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Acclaimed Canadian pianist David Jalbert will join the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Prokofiev's "Piano Concerto No. 1" during Winter Passion at Showplace Performance Centre on February 8, 2020. The orchestra conducted by Michael Newnham will also perform Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 5" and two selections from Burge's "Four Seasons of the Canadian Flag". (Publicity photo / davidjalbert.com)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra brings passion and wonder to Showplace on February 8

Pianist David Jalbert joins the PSO for 'Winter Passion' featuring works from Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Burge

Susan Oliver - January 19, 2020

Christopher Spear performs as Ludwig Von Beethoven in the Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of "33 Variations", written by Moises Kaufma. Directed by Chris Lee, the play also stars Jane Werger as modern-day musicologist Dr. Katherine Brandt, who is obsessed with discovering why Beethoven was himself so obsessed with a mediocre waltz by Austrian music publisher Anton Diabelli that he composed 33 variations of the piece. The play runs from January 17 to February 1, 2020 at the Guild Hall in Peterborough. (Photo: Paul Macklin)

’33 Variations’ brings Beethoven’s music to the stage in a moving story about obsession and creativity

Peterborough music icon Bobby Watson is performing with Kate Kelly in their duo High and Lonesome on Friday, January 17th (and on the following Friday) at The Publican House in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Nash Gordon)

nightlifeNOW – January 16 to 22

Students gather for a climate change protest at Peterborough City Hall in a still from "You(th)". The short film by local high school student Nico Ossa opens the 16th annual ReFrame Film Festival at Showplace Performance Centre on Thursday, January 23rd, accompaning the award-winning feature-length Peruvian documentary "Máxima" that premiered at Hot Docs 2019. Both documentaries speak to the power of individuals to make change. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame)

Your guide to environmental documentaries at the ReFrame Film Festival in downtown Peterborough

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar are (left to right) Tafari Anthony on back-up vocals, Curtis Chaffey on guitar, Sherie Marshall on back-up vocals, Samantha Martin on lead vocals and guitar, Andrew Moljgun on keys and sax, Ian McKeown on bass, and Dani Nash on drums. The band brings its blues-soul sound to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on February 1, 2020. (Publicity photo / samanthamartinmusic.com)

Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar bring their explosive blues-soul sound to Peterborough’s Market Hall on February 1

January 14, 2020

Dora Award winner and Stratford Festival company member Steve Ross performs in "Every Brilliant Thing", Duncan MacMillan's heart-wrenching, life-affirming, and hilarious play about depression originally performed by British comedian Jonny Donahoe. The New Stages production is directed by Linda Kash and runs for nine performances at the intimate The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough from January 16 to 25, 2020. (Photo: Trish Lindstrom)

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ is a moving, funny, and incredibly relatable look at depression

January 11, 2020

Peterborough-born country music artist Tebey will be performing with Matt Lang at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on January 29, 2020. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – January 9 to 15

January 9, 2020

Singer Michael Bell will be joined by special musical guests for "The Bowie Lives", a multimedia tribute spanning the career of the late British rock icon David Bowie, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on January 10, 2020. (Photo: JC Velvet)

David Bowie’s music comes to life in ‘The Bowie Lives’ at Peterborough’s Market Hall on January 10

January 7, 2020

"Circus Boy" and "Town of Widows" are two local films screening at the 2020 ReFrame Film Festival in January. "Circus Boy" by LA Alfonso tells the story of a man who finds reconciliation with his mother when he and his husband adopt a boy that he's training for circus school. "Town of Widows" by Rob Viscardis and Natasha Luckhardt explores the fight by Peterborough GE workers and their widows for compensation for health-related conditions incurred on the job. (Photos: LA Alfonso and Rob Viscardis)

Local documentaries ‘Circus Boy’ and ‘Town of Widows’ screening at ReFrame Film Festival in January

January 4, 2020

Oshawa folk-country-maritime trio The Doozies (Sean Battams, Josh Kvasnak, and Jon Sloan) perform at the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough on Friday, January 3rd. (Photo courtesy of The Doozies)

nightlifeNOW – December 26 to January 1

December 26, 2019

kawarthaNOW's theatre writer Sam Tweedle has selected Lakefield College School's "Chicago: High School Edition" as the best musical of 2019 in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Geoff and Rachel Bemrose directed a cast of 65, including Kate Bemrose (centre) as Velma Kelly, in the sold-out show which ran in November 2019 at the Bryan Jones Theatre. (Photo: Sarah Connelly)

The best in theatre in Peterborough and The Kawarthas in 2019

December 23, 2019

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Young readers check out the books on display at last year's annual Family Literacy Day in Peterborough Square. This year's Saturday morning event, with the theme "Once Upon A Turtle", takes place on January 25, 2020 in the lower level of in Peterborough Square. It features children's author Andrew Larsen, Plugging Into Nature music and puppet show, a live turtle exhibit by Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre, Celebrity Readers' Theatre, and face painting. Admission is free and every child leaves with a free book. (Photo courtesy of Peter Rellinger)

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