Events
01 / 26
(all day)
Start: Jan 25 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jan 27 2008 - 12:00am
For information including where to purchase passes and a listing of films, please visit www.quidnovis.com/filmfest. | ||
01 / 27
End: 12:00 am
Start: Jan 25 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jan 27 2008 - 12:00am
For information including where to purchase passes and a listing of films, please visit www.quidnovis.com/filmfest. Start: 7:30 pm
A night to celebrate peace, love, and this community. Tickets: $10 or pay what you can. | ||
01 / 28
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday. Start: 10:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Hosted by Splice Resto Lounge on George St. | ||
01 / 29
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Do It In The Ear with your lively hosts Jean-Marc, Nick, Jordan & Jill every Tuesday from 10pm - 1am at the Pig's Ear Open Mic. Sign up is on a first come first served basis. There's always a guitar you can use. This open mic is not restricted to music - we love spoken word artists, comedians, audible performances of any kind...so come out and get your noise on stage. | ||
01 / 30
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01 / 31
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02 / 1
Start: 12:00 am
This is the last day of Tony Cooper's Exhibition | ||
02 / 2
Start: 5:30 pm
The world's largest international vegetarian potluck! St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall (corner of Murray St. and Water St., Murray St. entrance). Music, Cajun dance, dessert auction and raffle. An alcohol/smoke-free event with childcare provided. | ||
02 / 3
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02 / 4
Start: 8:00 pm
Featuring Jeramy Dodds, Gabe Foreman, Leigh Kotsilidis, and Joshua Trotter at the Gordon Best Theatre. Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday. | ||
02 / 5
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Do It In The Ear with your lively hosts Jean-Marc, Nick, Jordan & Jill every Tuesday from 10pm - 1am at the Pig's Ear Open Mic. Sign up is on a first come first served basis. There's always a guitar you can use. This open mic is not restricted to music - we love spoken word artists, comedians, audible performances of any kind...so come out and get your noise on stage. | ||
02 / 6
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Sean Conway CD Release party!
Lindsay Fitzsimmons will be playing too.
Here's her myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/lindsayfitzsimmons
Here's Sean's page:
http://www.myspace.com/seanconway24
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
With a new album released just days before the show, Twilight Hotel are storming through Canada with one thing in mind - to seduce you with the most beautiful, heart-pounding, soaring harmonies, sway-and-sizzle night of music that you're going to see in 2008. Anyone who saw them on the festival main stage in 2007 will tell you that these two talented singer-songwriters will leave you breathless.
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02 / 7
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Salsa, merengue, rumba and cha-cha-cha, Thursday nights at the PAU. January 31 - March 27. Cost: $80 for ten week session. Call 312-3056 to register. | ||
02 / 8
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Blue Tomato Art Shop is pleased to present an art exhibition by visual artists in the Yellow Wood Collective. The Book Show will run from February 2nd - February 29th, 2008. Opening reception with the artists on Friday February 8th, from 7 to 9 pm. Located at 190 Charlotte St., the Blue Tomato Art Shop features work by local emerging and established artists in a variety of mediums. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Dance Your Bones/Public Energy presents Dance Your Bones from 7 - 9 p.m. at St John's Anglican Church (99 Brock St., Peterborough). This is an ecstatic dance event with world music and pop. All are invited to come and dance like no-one's watching -- no steps to learn, no age limit, no partners. Tickets are $5-$10 on a sliding scale. For more information call (705) 295-5558. | ||
02 / 9
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Focus Fair is an Arts and Crafts featuring local handmade wares! Bring a hand-bill and win a door prize! (West Gallery of the PAU) Start: 2:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Curated by Jessica Rowland, Love Letters to a Dinosaur is a thoughtfully Valentine themed art exhibition featuring new works by artists Scott Andrew Elliott, (recently back from completing his MFA in Finland), Virpi Velin, Wendy Trusler, Leigh Macdonald, Shannon Taylor, Carly Moran, John Climenhage, Sacha Archer, Jessica Rowland, Micky Renders, Peter Barron and a shiny new stop animat | ||
02 / 10
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
You are invited to an opening coffee reception at Dreams and Beans, 138 Hunter Street, Peterborough. Show runs until Saturday February 23. www.corinfordforrester.com | ||
02 / 11
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday. | ||
02 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm
The Cultural Studies Program at Trent University and Teatr Korzenie present Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at 7 p.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). Set in the stark and nightmarish world of Vladimir and Estragon, this classic two-act tragicomedy revolves around two hopelessly inept and endearing characters struggling to make sense of their impotent and pointless existence. Start: 9:00 pm
Trent Radio hosts a Cabaret Fundraiser with doors opening at 8 p.m., show beginning at 9 p.m. followed by a dance with DJ Cherry Noble (Misha) at Sadleir House (751 George St. N., Peterborough). Tickets are $10. For more information call (705) 741-4011. Start: 10:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Do It In The Ear with your lively hosts Jean-Marc, Nick, Jordan & Jill every Tuesday from 10pm - 1am at the Pig's Ear Open Mic. Sign up is on a first come first served basis. There's always a guitar you can use. This open mic is not restricted to music - we love spoken word artists, comedians, audible performances of any kind...so come out and get your noise on stage. | ||
02 / 13
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Trent Queer Collective presents Stealing Nasreen, a Book Reading from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at Scott House, Trent University (Traill College, 310 London St., Peterborough). All are invited to hear Farzana Doctor read from her acclaimed novel, Stealing Nasreen. A question and answer session will follow. This is a free event; books will be available for sale. For more information call (647) 899-8974. | ||
