Sunday, October 1, 2023
Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

Canadian roots band Sultans of String has just released its ninth album "Walking Through the Fire," which includes collaborations with award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island. The band is launching a months-long tour in support of the album, including a stop at Lindsay's Flato Academy Theatre on October 4, 2023. Joining Sultans of String on stage will be Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird, Don Ross, Leela Gilday, and The North Sound, with virtual guests on the big screen including Dr. Duke Redbird, the Northern Cree Pow Wow group, and more. (Photo courtesy of Sultans of String)

Sultans of String’s trailblazing ‘Walking Through the Fire’ collaboration with Indigenous artists coming to Lindsay

Peterborough emerging ceramicist Kirsti Smith accidentally discovered her creative passion after being put into the wrong class while attending the University of Waterloo for art and business. The class changed her life and now, 10 years later, she has thousands of social media followers, her work displayed in local galleries, and is about to move into her own studio space, rented out of the back of Watson & Lou in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Kirsti Smith)

Viral Peterborough ceramicist Kirsti Smith ‘accidentally’ stumbled upon her passion

This Thursday night and next Thursday night (September 28), Peterborough pianist Rob Phillips is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Jazz & Blues Night at the Black Horse Pub in Peterborough. He's performed more than 525 shows at the popular downtown pub. (Photo courtesy of Rob Phillips)

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As part of its 30th anniversary season from November to April, Public Energy Performing Arts is presenting "Izzie M: The Alchemy of Enfreakment" by Indigenous artist collective Chocolate Woman Collective, created by and featuring Monique Mojica (pictured) along with Barry Bilinsky. It will be performed at Nozhem: First Peoples' Performance Space at Trent University on March 8 and 9, 2024. (Photo: Jillian Sutherland)

Peterborough’s Public Energy Performing Arts announces its 30th anniversary season

British comedian Chris Gibbs will perform as Barnaby Gibbs, the bumbling chronicler of brilliant Victorian London detective Antoine Feval, in "The Case of the Mysterious Mystery: A Not Quite Sherlock Mystery" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on September 23, 2023. (Supplied photo)

Chris Gibbs brings the latest instalment of his Sherlock Holmes spoof to Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre

Haliburton Highlands theatre company Ctrl-ART-Del hosted the Canadian premiere of Toby McShane's irreverent black comedy "Cherubs" at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton in spring 2023. Originally formed to present contemporary theatre that appeals to young working age adults and to provide younger adults with opportunities to participate in theatrical production, the company is expanding its focus to include teens, with an acting class for for teens and young adults this fall. (Photo: Ctrl-ART-Del)

Haliburton theatre company Ctrl-ART-Del offering fall acting course for teens and young adults

From St. John's in Newfoundland, Brookfield Line will perform their original retro-style pop-rock songs at the Ganaraksa Hotel in Port Hope on Saturday night with Peterborough's Matthew Holtby and Cobourg's Harry Hannah opening. (Photo: Riley Harnett)

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ReFrame Film Festival's festival director Kait Dueck (kneeling) with Showplace Performance Centre volunteers at the 2023 ReFrame Film Festival. Preparations are underway for the 20th anniversary festival in 2024, which will continue the online screenings that began during the pandemic but will reintroduce a series of in-person events. (Photo: Amelia Foley)

Peterborough’s ReFrame gearing up for 20th anniversary film festival with both online and in-person events

In playwright Keith Barker's award-winning play "This is How We Got Here," a close-knit family living in Canada's north struggles to deal with the aftermath of a sudden and tragic loss, when a visit from a mysterious fox bearing a curious gift changes everything. Peterborough's New Stages Theatre will kick off its 2023-24 season with a staged reading of the play at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on October 1, 2023. (Photo: Jeremy Vessey)

Peterborough’s New Stages Theatre kicks off 2023-24 season with ‘This is How We Got Here’

Los Angeles glam metal band Steel Panther is performing at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday night as part of their On The Prowl world tour, with Toronto-based rock quartet BRKN LOVE opening. (Photo: Dave Jackson)

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