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Articles by Bruce Head

Bruce Head
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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.
Edmonton artist Jill Stanton on the scissor lift under the Hunter St. Bridge in Peterborough. After completing a pencil outline, she has begun to paint her bloodroot mural design. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Edmonton artist Jill Stanton painting second Hunter St. bridge mural in Peterborough

Stanton's bloodroot-themed design expected to be completed by September.
Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen) will kick off the 2016 Peterborough Folk Festival weekend with a ticketed kick-off concert at Showplace Performance Centre on Friday, August 19 (publicity photo)

Bahamas to kick off Peterborough Folk Festival along with local emerging artist Nick Procyshyn

Two days of free concerts in August also feature Born Ruffians, Royal Wood, Craig Cardiff, and a roster of local musicians.
Summer is synonymous with beer, and the return of the Kawartha Craft Beer Festival in June is one sure sign summer is on the way (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Eight sure signs summer is coming to The Kawarthas

BBQ, cafes, farmers' markets, outdoor music, drive-ins, camping, beer, and more.
Hugh Thompson as Len Jacobsen and Stephan James as Mattie Slaughter in Across The Line (photo: Samy Inayeh)

Acclaimed racial drama Across The Line screens at the Market Hall on April 16

A71 Entertainment's Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie bring another big-screen indie film to Peterborough.
Aleks Paunovic as Lee and Marie Avgeropoulos as Cheryl in the Canadian indie adventure-thriller "Numb", which screens at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 23 (photo: Jan Kiesser)

Peterborough natives bring indie thriller Numb to the Market Hall on March 23

A71 Entertainment's Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie shine the spotlight on talented Canadian filmmakers.
A detailed look at some of the paddles hand-crafted by Manitoba aboriginal students and displayed at the Canadian Canoe Museum's first Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg (photo: Canadian Canoe Museum)

Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum helps aboriginal youth connect to their heritage

Students display hand-crafted canoe paddles at museum's Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg.
If you're a fan of Mondays, you'll be happy that we get an extra one this year on February 29

Eight things you may not know about the leap year

Why we get an extra day of winter on Monday, February 29.
The existing hydroelectric station on the Otonabee River at London Street in Peterborough currently produces 4 megawatts of hydroelectric power. The new generating station will produce an additional 6 megawatts of green power by the summer of 2016.

More green power for Peterborough coming this summer

New hydroelectric generating station on the Otonabee River expected to go online by end of June.
Wendy Trusler and Carol Devine, authors of "The Antarctic Book Of Cooking And Cleaning: A Polar Journey", in Antarctica in 1996

Peterborough’s Wendy Trusler on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter

She and co-author Carol Devine discuss their book "The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning" with host Shelagh Rogers.
Canadian musical icon Tom Wilson performs as Lee Harvey Osmond at the Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough on February 12 (photo: Jen Squires)

Tom Wilson brings his beautiful scars to Peterborough on February 12

Wilson's band Lee Harvey Osmond performs with Mayhemingways at Gordon Best Theatre.

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