PTBOPics: PtboCanada Christmas Party At ARIA

Thanks to everyone who attended our Christmas Party at Aria! All proceeds went to Kawartha Food Share.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PTBOCanada Christmas Party December 5th At ARIA In Downtown Peterborough

We're excited to formally announce the PTBOCanada.com Inaugural Christmas Party! It takes place at ARIA Thursday, December 5th starting at 8 p.m., so mark it on your calendars! This is a community event, and no tickets are required to be admitted—invite your friends, family, colleagues. Peterborough love. Members of Kawartha Food Share will be at the door accepting cash and food donations, as so many are in need in this community. There will be a PMZ red carpet—you're all VIP!—a photobooth (with mistletoes!) and much much much more. Who knows, even Santa may show up! Spread the word!!

If you'd like more deets on the party, or want to be involved in some capacity, email here.

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PTBOCanada Featured Post: ARIA

Downtown Peterborough is known to have a nighttime establishment for just about every type of crowd you can imagine and for the most part all of the businesses are doing quite well. With so many options available, one would think that opening up a new club in the heart of the city would be a very tough sell! Lang Freeman and Sammy Shehadeh have proved that wrong.

In 2011, Lang, who was already running what was then Splice Lounge, was approached by Sammy with an idea to expand and bring an experience to Peterborough that wasn’t already available. It was on October 31, 2012 that ARIA opened in its location at 331 George St. N after an extensive eight month renovation project!

ARIA brings an unmatched big city nightclub feel to our downtown core that has had people buzzing for almost a year now. The club brings in some of the biggest traveling DJs around to throw down some of the most epic parties you will ever experience! Lang and Sammy have spared no expense inside the club equipping it with sound and light installation from the renowned Apex. 

With club nights falling on Friday and Saturday, ARIA has time between events to plan out amazing ideas. They have developed a program called E-Life which is comprised of local businesses which strive to bring top quality food and entertainment to our great city!

Using Dolce Vita, which is part of the E-Life program as their primary caterer, ARIA has hosted some great events such as last year’s PeterTweeter Awards. They also had a PtboPride event, and host as many theme parties as can be imagined!

With so much space and time available between their massive club nights, it has become the goal of ARIA to become more of an all-encompassing entertainment facility and offer their space for different events throughout the week.

The layout of the club is perfect for bands to play in, to host upscale banquets and also to host weddings which they have started to plan for next year already.

Lang is a graduate of Trent University and has kept close ties with the school since his graduation. As such, ARIA has been proud to host Trent’s annual Glow Show, they have DJ’d intro fest and have also set up at Trent’s Vendor Show. What Lang is most proud of however is that ARIA secured a partnership with the school to run the entire Head of the Trent event with the university and rowing team.   

If you’re looking to host an event in downtown Peterborough in an unmatched big city atmosphere—we're hosting our 1st Annual Christmas party there December 5th!—we suggest you give ARIA a try. They have all angles covered to give you an experience the guests at your function will be talking about for years to come!

For more info on ARIA (331 George St. N), go to:
Website: ClubAria.ca
Facebook: ClubAria
Twitter: @ARIA_Inc
Phone: 705-743-0333

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Queen Mary 100th Anniversary Party At ARIA June 1st

Queen Mary Public School is celebrating 100 years in Peterborough with a big party June 1st from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at ARIA. Tickets are $25.

This is a fundraising event for school council that subsidizes programs at the school such as the breakfast program, playground maintenance, garden supplies, upgrades to the auditorium (built in 1943), and much more.

Mark June 1st on your calendar.

[QUEEN MARY 100]

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Here's A Full List Of 2013 #Petertweeter Winners From Awards Show At ARIA

[UPDATE: And here's a bunch of great pics from the Photo Booth at the event.]

Peterborough, we saw your tweets last night. Thanks for voting our @Ptbo_Canada handle as "Best Local Media Source" and "Best Local Promoter". Here's a full list below of the winners...

Local News: @kawarthaNow

Photographer: @hazlewoodimages

Visual Creative: @BriGosselin

Writer: @carollawless

Local Promoter: @ptbo_canada

Live Performers: @thespades

Not for Profit: @red_pashmina

Sports/Fitness: @petedalliday

Peter Builder: @MaryamMonsef

Retail Business: @SLfurnitureco

Peter Feeder: @Sams_Place_Deli

Local Media Source: @ptbo_canada

Local Media Person: @chan_rahan

Peter Breeder: @sofawned

Twit Disturber: @jayboy_williams

Funniest Tweeter: @Jimtruswell

Peter Pair: @hazlewoodimages & @SLfurnitureco

Twitter Trendsetter: @Ash_street

PeterTweeter: @vanderherberg

[video from #Petertweeter Awards of co-hosts Dani Stover and Catherine Hanrahan via Vince Bierworth on YouTube]

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The Latest Internet Craze "Harlem Shake" Has Hit Peterborough

The latest internet meme craze, Harlem Shake, has caught on in Peterborough, with this one below filmed at ARIA nightclub. It's already received nearly 1,500 views—which definitely qualifies as Peterborough viral. 

[YouTube]

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2013 #Petertweeter Awards Take Place March 21st At ARIA

Catherine Hanrahan & Dani Stover hosting last yearThe 2nd Annual #Petertweeter Awards, celebrating the best of Twitter and social networking in Peterborough and area, will take place March 21st at the downtown nightclub ARIA.

The first #Petertweeter awards last year at Splice were a huge success—view pictures here—and this year will certainly carry on that momentum.

The awards show will again be hosted by Catherine Hanrahan and Dani Stover—the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler of Peterborough—and will spotlight individuals, businesses, non-profits and more.

For more information, contact donald@smallprint.ca or call 705.977.0604.

 [via smallprint.ca]

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Check Out Page Creative's Video Teaser On ARIA Night Club

Here's a cool video Peterborough's Page Creative produced for ARIA, the newest nightclub in downtown Peterborough. The track in the video is by ARIA DJ Marc Noir.

ARIA + December 2012 from Page on Vimeo.

[Vimeo; ARIA]

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PtboPic: ARIA Unveiled

The plywood has come down and the face of ARIA, Peterborough's newest nightclub, has been unveiled. You can follow ARIA's updates—including their photos of how the interior is shaping up—on their Facebook page.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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New Peterborough Nightclub ARIA Opening Soon

ARIA, a new nightclub/event space in downtown Peterborough, will be opening at 331 George Street North. They recently hosted a job fair, and here's some recent photos below of the construction from ARIA's Facebook page. No word yet on their opening date.

You can view more photos of the ARIA build here.

[ARIA on Facebook; ARIA on Twitter]

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