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Jennifer Alicia, D.B. McLeod, and Stephanie Pangowish are three of the artists performing at the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough from June 23 to 27, 2021. (Collage: kawarthaNOW)

Introducing the artists of the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough (part two)

Featuring Jennifer Alicia, D.B. McLeod, and Stephanie Pangowish

Sarah McNeilly - June 22, 2021

Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough from June 23 to 27, 2021. (Supplied photos)

Introducing the artists of the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough (part one)

Elyse Saunders, born and raised in Peterborough, is a top 10 finalist in CBC Music's Toyota Searchlight competition for her summer anthem 'Free'. (Publicity photo)

Peterborough native Elyse Saunders shortlisted for CBC Music’s Toyota Searchlight grand prize

From Thursday, June 10 to Saturday, June 12, The Theatre On King in Peterborough is presenting 'Testing', a free 10-minute monologue written and performed live on Zoom by Dan Smith and directed by Kate Story. Pictured are Story and Smith at The Theatre on King during a May 2016 production of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Take a 10-minute pandemic break by watching The Theatre On King’s first foray into live digital theatre

Peterborough musician Dylan Ireland performing his tune "Piece of Mind", one of three winning original songs in the second round of the Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective songwriting contest. The other two winners are Jean Claude Pigeon with "The Tundra Wind" and Mothboy with "Phantom". (Photo: Melissa Payne / YouTube)

Three new winning original songs revealed by Peterborough’s Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective

June 1, 2021

Christian Rose, a 20-year-old actor and musician from Peterborough, landed a named role in the NBC's sci-fi drama series "Debris", appearing in three episodes. (Photo: Markus Maar)

Peterborough’s Christian Rose featured in three episodes of NBC’s sci-fi drama series ‘Debris’

May 30, 2021

A detail from David Bateman's intriguingly entitled "Area Closed For Maintenance And Cleaning Due To Fecal Mishap (Found haiku – West Edmonton Mall Waterpark)*, one of 10 of his paintings on display at Atelier Ludmila Gallery in downtown Peterborough until May 30, 2021. (Photo: Laurel Pluck, Artistic Director/Curator of Atelier Ludmila Gallery)

Artist David Bateman returns home with ‘Abstract Impersonations’ at Atelier Ludmila Gallery in downtown Peterborough

May 25, 2021

Storyteller Megan Murphy and singer-songwriter Kate Suhr, joined by musician Saskia Tomkins, will be bringing The Verandah Society to the Winslow Farm in Millbrook for 10 performances in late August 2021, in lieu of the originally scheduled performance of Maja Ardal's play "Wishful Seeing", which 4th Line Theatre has postponed until summer 2022 due to the pandemic. (Photo: The Verandah Society / Facebook)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre postpones second summer play, announces The Verandah Society coming to Winslow Farm in August

May 22, 2021

The seats have been empty at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough since the pandemic began in March 2020. The strategic recovery and resilience grants available from the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund are intended to help not-for-profit arts organizations like the Market Hall recover from the pandemic and prepare for reopening once public health restrictions are lifted. (Photo: Bradley Boyle)

Peterborough Arts Alive Fund has $100,000 to help local arts organizations recover from the pandemic and prepare for reopening

May 21, 2021

Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of an aging man with dementia in 2020's "The Father". The film screens at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on July 19, 2021 as part of a special summer edition of the MUSE International Fine Films series, with 2021's "12 Mighty Orphans" screening on August 16, 2021. (Photo: Sean Gleason / Sony Pictures Classics)

Two drive-in movies to be screened at Peterborough Memorial Centre this summer

May 20, 2021

A detail of Toronto-based photographer Lucas DeClavasio's image 'Focus', which was selected as the winner of the 'Focus on Coffee' competition presented by PhotoED Magazine, Sparkplug Coffee, and the SPARK Photo Festival. The photograph will be exhibited at the 2021 SPARK Photo Festival in Peterborough in September. (Photo: Lucas DeClavasio)

Toronto photographer’s winning coffee-themed image to be displayed at Peterborough’s SPARK Photo Festival

May 19, 2021

Sci-fi thriller "Awake", which stars Gina Rodriguez as a troubled ex-soldier who fights to save her family as society and her mind spiral into chaos after a global event wipes out all electronics and humanity's ability to sleep, was partly filmed in Peterborough in 2019. The Netflix film premieres on June 9, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in June 2021

May 19, 2021

Greg Keelor recorded a live performance of his latest solo record 'Share The Love' over two days in fall 2020 at Gores Landing Community Hall south of Rice Lake, with a band featuring Peterborough-area musicians Jim Bowskill, James McKenty, Ian McKeown, Melissa Payne, and Kyler Tapscott along with Blue Rodeo's Glenn Milchem. (Photo: Greg Keelor / Facebook)

Watch Greg Keelor and his band perform ‘Share The Love’ from Gores Landing Community Hall

May 15, 2021

D.B. Mcleod is an Anishnaabe Kwe comedian whose home territory is Sagamok Anishnaabek First Nation on the north shore of Lake Huron. One of six acts at the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival, running June 23-27, 2021 at Trent University, she will be performing her stand-up show 'Denis with an E'. (Photo via Ontario Performing Arts Presenting Network)

Tickets on sale for world’s first Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong

May 15, 2021

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