Have A Tour Of Market Hall This Thursday At Open House

The crowd at Live and Uncorked This Thursday (April 14th), from 4 to 6 p.m., Market Hall Performing Arts Centre is opening its doors to the public for a tour of the new theatre, including guided backstage access. 

This represents the first opportunity for the general public to experience all of the upgrades and renovations the new Hall has to offer, including all new acoustical engineering, retractable stage, sprung dance floor in the main hall and lobby, new seating and balconies, and $9 million dollars in improvements.

"It is this community that has made the wonderful changes to Market Hall possible," says Karen August, Market Hall General Manager.  "And we want the community to see what they have helped bring about."

PtboCanada live blogged the "Live and Uncorked" event there recently and got a chance to see inside this world-class facility. Check it out for yourself this Thursday. 

[Market Hall]

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Stuff To Do In The Best City In The World This Weekend

Friday

Peterborough Garden Show, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Evinrude Centre, $6/Adults, Children - FREE

Emergency #18 Festival of New Dance and Performance by Peterborough-area Artists, 7:30 & 9:00 p.m. shows. Market Hall. $12

Cops for Cancer Peterborough host Battle in the Saddle, 12 p.m. - 12 p.m. (thru to Saturday) Lansdowne Place

Saturday

Crawford Rail Trail Cleanup, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - FREE

Fleming College Open House, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Wild Rock Outfitters' Annual Spring Gear Swap, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Cash Only

Encaustic Painting Workshop with Victoria Wallace at the Peterborough Art Gallery - Call for more information - (705) 743-9179

Peterborough Garden Show, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Evinrude Centre, $6/Adults, Children - FREE

Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre's Annual General Meeting, Riverview Park & Zoo Orientation Centre 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 

Emergency #18 Festival of New Dance and Performance by Peterborough-area Artists, 7:30 & 9:00 p.m. shows. Market Hall. $12

Sunday

Easter Seals Telethon, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. aired on TVCogeco and CHEX with events and entertainment taking place throughout the telethon at Lansdowne Place  [Related Post]

Peterborough Garden Show, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Evinrude Centre, $6/Adults, Children - FREE

Encaustic Painting Workshop with Victoria Wallace at the Peterborough Art Gallery - Call for more information - (705) 743-9179

Cake Designers' Delight, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Holiday Inn. $5 a person or $10 a Family

Emergency #18 Festival of New Dance and Performance by Peterborough-area Artists, 2:00 & 3:30 p.m. shows. Market Hall. $12

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Groovy: New Exhibition Celebrating Peterborough In The 1970s Is On!

[Peterborough Museum & Archives]

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Stuff to Do in Peterborough This Weekend (And This Is All Real News)

Friday

33rd Annual Home, Cottage, and Country Show at the Evinrude Centre, 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. $5/Adults, $2/Seniors, Kids are Free

Saturday

33rd Annual Home, Cottage, and Country Show at the Evinrude Centre, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. $5/Adults, $2/Seniors, Kids are Free

Freddy Vettes and the Flames at the Trentwinds, 7 p.m. $25.  All proceeds to the 2011 season of Little Lake Musicfest

Market Hall Performing Arts presents Live and Uncorked, 8:30 p.m. $22.50

Sunday

33rd Annual Home, Cottage, and Country Show at the Evinrude Centre 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $5/Adults, $2/Seniors, Kids are Free

4th Line Theatre presents Artist Talk Series at the Peterborough Museum and Archives, 2 p.m. Free but limited seating

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Peterborough's Mike O'Connor & Jag Tanna Involved With Upcoming Film "Textuality"

[UPDATE: Monday, May 9th -- The Venue is showing a FREE screening of Textuality this Wednesday (May 11th). Doors to the Venue lobby bar open at 8 p.m., and the show begins at 8:30 p.m.]

[UPDATE: Tuesday, April 5, 7:05 a.m. -- the Textuality soundtrack that Mike O'Connor and Jag Tanna had a hand in (see below for more deets) is now live. Check it out here—Canadians are representing!]

The upcoming romantic comedy Textuality (starring Jason Lewis, Eric McCormack and Carly Pope), about two people trying to navigate multiple relationships in the modern dating world, has a significant Peterborough connection. Mike O'Connor, co-founder of WIND Mobile, is executive producer on the movie and producer of the soundtrack, and I Mother Earth's Jag Tanna collaborated with Vapor Music on the soundtrack. Both O'Connor and Tanna reside here in Peterborough.

The Canadian release is set for April 22nd in select cities across Canada, and the soundtrack comes out April 1st.

[TextualityMovie.com; @TextualityMovie on Twitter; Textuality on Facebook]



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PCVS Continues To Do Everything In Its Power To Keep Its School Alive

PCVS, which has been by far the most aggressive and vocal school in launching various public awareness campaigns to keep its school afloat (one of Adam Scott, Kenner, TASSS or PCVS will likely be closing), has now added a new poster campaign to the mix.

The posters—"Closed Doors At PCVS Means Closed Doors At Downtown Businesses"—are showing up in windows of stores downtown in support of keeping PCVS open.

PCVS's Peterborough Needs PCVS Facebook page now has more than 2,000 fans.

[Peterborough Needs PCVS]

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Former Trent Student Bob Hayes Talks About His New Book "Wolves of the Yukon"

Bob Hayes recently dropped by Titles Bookstore in Peterborough to talk about his new book, Wolves of the Yukon.

Bob, who is an alumnus of Trent University, described the writing process as "a full year of writing that took ten years to write." Bob left Peterborough in 1975 and went to the Yukon to research and write about Yukon wolves. This book is a compilation of 25 years worth of knowledge as a wolf biologist.

When writing the book, Bob felt he had to tell stories to keep the reader engaged but found it difficult with his past of writing scientific papers. But he managed to pull it off, and Bob gives thanks to his family for helping him through it as it truly was a joint effort: His family helped him research the book, his daughter edited it, his brother provided the drawings, and a friend of his daughter provided the maps.

Drop in to Titles Bookstore to pick up a copy of Wolves of the Yukon.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PtboCanada Review: Snowblink And Eons At Cannery Art Centre

Snowblink with Eons
The Cannery Art Centre
Thursday, March 17, 2011

While the downtown core rocked with wild St. Patrick's Day revellers, there was a lovely respite of subdued rock and roll to be found at The Cannery. Two bands shared the stage for some inspiring
music. First up was new, Toronto-based outfit Eons (pictured at left), a splinter band of Bruce Peninsula. This three piece managed to evoke the best of British traditional with a modern pop sheen.

Headliners Snowblink, a two guitar attack, also from Toronto, though transplanted from Los Angeles, married layers of guitar and two part harmonies into a fit of bright rock and roll goodness. This band is on the brink of a run of North American shows supporting Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Toronto indie darling Timber Timbre.

With a backdrop of wildly dressed bar-hoppers and periodic lightening shows, this was a night to remember.

[Text and pic by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]

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Video: Dean Del Mastro Is Completely Condescending To Margaret Atwood

[UPDATE] More on the story here.

[YouTube; Atwood and MP scrap over copyright]

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