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Peterborough's SPARK Photo Festival has partnered with Sparkplug Coffee and PhotoED Magazine for 'Focus on Coffee', a national competition seeking creative coffee-themed photography. The winner of the competition, open until April 25, 2021, will receive a year's worth of Sparkplug coffee and PhotoED Magazine, will have their photo featured on a special edition of Sparkplug Coffee and at the 2021 SPARK Photo Festival. (Supplied photo)

Peterborough’s SPARK Photo Festival expands reach with national coffee-themed photography competition

SPARK has partnered with Sparkplug Coffee and PhotoED Magazine for 'Focus on Coffee' competition that includes four prizes for the winning photographer

Sarah McNeilly - April 13, 2021

Canadian rockers Big Wreck perform in the Peterborough Memorial Centre parking lot on July 2, 2021, as one of the first six shows announced as part of the new PTBOLive Summer Concert Series. Kawartha Lakes band Heaps will open. (Photo: Warner Music Canada)

First six shows announced of new summer drive-in concert series at Peterborough Memorial Centre

A detail of "Towards the Tower" (watercolour and ink on paper) by Karin McLean, a self-taught artist who lives in Peterborough. McLean is one of the many local artists participating in the Artspace 50/50 Auction, which takes place online from April 26 to May 6, 2021. Proceeds from the auction are split equally between participating artists and the non-profit artist-run centre. (Photo: Bec Groves / Artspace)

Get your art on(line) at Peterborough’s Artspace 50/50 auction from April 26 to May 6

Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon announces summer season going ahead with comedy, mystery, music, and more

4th Line Theatre in Millbrook is Canada's premier outdoor theatre company. (Photo: 4th Line Theatre / Facebook)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre postpones first play of 2021 summer season due to the pandemic

March 31, 2021

Following a pilot project last fall that saw The Sheepdogs and three other bands perform at two drive-in concerts in the Peterborough Memorial Centre parking lot, plans are in the works for six more drive-in concerts to be staged in summer 2021, with Showplace Performance Centre and Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on board to assist with programming. (Photo: Kate O'Neill)

Drive-in concert series at Peterborough Memorial Centre planned for the summer

March 24, 2021

The Netflix action comedy film "Thunder Force" starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as recently reunited childhood best friends who develop superpowers in a world where supervillains are commonplace. It premieres on Netflix on Friday, April 9th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2021

March 24, 2021

The Grove Theatre is a community-driven 450-seat open-air venue built into the garden grove of the Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds. It will host theatrical productions, concerts, community activities, and more. (Photo courtesy of The Grove Theatre)

New outdoor Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls postpones inaugural summer production

March 19, 2021

With the help of his long-time friend and fellow musician Shane Davey (top right), Sean Daniels (top left) has created "Virtually Peterborough", a new virtual venue that allows musicians to rehearse and perform ensemble music live, in real time and without lag, as long as they have a high-speed internet connection. (Photo courtesy of Sean Daniels)

‘Virtually Peterborough’ is a game-changer for local musicians performing together online

March 16, 2021

Selwyn Township's Ashton Kelly sings in "Life in a Pandemic (don't it stink)", a pandemic parody video set to the tune of Alanis Morissette's 1996 hit "Ironic". Ashton and her mom Deborah wrote the original lyrics, while Ashton's stepfather Mark Russell filmed and edited. This is the second pandemic parody video created by the family, who released one in April 2020 set to the tune of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". (Screenshot)

Selwyn Township family releases second parody video on pandemic anniversary

March 13, 2021

Peterborough musician Rick Fines has been nominaed for a 2021 Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year for his latest record "Solar Powered Too". (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Peterborough musician Rick Fines nominated for 2021 Juno Award

March 9, 2021

Students participating in klusterfork's online musical theatre workshop with Stratford Festival actor Steve Ross in October 2020. klusterfork's spring 2021 Learn OnLine (LOL) Unique Access Workshops offer live, intimate, and interactive classes with the best in Canada's entertainment industry, suitable for beginners, professionals, and everyone in between. (Graphic courtesy of klusterfork entertainment)

Peterborough’s klusterfork offers online lessons from the best in Canada’s entertainment industry

March 9, 2021

Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough is replacing the 647 aging seats in the Erica Cherney Theatre, including 368 on the main floor and 279 in the balcony. To help raise funds for the seat replacement, the non-profit organization will be offering the general public the opportunity to purchase seat-naming rights. Showplace is first seeking to locate more than 200 donors (or their families) who purchased the naming rights for the original seats when the theatre opened in 1996. (Photo courtesy of Showplace Performance Centre)

Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough seeking more than 200 original seat-naming donors from 1996

March 8, 2021

Peterborough actor Beau Dixon will perform Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's critically acclaimed "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" live from Market Hall Performing Arts Centre at 8 p.m. on March 13, 2021. Presented by Public Energy with support from 4th Line Theatre, the performance is part of the global 'Let There Be Theatre' project, marking the one-year anniversary of theatres going dark because of the pandemic. (Publicity photo)

Beau Dixon to perform in first live theatre show at Peterborough’s Market Hall in over a year

March 6, 2021

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