02 / 14
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Trent University’s English Department presents the "Joy of Texts” 2007/2008 Rooke Lecture Series, today and the following two Thursdays from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer St., Peterborough). Martin Levin will present on Great Dames: The Worlds of Annie Dillard and Penelope Fitzgerald. Admission is free. For more information call (705) 748-1011. | ||
02 / 15
Start: 12:00 am
For more information and to download an entry form, please visit www.millbrookfilmfestival.com. | ||
02 / 16
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
The February Market and Networking Meeting for the Peterborough Local Economic Trading System (LETS) is Sat. Feb. 16, 9-12 at the Peterborough Public Library's Lower Auditorium on Alymer St. Admission is free. Non member vendors are welcome to book a table. All tables must be booked and paid for in advance. There is something for everyone. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Buttercup & Co. hosts its Grand Opening Party from 1 - 4 p.m. at the store (381 Queen St., Peterborough). The opening of Buttercup & Co., Peterborough's eco-chic boutique, will be catered by Black Honey (sweets and sandwiches, coffee and tea) and La Hacienda (finger foods), and will include live music, give-aways more. Buttercup & Co. Start: 7:30 pm
The Peterborough Singers host a Valentine Concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. at George St. United Church (534 George. St., Peterborough). The concert will feature soprano Leslie Fagan, countertenor Daniel Taylor, Alexander Dobson on bass, and the Peterborough Children's Chamber Choir. For more information, click here for details. For tickets call (705) 745-1820. Start: 9:00 pm
The Rainbow Service Organization, Rainbow Youth Coalition, and PARN present MELT, a Spoken Word and Dance event, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). This is an all-ages event. Admission is $5. Those interested in performing in the spoken word portion of the evening are invited to email rick@rainbowservice.org. | ||
02 / 17
Start: 3:00 pm
The Kawartha Youth Orchestra presents a Concert and Reception at 3 p.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). The repertoire will include: Sibelius - Valse Triste, Dvorak - Slavonic Dance, Bizet - Symphony No. 1, Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 and Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino. Start: 4:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” at 4 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). | ||
02 / 18
Start: 7:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” at 7 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday. | ||
02 / 19
Start: 1:23 pm
Jennifer Mascall, a Canadian icon in contemporary dance, will be in Peterborough with her company, Mascall Dance, for their performance of her full-length dance piece, Traces of E. Carr, at Market Hall later in the week. Tuesday’s seminar and the Market Hall performances are presented by Peterborough New Dance. Start: 10:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Do It In The Ear with your lively hosts Jean-Marc, Nick, Jordan & Jill every Tuesday from 10pm - 1am at the Pig's Ear Open Mic. Sign up is on a first come first served basis. There's always a guitar you can use. This open mic is not restricted to music - we love spoken word artists, comedians, audible performances of any kind...so come out and get your noise on stage. | ||
02 / 20
Start: 12:00 am
Start: Feb 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Feb 23 2008 - 12:00am
St. Peter's Secondary School presents the Wizard of Oz at 7:30 p.m. at Showplace (290 George St. N., Peterborough). All tickets are $15. For more information or tickets call (705) 742-SHOW (7469). Start: 7:30 pm
The Peterborough Memorial Centre hosts CATS at 7:30 p.m. at the Centre (151 Lansdowne St., Peterborough). CATS, based on T.S. Elliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber is Broadway’s longest-running musical. Tickets are $65 or $52. Group and senior discounts are available. | ||
02 / 21
(all day)
Start: Feb 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Feb 23 2008 - 12:00am
St. Peter's Secondary School presents the Wizard of Oz at 7:30 p.m. at Showplace (290 George St. N., Peterborough). All tickets are $15. For more information or tickets call (705) 742-SHOW (7469). Start: 8:00 pm
Jennifer Mascall, an icon of the Canadian dance scene for over three decades, will bring her company's multi-media performance, Traces of E. Carr, to Market Hall on Feb. 21 and 22. | ||
02 / 22
(all day)
Start: Feb 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Feb 23 2008 - 12:00am
St. Peter's Secondary School presents the Wizard of Oz at 7:30 p.m. at Showplace (290 George St. N., Peterborough). All tickets are $15. For more information or tickets call (705) 742-SHOW (7469). Start: 8:00 pm
Jennifer Mascall, an icon of the Canadian dance scene for over three decades, will bring her company's multi-media performance, Traces of E. Carr, to Market Hall on Feb. 21 and 22. Start: 8:00 pm
The Shrimps perform at 8:30 p.m. at Splice (379 George St., Peterborough). Doors open at 8 p.m. The show will feature new and classic sketch comedy followed by a bout of Improv based on audience suggestions. As well, the house band the Gizzards will perform. This is an age of majority event. Admission is $5; $3 for students. The Shrimps will be returning to Splice fortnightly. | ||
02 / 23
End: 12:00 am
Start: Feb 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Feb 23 2008 - 12:00am
St. Peter's Secondary School presents the Wizard of Oz at 7:30 p.m. at Showplace (290 George St. N., Peterborough). All tickets are $15. For more information or tickets call (705) 742-SHOW (7469). Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Bluesfest presents a free concert by Key Pettigrew at Black Honey (221 Hunter Street) from 6pm to 9pm. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 11:45 pm
Africville presents a Black History Month Celebration from 7:30 - 11:45 p.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). This celebration of Black History Month will feature the Juno award winning African Sekous Band: Adam Solomon and Tikisa, Dub Poets: Klyde Broox and Chet Singh, and Canadian hip hop icon and Juno nominee: Eternia. Tickets are $20. For more information call (705) 768-4222. | ||
02 / 24
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02 / 25
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday. | ||
