The Flavour Festival Is April 28th At The Morrow Building

The Flavour Festival is happening here in Peterborough on Sunday, April 28th at the Morrow Building.

From noon until 6 p.m., there will be Ontario and international wines, Ontario artisan beers, gourmet fares made locally, cooking demonstrations, seminars, art and music, and a butter tart taste off.

Tickets are $12, and can be purchased here in town at the Firehouse Gourmet and Colio Wines (at Sobeys), or on Eventbrite. And parking for the event is free.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Sinatra And Friends Encore Performance At Showplace April 16th

Sinatra and Friends played two sold-out shows at Showplace in November, and returns there for encore performances Tuesday, April 16th. 

This is a Showplace fundraiser to enjoy with complimentary tea, coffee, snacks and a cash bar.

Sinatra and Friends plays at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. that day. Call 705.742.7469 or go to Showplace.org for tickets.

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Watch The Latest Bandwagon Episode Starring JUNO Nominated Hannah Georgas

Here's the latest episode of this homegrown music YouTube series...

[via Bandwagon YouTube channel]

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Here's The Performers For The Socrates Cabaret At Market Hall

[SocratesCabaret.com]

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Watch How A Peterborough Man Got His Sunday New York Times Through Twitter

Here's a neat local social media story: It involves how a TV producer—@rdolishny—got his print edition of the Sunday New York Times by meeting an executive airline pilot—@jetdrivr—through Twitter. The video debuted at the #PeterTweeter awards last week, a celebration of the power of Twitter in Peterborough.

[YouTube]

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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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Discount Office Supply Store Is On The Move

The Discount Office Supply Store has been in Peterborough since 1988, offering office supplies and copying. On March 31st, they will open at their new location at 655 The Queensway—the old Mr. Bob's location.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Survivorman's Les Stroud Is Playing At The Montreal House Friday Night

Survivorman himself, Les Stroud, is visiting Peterborough to play at the Montreal House this Friday night (March 22nd) to perform. Stroud recently won Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program at the Canadian Screen Awards, and is currently on tour. He is hoping to start filming new episodes of Survivorman soon. If you're new to his music, have a peek at his concert in Bancroft and listen to his music on the Les Stroud App for iOS.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Parkway Public Information Centre Meeting No. 2 Is This Thursday

The second Parkway Public Information Centre Meeting is taking place this Thursday (March 21st) at the Evinrude Centre from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Come see the latest proposals to route traffic through our city.

"At PIC #1, held in October 2012, the Study Team presented the
problems and opportunities in the road network, the assessment of
the Alternative Solutions to address the identified problems/opportunities, preliminary Network Alternatives and the proposed evaluation criteria to assess the Network Alternatives. Since PIC #1, comments received from the public have been reviewed and considered by the Study Team and the Network Alternatives and associated evaluation criteria have been confirmed. The purpose of PIC #2 is to present the evaluation of the Network Alternatives and the Recommended Network Alternative."

Download the .PDF from the City of Peterborough to learn more. There will be a presentation at 7 p.m., with discussion afterwards.

[Related: Some Findings And Input From The Parkway Road Meeting On Impact On Community]

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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