Events
Sunday April 13, 2008
End: 12:00 am
Start: Apr 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Apr 13 2008 - 12:00am
Symphony Soiree, Sat. April 12th, 7pm to midnight at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Gourmet food, musical entertainment, artwork from the Art Gallery, live and silent auctions, cash bar. For tickets, call PSO office at 742-1992 or email pso@trytel.net.
Start: 4:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “Amal” at 4 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). This is the story of Amal, a poor rickshaw driver does an old and seemingly homeless man a good turn, and drama and humour that ensues, revealing that we are defined as much by what we sacrifice as we are by what we possess.
Monday April 14, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “Amal” at 7 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). This is the story of Amal, a poor rickshaw driver does an old and seemingly homeless man a good turn, and drama and humour that ensues, revealing that we are defined as much by what we sacrifice as we are by what we possess.
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday.
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Start: 11:29 am
Buell/Kelly Production presents The Channel Cats live in concert on Saturday May 3rd. Doors at 8pm. Catered and sponsored by Parkhill on Hunter.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The much-anticipated Citizens' Inquiry into the Impacts of the Uranium Cycle arrives in Peterborough on April 15th. The public forum will be held at Sadlier House, 751 George St. N.
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.
Thursday April 17, 2008
Start: 8:00 pm
New Stages Theatre Company presents Conservatives In Love: a Sex Farce with Political Overtones, April 17- 19 and 23-26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 20 at 2 p.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). WARNING: this play by Dave Carley features men without shirts and women without scruples.
Friday April 18, 2008
Start: 5:00 pm
Exhibition of David Parson's work in the PAU gallery closes at 5pm.
Start: 8:00 pm
Poetry Month Festival of Poetry
Saturday April 19, 2008
Start: 12:00 pm
Work and play with seven approaches to poetry with Bill Bisset.
Start: 2:00 pm
A performance of selected scenes and music from The Last Green Hill written by Robert Winslow and Dale Hamilton performed by Robert Winslow, Justin Hiscox and Mark Hiscox during Millbrook Maplefest on
Start: 2:00 pm
Make a Poetry Chap Book with Jessica Rowland.
Start: 2:00 pm
"Don't be a Fridge" with Esther Vincent.
Start: 4:00 pm
"How to Get Published" with Ursula Pflug. Ursula Pflug's workshop will discuss market research, manuscript preparation, cover letters, and working with editors.
Start: 4:00 pm
"Word Lottery" with Elizabeth Rhett Woods.
Monday April 21, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Spring is here along with a new crop of courses at the Art School of Peterborough. Sign up and learn something new! Many courses are offered for both adults and children: - Drawing for beginners and intermediates - Drawing portraits - Watercolour for beginners and intermediates - Oil painting for beginners and intermediates - Jewellery for beginners
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Open Mic With Kevin Busby @ The Rusty Snail every Monday.
Tuesday April 22, 2008
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.
Friday April 25, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
4th Line Theatre is accepting submissions for its 2008 New Play Competition. Submissions should reflect 4th Line’s mandate to preserve and promote our Canadian cultural heritage through the development and presentation of regionally based, environmentally staged, historical dramas.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Discover Your Clown - an introduction to personal clown workshop with Helen Donnelly.
Start: 8:00 pm
Shrimps Comedy at Splice Nightclub, 379 George St. 8:00 door, 8:30 show. For more information please visit www.shrimps.ca.
Saturday April 26, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Acting Workshop: 4th Line Theatre offers a Playwriting Workshop from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Old Millbrook School (1 Dufferin St., Millbrook). This workshop is for those finding themselves stymied, road-blocked or even wondering if playwriting is a viable outlet for their talents.
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Discover Your Clown - an introduction to personal clown workshop with Helen Donnelly.
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Kick up your heels and celebrate springtime at a contra dance in Peterborough on Saturday April 26.
