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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.
Jens Kruger, Joel Landsberg, and Uwe Kruger are The Kruger Brothers, who will be performing a special benefit concert at the Market Hall on Wednesday, November 15th presented by Kawartha Cardiology Clinic. (Publicity photo)

The Kruger Brothers perform new American folk music for a good cause

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Innovative trio of acoustic musicians play a benefit concert at Peterborough's Market Hall on November 15.
Otonabee-based author Barbara Mitchell has written a biography of her ancestor Philip Turnor, an 18th-century surveyor for the Hudson Bay's Company. Here Mitchell views Turnor's 1794 map for the first time. (Supplied photo)

Local author Barbara Mitchell writes biography of her 18th-century mapmaking ancestor

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An excerpt from 'Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of Enlightenment'
Replicas of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, at the Bradbury Science Museum at Los Alamos in New Mexico. The radioctive ore used to create the uranium core of "Little Boy" was mined in Canada's north and then transported by indigenous labourers, who were never warned about the dangers of the radiation. (Photo: Larry Lamsa / Flickr)

Documentary chronicles how Canada’s role in the atomic bomb affected an indigenous community

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Peterborough filmmaker Peter Blow's award-winning 1999 film "Village of Widows" screens at Evans Contemporary on October 26,
Over the past six weeks, performance artist Brian Solomon has been working with community members and professional dance artists to choreograph "Nogojiwanong Rite of Spring", an Indigenous re-envisioning of the 1913 avant-garde ochestral ballet by Igor Stravinsky. The free community dance performance, with Stravinsky's original score re-imagined and performed by Indigenous musician Melody McKiver, takes place October 19 and 20 at an Anishinaabe burial site in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Public Energy)

An Indigenous re-imagining of one of the 20th century’s most notorious performances

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Public Energy presents Brian Solomon's "Nogojiwanong Rite of Spring" community dance performance October 19 and 20 in downtown Peterborough.
Toronto folk singer-songwriter Peter Katz is performing at the Market Hall in Peterborough on Saturday, October 14th, with special guest opener Megan Bonnell. A surprise musical guest will also be sharing the stage for a few songs.

Folk musician Peter Katz performs at the Market Hall on October 14, with a...

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Along with guest opener Megan Bonnell, a famous local talent will join the acclaimed Toronto singer-songwriter.
Toronto-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Chloe Charles performs at the Market Hall in Peterborough on Thursday, October 5th, with special guest opener Mary-Kate Edwards. (Photo: Jen Squires)

Canadian singer-songwriter Chloe Charles is a unique talent who deserves to be heard

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Genre-defying musician brings her rich fusion of folk, pop, jazz, soul, and classical to Peterborough's Market Hall on October 5.
Rhonda Causton of Omemee, owner of Reel Twisted FX, works on actor Jarrett Siddall during production of the short horror film Latched, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10. (Photo: Bokeh Collective)

Omemee FX makeup artist Rhonda Causton’s twisted work premieres at TIFF

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Horror film Latched, filmed near Fenelon Falls, is the opening short film for the festival on September 10.
Michelle McLeod, who grew up in Peterborough's theatre community, has the leading role in "Don't Talk To Irene" which also stars Bruce Gray, Geena Davis, Scott Thompson, and Anastasia Phillips. The new film, written and directed by Pat Mills, premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2017. (Publicity photo)

Peterborough native Michelle McLeod has her breakout film role in Don’t Talk to Irene

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Feel-good movie premieres at Toronto International Film Festival on September 11.
Peterborough's Michael Sutherland has become a Facebook celebrity as he makes his way on foot to Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Photo: Brian Stan McCrae / Facebook)

Peterborough man becomes Facebook celebrity as he walks to Nova Scotia

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Almost 10,000 people are following Michael Sutherland's bucket-list journey.
Around 70% of the sun is obscured by the moon in this photo of the May 20, 2012 partial solar eclipse taken in San Juan Capistrano in California. This is similar to how the sun will appear in the Kawarthas -- if viewed using protective eyewear -- during the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, although the moon will be obscuring the sun from below. (Photo: Wikimedia)

What to expect in the Kawarthas during the solar eclipse on August 21

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Almost 70% of the sun will be obscured by the moon, but you'll need eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector to safely view it.
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