PTBOCanada Pics & Coverage: 1st Annual Chairs For Charity At The YMCA

Last night (December 5th), the Peterborough YMCA hosted their 1st Annual Chairs for Charity event. Chairs were sponsored by local businesses and services, and were refurbished by some very talented women to be auctioned off to raise money for the YMCA's Strong Kids Campaign. There were a few bidding wars as folks gave their support to this great cause—and the chair sponsored by the Silver Bean Café will now be sitting in the living room of Kruz FM's Catherine Hanrahan! For those of you that were unable to make it to last night's event, there are still several chairs that remain as part of the silent auction, which will remain open until Monday, December 10th at noon. Just pop by the front desk before then and ask how you can submit your bid and see the chairs. Great job to Emily Gray and all the volunteers that made this come together! —PtboCanada's Julie Morris

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Beauty Shots Of The Northern Lights Over Peterborough

The Northern Lights were spectacular Monday night. Here's some pictures captured by Peterborough photographer James Todd.

[via James Todd on Twitter]

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Here's A Beauty Sunrise Image Sent To Us On Twitter

From Peterborough's Linda Mcllwain:

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Two New Shows Opened This Weekend At Art Gallery Of Peterborough & Artspace

Opening this past Friday evening were shows at Artspace and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Artspace presents Are We There Yet, a group show, presenting with diverse work of Lauren Hall, Gareth Lichty and Sam Mogelonsky.

The large front space features a playful "rug" woven of garden hose. It's fun, plastic nature is a poke at our collected yerning for the perfect outdoor space. It's an interesting piece to walk around.

Also featured are interesting colourful channelled landscapes from Hall, who uses clear corregate and coloured powders to create "perfect sunsets" with parallel gradients of colour. Mogelonsky pieces these diverse works together with his neon title piece, "Wish You Were Here".

The show runs January 13th, 2012 to February 25th, 2012.   

See Artspace-arc.org for more information.

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At The Art Gallery of Peterborough, opening on Friday evening was a range of work connected throughout the public spaces. Titled Steaming Alterity, this presentation brings together the diverse work of artists Rebecca Belmore, Natalie Wood, Christina Zeidler, Emelie Chhangur and Johanna Householder.

The work these women make draws from themes of activism, places, internal context and self within a wider world. Using photography, video, collage and physical still-life, an adventure awaits the visitor. Plan on being generous with your time here.

The show runs January 13th to March 4th.

See Agp.on.ca for more information.

[Text and pic by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]

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PtboPic: Crews Working Last Night To Repair Hydro Lines Knocked Down By Car

Crews worked late into the night to repair the pole that was knocked down at the intersection of Sherbrooke and Park yesterday.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PtboPic: The View From Atop Armour Hill Tobogganing Hill

[photo via @TheInkyFootnote]

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PtboPics: Focus Fair At The Spill

The Focus Fair is happening at The Spill all weekend. Here is a glimpse of what you'll find...

 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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PTBOCanada's Fall Photo Contest

We received quite a few photos for PTBOCanada's Fall Photo Contest and want to thank everyone who entered!

Congratulations to Linda Mac for this great example of a scenic moment in Peterborough's Jackson Park. You win a copy of The Digital Colour Printing Handbook by Tim Daly!

We will host more photo contests in the future, so keep your eyes out for more scenic moments in Peterborough.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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