lindsay Road in Fowlers Corners. (Photo: Taso's)

Taso’s Restaurant & Pizzeria in downtown Peterborough closing for good in October

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Owner Taso Hatzianastasiou will now operate his restaurant exclusively out of new location in Fowlers Corners.
As part of its 30th anniversary season from November to April, Public Energy Performing Arts is presenting "Izzie M: The Alchemy of Enfreakment" by Indigenous artist collective Chocolate Woman Collective, created by and featuring Monique Mojica (pictured) along with Barry Bilinsky. It will be performed at Nozhem: First Peoples' Performance Space at Trent University on March 8 and 9, 2024. (Photo: Jillian Sutherland)

Peterborough’s Public Energy Performing Arts announces its 30th anniversary season

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2023-24 season of dance, theatre, and performance includes projects with connections to Norway and Mexico as well as two artists with strong local connections.
British comedian Chris Gibbs will perform as Barnaby Gibbs, the bumbling chronicler of brilliant Victorian London detective Antoine Feval, in "The Case of the Mysterious Mystery: A Not Quite Sherlock Mystery" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on September 23, 2023. (Supplied photo)

Chris Gibbs brings the latest instalment of his Sherlock Holmes spoof to Bobcaygeon’s Globus...

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British comedian will perform 'The Case of the Mysterious Mystery: A Not Quite Sherlock Mystery' for one night only on September 23.
Ten Peterborough-area businesses have been selected to participate in Community Futures Peterborough's 2023 ScaleUP program, which is designed to address a gap in available training for local entrepreneurs since most training is only focused on the startup growth stage. (Graphic: Community Futures Peterborough)

Community Futures Peterborough announces 10 entrepreneurs selected for 2023 ScaleUP program

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Piloted in 2022, training program is designed to help local businesses grow.
In playwright Keith Barker's award-winning play "This is How We Got Here," a close-knit family living in Canada's north struggles to deal with the aftermath of a sudden and tragic loss, when a visit from a mysterious fox bearing a curious gift changes everything. Peterborough's New Stages Theatre will kick off its 2023-24 season with a staged reading of the play at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on October 1, 2023. (Photo: Jeremy Vessey)

Peterborough’s New Stages Theatre kicks off 2023-24 season with ‘This is How We Got...

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October 1 staged reading of award-winning play by playwright Keith Barker follows a close-knit family dealing with aftermath of a tragic loss.
The Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage", about two sets of parents who meet after their sons have a nasty altercation in the schoolyard, runs for 10 performances from September 19 to October 14, 2023. Pictured during a rehearsal are (left to right) Michael Valiant Saunders as Alan Raleigh, Gayle Fraser as Annette Raleigh, Tristina Haines as Veronica Novak, and Kevin O'Neill as Michael Novak. (Photo: Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Parents behave badly in Peterborough Theatre Guild production of ‘God of Carnage’

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French playwright Yasmina Reza's 'comedy of manners without the manners' runs for 10 performances from September 29 to October 14.
Peterborough native Dr. Mike Cranfield became chief veterinarian of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore in 1982. He was still working at the zoo as director of animal health, research, and conservation when he also became director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a non-profit organization formed in 1986 at the request of Dian Fossey, famous for her study of wild mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Cranfield passed away at the age of 71 on August 28, 2023 after a brief illness. (Photo: Maryland Zoo)

Peterborough native Mike Cranfield, a renowned conservationist and wildlife veterinarian, has passed away

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Former chief veterinarian at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore also led the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (Gorilla Doctors) for more than 20 years.
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