Start: 8:00 pm
The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents Colours of Sound at 8 p.m. at Showplace (290 George St., Peterborough). Guest artist Louis-Phillipe Marsolais will perform on horn under conductor Michael Newnham. The repertoire will include: Mercure – Kaleidoscope, Vaughan Williams-Symphony No.2' London', and R. Strauss Horn Concerto No.1.
Sunday April 27, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Discover Your Clown - an introduction to personal clown workshop with Helen Donnelly.
Start: 4:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “The Band's Visit” at 4 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). The Band's Visit tells the tale of a uniformed Egyptian police band that gets lost in rural Israel, leading viewers through an inspiring story of cross-cultural reconciliation. Tickets will be available at the cinema one hour prior to show time for $10.
Monday April 28, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
Best of the Trent Certificate Program in Creative Writing, Traill College The Cooked and Eaten is a reading series based in Peterborough, Ontario that promotes new and adventurous authors to an engaged and informal audience. Writers of fiction and poetry as well as acoustic musicians, lecturers, performance artists, and other aficionados of the written word are presented.
Start: 7:00 pm
The MUSE Fine Film Series presents “The Band's Visit” at 7 p.m. at Galaxy Cinemas (320 Water St., Peterborough). The Band's Visit tells the tale of a uniformed Egyptian police band that gets lost in rural Israel, leading viewers through an inspiring story of cross-cultural reconciliation. Tickets will be available at the cinema one hour prior to show time for $10.
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
Toronto artist Heather Graham will be giving a talk on her exhibition "so lightly here" at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent Street.
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.
Thursday May 1, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
Yes, we are moving but don’t panic. We’re only moving a few meters into the east part of our current building at 378 Aylmer. We will still have the gallery, media center, rehearsal space and other activities. Why the move? By reducing our floor space, we are saving significant rent money that can be invested in our programs and services.
Start: 12:00 am
Peterborough Band’s Film Premieres at Behind the Mind’s Eye Film Festival
Start: 6:40 pm
End: 7:40 pm
Latin dance class on Thursday evenings until July 3 from 6:40pm to 7:40pm. $10/lesson. Singles and couples welcome.
Sunday May 4, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Kawartha Artists' Gallery & Studio's 6th Annual Juried Show: "The Best of High School Art" will open on Sunday, May 4th, 2008, from 1pm to 4pm.
Monday May 5, 2008
Start: 8:00 pm
Featuring Ronnie R. Brown, Jason Dickson, Ellen S. Jaffe and Gil McElroy at the Gordon Best Theatre. The Cooked and Eaten is a reading series based in Peterborough, Ontario that promotes new and adventurous authors to an engaged and informal audience.
Tuesday May 6, 2008
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.
Thursday May 8, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
Morningseed House at the Red Dog, 189 Hunter Street West.
Start: 6:40 pm
End: 7:40 pm
Latin dance class on Thursday evenings until July 3 from 6:40pm to 7:40pm. $10/lesson. Singles and couples welcome.
Friday May 9, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
Morningseed House at the Montreal House, 282 Aylmer Street.
Start: 7:00 pm
The Art Gallery of Peterborough presents Bounty: a new exhibition by B.C. artist Kristi Malakoff in the gallery's main space.
Saturday May 10, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
The Peterborough LETS is hosting a Market Sat., May 10 - 10-2 at Knox Church - Park and Wolfe - Entrance off Park. Support your local community. Everyone is welcome and admission is free.
Start: 7:30 pm
There are some sacred works of art that reach out to believers and non-believers alike. For art, it might be Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.
Sunday May 11, 2008
Start: 3:00 pm
The Kawartha Youth Orchestra presents a concert and reception at 3 p.m. at Market Hall (336 George St., Peterborough). Tickets are $10 and are available at Titles Bookstore in Peterborough and Happenstance Books and Yarns in Lakefield, or by calling (705) 740-9018.
Monday May 12, 2008
Start: 7:00 pm
The Peterborough Arts Umbrella's Annual General Meeting.
Tuesday May 13, 2008
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.

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