Monday, May 6, 2024
Authors Articles by Bruce Head

Articles by Bruce Head

Bruce Head
580 Articles
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.
Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts addresses the media in August 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough police video)

Peterborough police chief continues to defend decision to charge store clerk who assaulted would-be...

Bruce Head -
Stuart Betts says he has seen video footage of January 5 incident that resulted in suspect being airlifted to Toronto with head injuries.
Peterborough poet Jon Hedderwick performing his one-man play "Bubie's Tapes" as a work in progress during Fleshy Thud's Precarious3 Festival in 2021. With direction and dramaturgy by Kate Story, Hedderwick will bring the final work to the stage at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough from January 17 to 21, 2024. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough poet Jon Hedderwick’s play explores antisemitism through his great-grandmother’s words

Bruce Head -
Public Energy presents 'Bubie's Tapes' for five performances at The Theatre On King from January 17 to 21.
Bill Lett Jr., principal of Peterborough-based Unity Design Studio, previously known as Lett Architects Inc. Along with the rebranding, the firm is also expanding with two new locations in Collingwood and Kitchener. (Photo and graphic: Unity Design Studio)

Peterborough’s Lett Architects rebrands as Unity Design Studio and expands

Bruce Head -
Originally founded in 1968, architectural firm is opening new locations in Collingwood and Kitchener.
Peter and Anna Bouzinelos, owners of The Pizza Factory at 1000 Lansdowne Street West in Peterborough, closed their iconic restaurant on January 29, 2023 after almost 43 years in business. Anna herself first began working at The Pizza Factory in 1981, the year after Peter opened it with his friend Tom Malakos. Anna and Peter married in 1992 and have raised four children, two of whom were working at the restaurant when it closed. (Photo courtesy of Peter Bouzinelos)

kawarthaNOW’s top 23 stories of 2023

Bruce Head -
Our most-read, most-shared, and most interesting stories from the past 12 months.
Zero Mostel (middle) performs as Tevye in the original production of "Fiddler on the Roof" which opened on Broadway in September 1964. Almost 60 years later, the Peterborough Theatre Guild will stage a production of the beloved musical at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough from February 16 to 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Photofest, Inc.)

Peterborough Theatre Guild returns to Showplace stage with beloved musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’...

Bruce Head -
Award-winning Broadway hit about a Jewish patriarch's struggle to maintain cultural traditions in pre-revolutionary Russia turns 60 in 2024.
For New Stages Peterborough's production of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," the stage at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre is transformed into a radio station in Bedford Falls on Christmas Eve in 1946, set to air a radio version of the classic Christmas film to millions of people before a live "studio" audience. Pictured from left to right are musical director and pianist Gabriel Vaillant and actors Megan Murphy, M. John Kennedy, Kerry Griffin, Brad Brackenridge, and Ordena Stephens-Thompson, who perform all the characters from the movie and also create all of the sound effects. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Clarence gets his wings during New Stages production of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A...

Bruce Head -
Five actors perform all the roles from the classic film, along with sound effects, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough until December 17.
Peterborough's artist-run centre Artspace turns 50 in 2024. It was founded in 1974 by late artists Dennis Tourbin and David Bierk and was originally located at 440 Water Street at Brock Street, a building that no longer exists. (Photo: Artspace website)

Peterborough’s Artspace, one of Canada’s oldest artist-run art centres, is turning 50

Bruce Head -
Non-profit organization was founded in 1974 by late artists Dennis Tourbin and David Bierk.
Christy Bruce, Madison Hayes-Crook, Zoë O'Connor, Paul Constable, Steve Ross, and Robbie Fenton perform in "Jack – A Beanstalk Panto" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, with 'nice' and 'naughty' performances until December 23, 2023. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

‘Hysterically funny’ panto a highlight of the holiday season at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre

Bruce Head -
Along with 'Jack – A Beanstalk Panto', the Capitol presents its annual Festival of Lights and Trees and four concerts during December.
Globus Theatre is presenting its 16th annual traditional British panto "Puss in Boots" for eight public performances from December 8 to 17, 2023. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon presents its 16th annual traditional British panto with ‘Puss in...

Bruce Head -
Written by Sarah Quick and featuring both community and professional actors, the family-friendly show runs for eight public performances from December 8 to 17.
Hadi Jakmora, founder and CEO of the startup Quest It Inc., won the Cubs' Lairs entrepreneurial competition on November 30, 2023 at Erben in downtown Peterborough. Matt Anderson of Chemong City Greens and Nicholas Landon of Course Sync Inc. were the second and third place winners at the event organized by the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Founder of Quest It mobile app wins Cubs’ Lairs entrepreneurial competition

Bruce Head -
Hadi Jakmora wins $3,000 grand prize, with second and third place going to Matt Anderson of Chemong City Greens and Nicholas Landon of Course Sync Inc.
1...345...58Page 4 of 58

Become a #kawarthaNOW fan

27,886FollowersLike
23,666FollowersFollow
18,055FollowersFollow

Sign up for kawarthNOW's Enews

Sign up for our VIP Enews

kawarthaNOW.com offers two enews options to help readers stay in the know. Our VIP enews is delivered weekly every Wednesday morning and includes exclusive giveaways, and our news digest is delivered daily every morning. You can subscribe to one or both.




Submit your event for FREE!

Use our event submission form to post your event on our website — for free. To submit editorial content or ideas, please contact us.

EDITOR'S PICKS

SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS




© Copyright kawarthaNOW® 1996 - 2024. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission, or republication strictly prohibited. Trademarks owned by kawarthaNOW include kawarthaNOW®, Keep It In The Kawarthas®, Web Sites That Work®, Kawartha Localist™, Know Your Locals™, businessNOW™, musicNOW™, artNOW™, nightlifeNOW™, encoreNOW™, and KNosh™.