Events
04 / 17
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. | ||
04 / 18
Start: 5:00 pm
Exhibition of David Parson's work in the PAU gallery closes at 5pm. | ||
04 / 19
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. | ||
04 / 20
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04 / 21
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. | ||
04 / 22
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. | ||
04 / 23
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04 / 24
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04 / 25
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. | ||
04 / 26
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. | ||
04 / 27
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. | ||
04 / 28
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. | ||
04 / 29
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. | ||
04 / 30
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05 / 1
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. | ||
05 / 2
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05 / 3
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05 / 4
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. | ||
05 / 5
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. | ||
05 / 6
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. | ||
05 / 7
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05 / 8
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. | ||
05 / 9
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. | ||
05 / 10
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. | ||
05 / 11
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. | ||
05 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm
The Peterborough Arts Umbrella's Annual General Meeting. | ||
05 / 13
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. | ||
05 / 14
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Attention all artists! Start: 8:00 pm
Start: May 14 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 18 2008 - 12:00am
The Black Diamond Starring Kate Story, Phillip J. Oakley & Karyn Drane Written and directed by Em Glasspool
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05 / 15
(all day)
Start: May 14 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 18 2008 - 12:00am
The Black Diamond Starring Kate Story, Phillip J. Oakley & Karyn Drane Written and directed by Em Glasspool
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
This workshop will offer a beginner level introduction to the Final Cut
Post-Production Software as well as the opportunity to ask any
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. Start: 7:00 pm
Safe and Green Energy (SAGE Peterborough)will be holding a public meeting on Thursday, May 15 at 7pm at the Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer Street)with guest speaker Dr. Start: 7:00 pm
FireWire Channel presents: "Underpainting" on Thursday, May 15 at the Gordon Best Theatre (216 Hunter Street West, above the Only Cafe). Screenings take place at 7pm and 9pm and are 68 minutes long. | ||
05 / 16
(all day)
Start: May 14 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 18 2008 - 12:00am
The Black Diamond Starring Kate Story, Phillip J. Oakley & Karyn Drane Written and directed by Em Glasspool
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Please join the festivities from 7pm to 9pm at our new location! | ||
05 / 17
(all day)
Start: May 14 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 18 2008 - 12:00am
The Black Diamond Starring Kate Story, Phillip J. Oakley & Karyn Drane Written and directed by Em Glasspool
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