Stuff To Do In Peterborough This Weekend (And Remember To Turn Your Clocks Forward!)

A rainy walk through Millennium Park, Photo by Evan HoltFriday

Trent Valley Archives presents Scandals & Scoundrels Pub Crawl, 7 p.m. Meet at the Simcoe Street Bus Terminal (190 Simcoe Street) $20

Showplace Performance Centre presents Danny Bronson and Searson Band, 7 p.m. $28

Saturday

Better Baby Expo, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Evinrude Centre (911 Monaghan Road) Adults $5/Children FREE

Sunday

3rd Annual Synchronized Swimming Show (10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - $3 for students and $5 for adults) Trent University Athletics Center

7th Annual Seedy Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m St. James United Church (221 Romaine Street) 

Peterborough DBIA presents the 10th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 2 p.m. Starting from City Hall (500 George St. N)

Trent University's Skating Team presents "Rock Through the Ages" at the Peterborough Memorial Centre (151 Lansdowne Street, West)  6 p.m. $3 Adults/$1 Children & Seniors

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ZOOBOMBS, Sun RaRaRa & Action Makes Playing The Spill This Friday

Action Makes, who played here last month, are returning Friday (March 11th) to play The Spill—this time with Sun RaRaRa and Tokyo's ZOOBOMBS.

The show starts at about 10:00 p.m. at The Spill, which is located at 414 George St. N. Make sure to check out these great indie acts.

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David Goyette Launches New Book "Heading to Happy" At Splice

David proudly displays his new book. Photo by Evan HoltDavid Goyette, Executive Assistant to Mayor Daryl Bennett, was at Splice last night to launch his new book, Heading to Happy. This is David's second book, and it took him just over three years to write it. Heading to Happy is David's personal collection of 40 learned lessons in the art of living.

Exerpts were read by Betsy McGregor and Tim Rowat, while Jason Chessar gave a personal comentary on how the book influenced him.

David's book consists of 40 notes, but the most important one to him is based on the last line of The Beatles song "The End" on Abbey Road—"The love you take, Is equal to the love you make." That is the most important message David would like to convey.

All proceeds of the evening were donated to Our Space, and graciously accepted by Our Space Executive Director, Ken Whatman.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Stuff To Do in Peterborough This Weekend

Friday

31st Annual Peterborough Psychic Fair, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Best Western Otonabee Inn (84 Lansdowne St. E) $5

Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Art, 8 p.m. $18, $16/Seniors, $10/Students

Students of Holy Cross Secondary School (1355 Lansdowne St W) present Nifty 50's Musical,  8 p.m. $10 at the door, $5/students, $25/family

Mid-Life Crisis at The Venue (286 George St. N) $15, Doors open at 8:30 p.m. 

Saturday

18th Annual Rock and Fossil Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evinrude Centre (911 Monaghan Road) $3, Children under 12 - Free

31st Annual Peterborough Psychic Fair, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Best Western Otonabee Inn (84 Lansdowne St. E) $5

Premiere Studio of Dance presents Showcase 2011, 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Showplace Performance Centre, $15

Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Art, 8 p.m. $18, $16/Seniors, $10/Students

Students of Holy Cross Secondary School (1355 Lansdowne St W) presents Nifty 50's Musical,  8 p.m., $10 at the door, $5/students, $25/family

Greg Keelor with Travis Good at The Venue Doors open at 8 p.m. $25 in advance, $30 at the door

Sunday

18th Annual Rock and Fossil Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Evinrude Centre (911 Monaghan Road) $3, Children under 12 - Free

31st Annual Peterborough Psychic Fair 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Best Western Otonabee Inn (84 Lansdowne St. E) $5

4th Line Theatre presents 8th Annual Breaking Ground hosted at the Peterborough Museum and Archives (300 Hunter St E at Museum Drive) 2 p.m. *Admission is free but limited seating available

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Stuff To Do In Peterborough This Weekend

Frosty glass at the King St. Parking Garage. Photo: Evan HoltFriday:

Harry Manx presents Folk Under the Clock at Showplace Performance Centre - 8 p.m. Tickets $37.50

Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Art - 8 p.m. Tickets $18, $16/seniors, $10/students

Saturday:

Heritage Week Final day of this event with activities taking place throughout the city.

The Art School of Peterborough hosts the 1st Annual Art-a-Thon - Noon to Midnight, $5

Snofest Family Skating at Evinrude Center - 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. - Free

Ron James at Showplace Performance Centre - 8 p.m. Tickets $54

Peterborough Green-Up Disco Fundraiser at Splice, 8 p.m. Tickets $25

Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Art - 8 p.m. Tickets $18, $16/seniors, $10/students

Sunday:

YMCA Half Marathon begins at 12:30 p.m. (123 Aylmer Street) More info here

Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Art - 2 p.m. Tickets $18, $16/seniors, $10/students

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Today Heritage Week Kicks Off In The Peterpatch

After being chosen by the Ontario Heritage Trust to host this year's Heritage Week (February 18th to 26th), it will be kicking off today at 10 a.m. at Trent University, with special guest Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism and Culture.

Events will be taking place throughout the city over the course of this special week. Partake and learn more about our heritage!

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[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Family Fun Day At The YMCA Includes Washboard Hank, Bouncy Castle, Swimming & More!

Family Day (Monday, February 21st) is a day to help beat off those winter blahs and spend the day enjoying precious time with your family. If you have kids, what better way to spend it then at the YMCA's Family Fun Day, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members, with proceeds going to the United Way. See the poster below for more deets!

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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What You Would Do With Peterborough Square

Photo: Evan HoltSo we recently posed the question on Twitter, "Peterborough Square. If someone handed you the building, clean slate, what would you do with it?" We received a range of interesting answers. Among them:

-- "Demolish it, build a public square & park around Market Hall with ice rink, outdoor stage, greenspace. Parking underground." —Candace Shaw

-- "Peterborough Square: Casino!" —David Feeley

-- "Dr offices. Professional buiding." —Paul Laing

-- "Ptbo Square partly demolished. Keep the theatre and leave the lower level for offices. Above should be a conference centre!" —Justin Beaudoin

-- "Convention centre, arboretum w/ space for farmer's market, town square." —Bill Juby

-- "PTBO Square should be an international flea market." —Catherine Hanrahan

Several people on Twitter really liked Candace Shaw's idea above, with Alana Callan remarking, "It would really put the focus back on downtown as a communal place, the 'heart' of the city."

So what do you think? Perfect world, what would you do with Peterborough Square? Leave it as is? Tweak? Radical change? Comment below, or elaborate on some of the thoughts above. 

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Some Indie Bands Are Rocking The Spill This Friday

A couple of Toronto indie bands—Action Makes and Invasions—are heading into the Peterpatch for a show this Friday (February 11) at The Spill, the place where we've caught some great acts.

Fyi, one of the members of Action Makes, Andrew Stoeten, is from Peterborough. So that gives you an extra reason to check them out if you're out and about this Friday.

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Video: Watch A Mural Come Together In A Junior Common Room At Trent U

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