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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, slo-pitch, and retrieving golf balls from the woods.
Camp Kirk empowers neurodivergent children and youth to reach new heights and achieve personal growth by providing uniquely tailored recreational and mentorship programs at its overnight summer camp in Kirkfield near Balsam Lake. Proceeds from a concert featuring Bruce Springsteen tribute band The Last of the Duke Street Kings on August 22, 2026 at FLATO Academy Theatre in Lindsay will help subsidize camp fees. (Photo: Camp Kirk)

Benefit concert for Camp Kirk at Lindsay’s Academy Theatre will help subsidize camp fees...

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Bruce Springsteen tribute band The Last of the Duke Street Kings headline August 22 concert supporting overnight summer camp in Kirkfield.
encoreNOW for July 27, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) the Daniel Lanois Trio at Lindsay's FLATO Academy Theatre, "Wild Irish Geese" at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook, "Fly Me to the Moon" at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre, the Port Hope Arts Festival, 10 Minute Sunday at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, and Trans-Canada Highwaymen at Peterborough Musicfest. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – July 27, 2026

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Featuring Daniel Lanois Trio, 'Wild Irish Geese', 'Fly Me to the Moon', Port Hope Arts Festival, 10 Minute Sunday, and Trans-Canada Highwaymen.
Described as Canada's greatest party band, Toronto collective Dwayne Gretzky will perform for the sixth time at Peterborough Musicfest with a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park on July 29, 2026. (Photo: Geoff Fitzgerald)

Pop-rock music time machine that is Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday...

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Toronto-based ensemble makes a sixth Del Crary Park visit on July 29 to breathe new life into classic songs.
Niagara Region brass-funk band My Son The Hurricane performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 25, 2026. (Photo: Colin Smith)

My Son The Hurricane set to unleash a brass-funk spectacle at Peterborough Musicfest on...

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The frenetic Niagara band will pack the Del Crary Park stage on July 25 with horns, drums, singers, choreography, and an irresistible invitation to dance.
Actor Lindsay Wilson talks to Jasper Chesser in a scene from "Wild Irish Geese" as (left to right) Padrick Wilson, Indigo Chesser, and Darragh O'Connell look on during a media day event at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook on July 22, 2026. Megan Murphy's play about the Peter Robinson emigration returns to the Winslow Farm from August 4 to 29 after its sold-out world premiere last summer. (Photo: Jordan Lyall / kawarthaNOW)

‘Wild Irish Geese’ takes flight again at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook from August...

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Almost 10,000 people saw Megan Murphy's moving and humorous account of the Peter Robinson emigration during its acclaimed 2025 run.
Jenni Cathcart, one of four candidates vying for two Town Ward seats on Peterborough city council in the October municipal election, placing an election lawn sign. The first-time candidate tells kawarthaNOW that three of her election signs, including one on the lawn of her own Homewood Avenue home, were taken by someone in the middle of the day on July 20, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Jenni Cathcart campaign)

Brazen daylight theft of election lawn signs leaves Peterborough councillor candidate upset and disappointed

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Town Ward candidate Jenni Cathcart says sign on her front lawn among three stolen from Homewood Avenue properties.
Canadian alt-rocker Matthew Good and His Band perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 22, 2026. (Photo: Kieron Yates)

Matthew Good brings three decades of uncompromising alt-rock to Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday night

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July 22 concert with his band at Del Crary Park will see the BC native run through his extensive catalogue of Matthew Good Band songs and solo songs.
Award-winning roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Julian Taylor performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 18, 2026. (Photo: Lisa MacIntosh)

Julian Taylor’s remarkable musical journey leads him to Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday night

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The multi-awarded singer-songwriter and guitarist will headline Musicfest's July 18 'Woven Stories' celebration of Indigenous artists at Del Crary Park.
The United Way Peterborough & District's incoming campaign chair Tiffany Arcari with the non-profit organization's newly appointed CEO Jason Seguya during an announcement of her appointment at the United Way's office on July 15, 2026. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Tiffany Arcari to chair United Way Peterborough & District’s 2026-27 campaign

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The Peterborough social media personality and host of The Tiffany Show will lead more than 20 volunteers in championing the organization's annual fundraising campaign.
encoreNOW for July 13, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) the North of Nowhere Music Festival in Lindsay, "In The Key of Blue" at Peterborough's Showplace Performance Centre, "Barnful of Broadway - Love Changes Everything" at Campbellford's Westben, Matthew Good at Peterborough Musicfest, Paul Reddick at the River Time Blues Festival in Port Hope, and Karen Parker and Diana Frances in "Leave it to Cleavage" at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – July 13, 2026

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Featuring North of Nowhere Music Festival, 'In the Key of Blue', Barnful of Broadway, Matthew Good, River Time Blues Festival, and 'Leave it to Cleavage'.
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