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Documentaries have experienced a resurgence at the box office and on streaming services like Netflix, and ReFrame Film Festival is presenting 70 short and feature-length documentary films at the 15th annual festival from January 24-27, 2019 in downtown Peterborough. The final film screening at the festival is "Last Beer at the Pig's Ear", a passionate tribute to the 152-year old legendary Peterborough tavern that closed for good in 2017. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Experience the resurgence of the documentary at ReFrame Film Festival

Seven docs you won't want to miss at the 15th annual film festival running January 24 to 27 in downtown Peterborough

Sam Tweedle - January 15, 2019

The Arrogant Worms (with current members Chris Patterson, Trevor Strong, and Mike McCormick) have been entertaining audiences for years with their parodies of musical genres and humorous on-stage banter. The trio perform at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on January 18, 2019. (Photo: Reinier deSmit)

Musical comedy troupe The Arrogant Worms performs at Peterborough’s Market Hall on January 18

Folk Under the Clock presents Harry Manx, with special guest Steve Marriner of MonkeyJunk, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, January 20, 2019. (Publicity photo)

musicNOW – January 2019

Siblings 14-year-old Amanda and 12-year-old John of Port Hope have only been playing and singing for a year, but are performing their first official gig at Ganarascals Restaurant in Port Hope on Saturday, January 12th. (Photo: Amanda and John / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – January 10 to 16

"The Woman Who Loves Giraffes", a biographical documentary in which Canadian biologist Dr. Anne Innis Dagg re-traces the steps of her groundbreaking 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild, is one of the 70 films screening at the 2019 ReFrame Film Festival in downtown Peterborough. The film will be shown on Saturday, January 26th at Showplace Performance Centre. Dr. Dagg, pictured here feeding giraffes at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, will be attending the ReFrame screening. (Photo: Elaisa Vargas)

Peterborough’s ReFrame Film Festival releases its 2019 schedule

Presented by Red Events and hosted at Bonnie View Inn on Lake Kashawigamog in Haliburton County, Ice Cube Gallery features three ice huts housing the work of four local artists along with local food, music, and more. (Composite photo: Red Events / Patrick Lightheart Art & Design)

Unique event to transform ice huts into an art gallery

January 6, 2019

Paolo Fortin has closed Evans Contemporary and associated galleries Star X and Coeur Nouveau, effective January 1, 2019. The galleries have moved out of their current location at the Commerce Building in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Evans Contemporary / Instagram)

artNOW – January 2019

January 4, 2019

Peterborough's fuzz-folk duo Mayhemingways (Benj Rowland and Josh Fewings) return to the Kawartha Coffee Company in Bobcaygeon at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2019.

nightlifeNOW – January 3 to 9

January 3, 2019

Writer and playwright Tony Diamanti, who lives with cerebral palsy, is one of the four performers in "This is the Point", the award-winning play by Ahuri Theatre about sex, love, and disability coming to the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on January 11, 2019. A free public talk with the artists of Ahuri Theatre about sexuality and disability also takes place on January 9, 2019 at Traill College's Bagnani Hall. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Award-winning play about living with cerebral palsy comes to Market Hall...

January 1, 2019

Naomi DuVall as Samantha (right) with Lindsay Unterlander in Michelle Foster's new short "A New Year's Story". (Photo courtesy of Oblivious Muse Films)

Omemee filmmaker releases a new short for New Year’s

December 29, 2018

Celebrate New Year's Eve at The Venue in downtown Peterborough in Brazilian Carnival style, with a celebration featuring samba drumming group A Fantástica Bateria along with contemporary Brazilian dance music from Batucatronica and DJ Rodrigo Flores. (Photo: Michael Zender)

nightlifeNOW – December 27 to January 2

December 27, 2018

Grace Thompson as 15-year-old Serena with Cynthia Ashperger as her mom Ramona in Judith Thompson's play "Who Killed Snow White?" at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. The controversial departure from 4th Line Theatre's usual historical fare was one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 according to kawarthaNOW's theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle. (Photo: Heather Doughty / kawarthaNOW.com)

The best in theatre in Peterborough and The Kawarthas in 2018

December 26, 2018

The Weber Brothers (Ryan Browne, Sam Weber, Ryan Weber, Marcus Browne, and Emily Burgess) are performing a Christmas show at The Red Dog in Peterborough on Friday, December 21st, with a portion of proceeds going to Warming Room Community Ministries. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 20 to 26

December 20, 2018

Acclaimed musician Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen) is performing at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on Monday, March 25, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Peterborough Folk Festival bringing Bahamas back to Showplace in March

December 17, 2018

Musical comedy troupe The Arrogant Worms performs at Peterborough’s Market Hall...

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