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A few of the more than 50 films screening during the 2025 annual ReFrame Film Festival of social and environmental documentary films, which runs from January 23 to February 2 with in-person screenings from January 23 to 26 in downtown Peterborough and virtual screenings from January 27 to February 2. Pictured are posters for "Agent of Happiness", "Razing Liberty Square", "The Monarch Ultra", "My Dad's Tapes", "The Wild Path Home", "Logging Algonquin", "House with a Voice", and "The Day Iceland Stood Still". (kawarthaNOW collage)

ReFrame Film Festival announces more than 50 movies to be screened during 2025 hybrid festival

encoreNOW for December 9, 2024 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Ballet Jörgen's "The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition" at Showplace on December 11, "Up To Snow Good" at the Peterborough Theatre Guild from December 11 to 15, the Elmer Iseler Singers with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra at Emmanuel United Church on December 14, "A Cozy Christmas" at Showplace Performance Centre on December 15, the Sultans of String and musical guests at Cobourg's Victoria Hall on December 19, and Victoria Yeh's "Timeless" concert at the Market Hall on December 21. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – December 9, 2024

Young musicians in the Kawartha Youth Orchestra's Upbeat! after-school program will perform a "Carol of the Bells" recital on December 12, 2024 at All Saints Anglican Church in Peterborough. Admission is by donation, with proceeds supporting the fully subsidized program for children and youth aged eight to 14 who face barriers to music education. (Photo: Kawartha Youth Orchestra / Facebook)

Concert will raise funds for Kawartha Youth Orchestra’s subsidized music program for area children and youth

The Weber Brothers Band continues their annual tradition of benefit concerts during the holidays with "A Weber Brothers Christmas" at the Gordon Best Theatre on Saturday night, with a portion of proceeds going to Right To Heal PTBO. (Photo via The Weber Brothers / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – December 5 to 11

The IndigiBabes, a Toronto-based burlesque collective created by Indigenous artists, activists, and aunties, performed at the 2022 Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) at Trent University. The artist lottery for the 2025 edition of NIFF, which runs from June 19 to 22 at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, is open until February 10. (Photo courtesy of NIFF)

Artist lottery underway for 2025 Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival

Founded by the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, the Elmer Iseler Singers is an award-winning 20-voice professional choral ensemble that regularly tours across Canada engaging community singers and conductors of all ages through workshops and concert performances. (Photo: Mark Rash)

Award-winning Elmer Iseler Singers to join the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra for annual holiday concert

Kingston-based singer-songwriter Chris Koster, former guitarist with The Glorious Sons, performs at Erben in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night with Peterborough's own Dylan Ireland opening. (Photo via Chris Koster / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – November 28 to December 4

Canadian musician Cris Cuddy, who has many ties to Peterborough, is fighting a rare form of blood cancer. Peterborough singer-songwriter "dennis" O'Toole is organizing a benefit for Cuddy taking place at The Social in downtown Peterborough on December 7, 2024. Confirmed performers so far include Pat Temple and the HiLo Players, former Prairie Oyster frontman Russell deCarle and his longtime guitarist Steve Briggs, Washboard Hank and Sweet Muriel, O'Toole fronting his new band Old Soul, Al Black, Dave MacQuarrie, Andy Pryde, and Pineapple Frank Barth. (Photo: Stuart Blower)

Benefit for Canadian musician Cris Cuddy to bring several of his longtime collaborators together in one room

encoreNOW for November 25, 2024 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Peterborough Theatre Guild's "Dorothy in Wonderland - The Musical" from November 29 to December 8, Peterborough Singers' "Yuletide Cheer" on November 30, The Barra MacNeils East Coast Christmas in Lindsay on December 3, In From The Cold in Peterborough on December 6 and 7, Globus Theatre's "Aladdin" from December 6 to 15, and New Stages Theatre's "A Christmas Carol Comedy" from December 11 to 14. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – November 25, 2024

The Queen of Hearts confronts Alice and Dorothy during a dress rehearsal for the Peterborough Theatre Guild's holiday production of Brian D. Taylor's "Dorothy in Wonderland - The Musical", which runs for nine public performances from November 29 to December 8, 2024. The musical combines the whimsical worlds and characters of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland" to create a brand new family-friendly adventure. (Photo: Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Whimsical worlds collide in Peterborough Theatre Guild’s holiday production of ‘Dorothy in Wonderland – The Musical’

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