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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.
Globus Theatre has brought together some of Canada's best improvisers and performers (left to right, top and bottom: Kevin Sepaul, Jennine Profeta, Dave Pearce, Greg Komorowski, ames Barrett, and Kerry Griffin) for Sarah Quick's interactive comic dinner murder mystery "Who Killed the King" at Bobcaygeon's Lakeview Arts Barn for 10 performances from July 24 to August 3, 2024. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Elvis has left the building permanently in Globus Theatre’s new summer murder mystery

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Interactive dinner theatre show 'Who Killed the King' runs July 24 to August 3 at Bobcaygeon's Lakeview Arts Barn, with add-on mystery experience Downtown Detective Trail.
Juno award-winning alt-rockers July Talk will be headlining the Peterborough Folk Festival on August 17, 2024, with local roots rockers The Spades reuniting for the first time in six years to open. (Photo: Calm Elliott Armstrong)

July Talk are Saturday night headliners at Peterborough Folk Festival, with reunited The Spades...

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Festival organizers announce full line-up for free-admission family-friendly weekend at Nicholls Oval Park on August 17 and 18.
On July 14 and 15, 2004, a storm dumped as much as much as 240 millimetres (9.5 inches) of rain on the City of Peterborough, with much of it falling within a five-hour period on the morning of July 15. Pictured is Charlotte St. in downtown Peterborough looking east to George St. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

It’s been 20 years since Peterborough’s historic flood

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On July 15, 2004, an estimated 14 billion litres of rain fell on the city in a single day, overwhelming the city's storm water and sewer systems.
Award-winning performer and playwright Rebecca Perry is the woman with the golden gun in a promotional photo for her show "Bond, James Bond: The Music of 007", which is coming to Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre from July 17 to 21, 2024. In addition to singing all 25 theme songs of the James Bond film franchise, Perry will present entertaining facts about the songs and their singers, the actors who played Bond and the unforgettable Bond girls, as well as the legacy of the Bond franchise itself. (Photo: Sly Pereira)

The music of James Bond comes to Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre for five days in...

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Rebecca Perry will perform all 25 theme songs in her show 'Bond, James Bond: The Music of 007' from July 17 to 21.
The Peterborough Theatre Guild will be presenting six productions for its 2024-25 season running from September to May. (Graphics courtesy of Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Peterborough Theatre Guild presenting six productions for its 2024-25 season

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Plays include a one-act comedy and one-act drama, two family-friendly musicals, a historical drama, and two romantic dramas.
Globus Theatre's production of Kristen Da Silva's poignant comedy "Where You Are" at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon from July 3 to 13, 2024 features (left to right, top and bottom) Anna Silvija Broks as Glenda, Joanne Latimer as Suzanne, Tara Koehler as Beth, and Josh Johnston as Patrick. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre presents Kristen Da Silva’s poignant comedy ‘Where You Are’ from July...

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Play about love, family, forgiveness, and loss runs for 11 performances at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
New Stages Theatre's artistic director Mark Wallace announced the theatre company's 2024-25 season at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on June 9, 2024. New Stages has released more details of each of the productions in the coming season, with season subscriptions now available. (Photo courtesy of New Stages)

Peterborough’s New Stages Theatre announces a nine-play season for 2024-25

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Subscription packages available for September to June season, which includes another holiday production and return of popular week-long Brand New Stages Festival.
Councillor Dave Haacke makes a point during a discussion at city council's meeting on June 24, 2024 about the city's plan to take economic development and tourism services in-house after a decision not to renew a funding agreement with Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development at the end of the year. Haacke was one of three councillors who changed their vote after council had unanimously supported the plan when meeting as general committee on June 17. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Three councillors change mind about City of Peterborough plan to take on economic development

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Council voted to proceed with plan, and also voted for motion encouraging federal and provincial governments to increase support for college boards.
Jasbir Raina, CAO of the City of Peterborough, responds to questions from councillors during city council's general committee meeting on June 17, 2024 about a staff report proposing a new economic development and tourism model for the city. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

City council unanimously endorses Peterborough’s new economic development and tourism plan

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With Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development dissolving at end of year, city will take services in-house for the first time in over 25 years.
Vancouver-based rock band Chilliwack (Jerry Adolphe, Ed Henderson, Bill Henderson, and Gord Maxwell) in 2018. The band will perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 10, 2024. (Photo: Erich Saide)

Chilliwack and Legends of Motown round out Peterborough Musicfest’s summer season

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Festival has also announced Griffen Palmer will open for Tenille Townes and Dee Holt will open for Rêve.
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