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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.
Levantine Grill is owned and operated by banker Hashem Yakan and chef Imad Mahfouz, who previously owned a restaurant in Damascus, Syria. The pair have been named Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year by the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce. (Photo: Levantine Grill)

Levantine Grill owners recognized as Peterborough chamber announces business award finalists

Along with Imad Mahfouz and Hashem Yakan as Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year, Fox Law's Nicole Truman is Businesswoman of the Year.
Peterborough Theatre Guild has announced its 2023-24 season featuring six plays including the family play "The Enchanted Bookshop" in December and the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" at Showplace Performance Centre in February. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied images)

Peterborough Theatre Guild announces its 2023-24 season from September to May

Plays include God of Carnage, Paradiso Inn, The Enchanted Bookshop, Fiddler on the Roof, Willow Quartet, and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl.
The cast of "Little Shop of Horrors" in rehearsal at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. The award-winning horror-comedy rock musical first staged off-Broadway in 1982 runs for 27 performances from August 11 to September 3, 2023. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Reinvented production of musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ comes to Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre

Directed by the Capitol's Rob Kempson, award-winning horror-comedy rock musical about a flesh-eating plant runs for 27 performances from August 11 to September 3.
"Tip of the Iceberg" co-playwright and songwriter Chris Rait along with actors Mark Whelan and Rick Hughes during a rehearsal for the musical comedy, which runs for 12 performances from August 2 to 12, 2023 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (Photo: Globus Theatre)

Inspiring musical comedy ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ comes to Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre

Starring co-playwright and songwriter Chris Rait and actors Mark Whelan and Rick Hughes, play runs for 12 performances from August 2 to 12.
Tiny Greens owner and operator Tina Bromley, who opened her plant store in downtown Peterborough in 2017, was one of six local business owners who participated in Community Futures Peterborough's ScaleUP pilot program in 2022. Through a partnership with Scotiabank, the program returns in 2023 with 12 spaces available for entrepreneurs who need help scaling up their businesses. (Photo courtesy of Tiny Greens)

Community Futures Peterborough program will help 12 local entrepreneurs grow their businesses

Following successful pilot last year, ScaleUP program returns in 2023 with applications open until August 25.
Noblegen founder and CEO Adam Noble with co-founder and previous executive VP Dr. Andressa Lacerda in 2016. (Photo: Lucia Graca Remedios / Noblegen)

Peterborough biotech startup Noblegen acquired by American company

Noblegen will now operate under the name Solar Biotech Canada.
Peterborough author Matthew Flagler with copies of his new book "Held to the Fire," which he calls an authentic retelling of the most tragic event in the city's history: the 1916 explosion and fire that destroyed the Quaker Oats plant on Hunter Street and claimed the lives of 24 workers. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Flagler)

Peterborough resident Matthew Flagler writes new book about 1916 Quaker Oats fire and explosion

The great-grandson of hero Dennis O'Brien, Flagler's 'Held to the Fire' tells the story of the disaster through the eyes of those who were there.
Globus Theatre's original murder mystery dinner theatre show "The Great Palm Tree Beach Tiki Bar Tragedy", running for 10 performances from July 19 to 29, 2023 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon features five performers playing the prime murder suspects (from left to right, top and bottom): Kevin Sepaul, Jennine Profeta, Dave Pearce, Connor Thompson, Kerry Griffin, and Sarah Quick. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Solve a tropical murder mystery while enjoying dinner at Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre

'The Great Palm Tree Beach Tiki Bar Tragedy', starring some of Canada's best improvisers and performers, runs for 10 performances from July 19 to 29.
All Juno award winners, indie folk-rock musician Dan Mangan, alt-country rockers The Sadies, and Oshawa indie pop band Dizzy are three of the musical acts performing at the 2023 Peterborough Folk Festival's admission-by-donation weekend at Nicholls Oval Park on August 19 and 20. (kawarthaNOW collage of artist photos)

Peterborough Folk Festival announces full line-up including Juno winners Dan Mangan, The Sadies, and...

Weekend festival on August 19 and 20 at Nicholls Oval Park also features local performers including Evangeline Gentle, Matthew Holtby, Victoria Yeh, Nicholas Campbell, and more.
A member of Hiawartha First Nation, Barry Payne is a successful Indigenous entrepreneur who is now working with the Canadian federal government to assist Indigenous businesses to bid on on federal contracting opportunities. (Photo: Barry Payne)

Veteran Indigenous entrepreneur Barry Payne joins Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas

Hiawatha First Nation member will help non-profit organization extend reach of its entrepreneurship program to Indigenous communities.

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