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Paul Rellinger a.k.a Relly is an award-winning journalist and longtime former newspaper editor still searching for the perfect lead. When he's not putting pen to paper, Paul is on a sincere but woefully futile quest to own every postage stamp ever issued. A rabid reader of history, Paul claims to know who killed JFK but can't say out of fear for the safety of his oh so supportive wife Mary, his three wonderful kids and his three spirited grandchildren. Paul counts among his passions Peterborough's rich live music scene, the Toronto Maple Leafs, slopitch and retrieving golf balls from the woods. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @rellywrites.
encoreNOW for August 25, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Martin Julien performing "Magic Lies: An Evening with W.O. Mitchell" for New Stages Theatre, Mimi O'Bonsawin, Russell deCarle, Julian Taylor and Logan Staats, Creekside Music Festival, and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's Musical Nature Walk at Tecasy Ranch. (kawarthaNOW collage

encoreNOW – August 25, 2025

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Featuring 'Magic Lies: An Evening with W.O. Mitchell', Mimi O'Bonsawin, Russell deCarle, Julian Taylor and Logan Staats, Creekside Music Festival, and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's Musical Nature Walk.
Gailie and Rick Young have been performing at Peterborough's longest-running jam session, "Crash and Burn" at the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough, every Monday night the past 20 years. A special celebratory Crash and Burn takes place on August 25, 2025 featuring performances by Charlie Horse, Don McBride & The Unlikely Heroes, Dennis O'Toole and Old Soul, and Mike MacCurdy & Friends with Maggie Sabyan. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Rick and Gailie Young’s ‘Crash and Burn’ residency at the Black Horse in downtown...

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August 25 celebration at the George Street North pub will feature multiple musical guests and more than one fabled Gailie hug.
An electrician testing circuits. (Stock photo)

Innovation Cluster’s BuildUP program graduates its first cohort of entrepreneurial tradespeople

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Employment Ontario-funded program gives employed skilled trades workers the basic tools to go it on their own.
Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell will perform songs from his solo career and his former band Max Webster during a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park on August 16, 2025, closing out Peterborough Musicfest's 38th season. (Photo: Al Pettman)

Kim Mitchell closes out Peterborough Musicfest’s 38th season on Saturday night

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Nearly 10 years after a serious health scare, the Canadian rocker's patio lanterns are shining bright with no signs of dimming soon,
The graduates of the Summer Company program administered by the Business Advisory Centre (BAC) of Community Futures Peterborough (CFP) were celebrated at an event on August 13, 2025 at Venture North in downtown Peterborough. The graduates (holding certificates) are, left to right, Bisma Razaque, Neha Mervin, Spencer Toth, and Lauren Connolly (absent are Haydon Meade and Teaghan Hartnett). Also pictured from left to right are Joel Porter on behalf of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, BAC entrepreneurship officer Allison Adam, Peterborough DBIA executive director Nour Mazloum, BAC manager Rose Terry, City of Peterborough economic development director Darryl Julott, CFP executive director Devon Girard (hidden), Peterborough County economic development manager Rhonda Keenan, and Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce vice-president Joel Wiebe. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

Six young entrepreneurs graduate from Community Futures Peterborough’s Summer Company program

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Provincially funded program providing secondary and post-secondary students with start-up money, advice, and mentorship saw a record number of applicants.
Vinnie Alberto as Nolan, Dillan Meighan Chiblow (standing) as Leon, and John Wamsley as Destin in the original musical Rez Gas, co-written by Alderville First Nation singer-songwriter Cale Crowe and Cobourg playwright and actor Genevieve Adam, which has its world premiere at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope for 18 performances from August 22 to September 7, 2025. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Cale Crowe’s original musical ‘Rez Gas’ has its world premiere at the Capitol Theatre...

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Co-created with Cobourg playwright and actor Genevieve Adam, the musical runs for 18 performances from August 22 to September 7.
encoreNOW for August 11, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) "Shirley Valentine" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon, the Peterborough Folk Festival at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough, the Buckhorn Festival of the Arts at the Buckhorn Community Centre, Kerry Griffin and Linda Kash at the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre at Traill College in Peterborough, the Port Hope Jazz Festival at various venues in Port Hope, and "Rez Gas" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – August 11, 2025

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Featuring Globus Theatre, Peterborough Folk Festival, Buckhorn Festival of the Arts, Port Hope Jazz Festival, Kerry Griffin and Linda Kash, and the world premiere of 'Rez Gas',
After leading the Peterborough Musicfest audience in an epic sing-along of hits from the 1980s on August 14, 2024, Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman of Choir! Choir! Choir! are returning to Del Crary Park on August 13, 2025 to do the same with the hits of Queen in a free-admission sing-along concert. (Photo: Peterborough Musicfest / Facebook)

Choir! Choir! Choir! again calls on our collective singing voice at Peterborough Musicfest on...

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Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman return to Del Crary Park August 13 concert to lead an audience performance of Queen hits.
Bringing Irish Week to a close at Peterborough Musicfest, The Celtic Tenors (George Hutton, Daryl Simpson, and Matthew Gilsenan) will perform a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park on August 9, 2025. (Publicity photo)

The Celtic Tenors bring Peterborough Musicfest’s Irish Week to a harmonious close on Saturday...

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Acclaimed trio comes to Del Crary Park direct from Ireland to headline summer music festival on August 9.
Celtic rockers Mudmen performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 6, 2025, with Peterborough fiddler Irish Millie opening. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Celtic rockers Mudmen perform at Peterborough Musicfest Wednesday with local fiddler Irish Millie opening

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A double shot of not-so-traditional and traditional Celtic music maintains Irish Week momentum at Del Crary Park on August 9.
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