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In summer of 2017, filmmaker Suzanne Crocker (bottom right) and her family started their year-long quest to feed themselves from food gathered, grown, and hunted close to their home in the Yukon. In "First We Eat", which screens at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival, Crocker explores their journey and the complexity of improving local food security in the far north. (Photo: Alex Hakonson)

Three filmmakers talk about their films screening at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

Olivia Mater on 'Starborn', Suzanne Crocker on 'First We Eat', and Karen O'Krafka on 'Headwaters to Hearts: Education in Action'

GreenUP - January 21, 2021

At the new online marketplace set up by the Kawartha Lakes Arts Council, you can purchase works by local artists who are members of the arts council, such as 'Ginko Leaf Branch', a metallic wall sculpture by Paul and Beverly Williams. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Arts Council and the artists)

Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is helping local artists move online

Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, and Simona Brown are in a love triangle in the British psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough. The six-part series premieres on Netflix on February 17, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in February 2021

The 2021 ReFrame Film Festival is a panacea for pandemic boredom, offering nearly 50 feature-length and short documentary films streaming online between January 22 and 29, including local films such as Drew Hayden Taylor's "Cottagers & Indians", which explores the decades-long disagreement between Indigenous wild-rice harvester James Whetung and landowners on Pigeon Lake. Taylor will also be delivering a keynote address on the opening night of the festival on Friday, January 22. (Photo: Paul Kemp Productions)

Sarah’s top picks at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival, the world's first fringe festival exclusive to Indigenous performers, will take place in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong on June 21, 2021 (National Indigenous Peoples Day). The outdoor festival will feature comedy, music, storytelling, and more. (Supplied photo)

The show must go on: world’s first Indigenous fringe festival comes to Peterborough this summer

January 17, 2021

Nicole Myers-Mitchell is the inaugural general manager of The Grove Theatre, a new outdoor performance venue in Fenelon Falls in the City of Kawartha Lakes that is staging its first production in summer 2021. (Photo: Roseneath Theatre)

The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls hires Nicole Myers-Mitchell as its first general manager

January 16, 2021

klusterfork's Linda Kash (top left) during a six-week improv intensive series on Zoom this past summer, when a group of 10 students enjoyed live and interactive online classes from Canadian entertainment industry pros. Starting January 18, 2021, klusterfork is offering another round of workshops featuring industry pros including Lisa Merchant, Steve Ross, Michael Walters, Wendy Hopkins, Brent Haynes, and more. (Photo courtesy of klusterfork)

‘I tried klusterfork’s online improv workshops and here’s why you should too’

January 15, 2021

Water is a recurring motif in many films featured in ReFrame 2021. "The River Guards" is a U.S. documentary about a Massachusetts community on the Housatonic River where activists have been fighting for three decades against pollution from a GE plant. ReFrame 2021 will host a discussion featuring those activists and Peterborough activists also fighting against GE pollution. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame)

Local and global stories about water ‘a huge theme’ at this year’s ReFrame Film Festival

January 14, 2021

In early 1968, as riots rocked American cities and the Vietnam War escalated, the legendary entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte took over `The Tonight Show' from Johnny Carson for one week, with guests including Bobby Kennedy, Aretha Franklin, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Sidney Poitier. This historic event is documented in "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show", available for streaming at the virtual ReFrame Film Festival from January 22 to 29, 2021. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame)

Check out the film lineup at this year’s virtual ReFrame Film Festival

January 13, 2021

4th Line Theatre managing artistic director Kim Blackwell at the box office at Winslow Farm in Millbrook in 2018. Although 4th Line Theatre postponed its entire 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, under Blackwell's leadership the theatre company continued to develop content to engage audiences, and renowned theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has recognized Blackwell's efforts with the Jon Kaplan Mensch Award. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

4th Line Theatre’s Kim Blackwell receives prestigious award from renowned theatre critic Lynn Slotkin

January 11, 2021

On January 29, 2021, Andy Tough's YouTube series Live! At The Barn will feature a tribute to guitarist Jimmy Deck, who passed away suddenly in December. The tribute will include an interview and one of Deck's solo performances. (Photo: Linda Tough)

Second series of ‘Live! At The Barn’ local music performances features tribute to late guitarist Jimmy Deck

January 10, 2021

"The Essential Project" photography series by Jules Gagne profiled 20 Peterborough-area artists and their pandemic experiences, including The Theatre On King artistic director Ryan Kerr and theatre artist and writer Kate Story. (Photo: Julie Gagne)

Art in spite of all: how the Kawarthas arts community survived the year of the virus

December 29, 2020

Through its "Golden Ticket" fundraising campaign, New Stages Theatre Company in Peterborough has pledged to provide up to 20 local performing arts groups and venues (like Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, pictured) with $500 each for shows they can stage in the future when it is safe to re-open. People donate $25 to purchase tickets for future performances, which the groups and venues give away for free to people who would not normally have the chance to attend. (Photo: Bradley Boyle)

New Stages Peterborough asks people to pay it forward with ‘Golden Ticket’ fundraising campaign

December 26, 2020

"9to5: The Story of a Movement" is one of the big-name features screening at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival. By Academy Award winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, the film tells the story of 9to5, an organization established in 1973 that is dedicated to improving working conditions and ensuring the rights of women and families in the United States, and which inspired the 1980 hit film starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival)

A sneak peek at what’s coming to the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

December 22, 2020

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