Adam winging it
The second episode of the Dashing Diner YouTube series is now live as show host Adam visits McThirsty's on Charlotte Street. Stay up to date with The Dashing Diner by following them on on Facebook and Twitter, and catch up with the series by watching Episode 1.
Episode 7 of PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson is live. Episodes are filmed live to tape at Riley's Pub in downtown Peterborough on most Sunday afternoons from 3-ish to 4 pm-ish, and we love a live studio audience if you want to come down!
Mike Judson in conversation with Anita Blackbourn
We had a huge audience for Episode 7, with friends and family out to support and watch the courageous Anita Blackbourn be interviewed by Mike Judson. Anita, married with two young daughters, is battling stage 4 breast cancer and you won't ever forget her conversation with Judson about what it's like to go through this—for her and her loved ones (make sure to go to her benefit Friday, January 23rd at The Junction).
Pete Dalliday
In the episode, we also promo this year's Pink in the Rink by Canadian Cancer Society of Peterborough, talk to local icon Pete Dalliday about all things Peterborough, and get to see amazing The Lohrwoods perform!
And, oh yeah, Dan O'Toole's cutout makes cameo appearances throughtout the podcast.
The Lohrwoods
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Peterborough's Art For Awareness presents RENT from February 20th to 28th at Showplace Performance Centre. Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Here are cast photos below by Sara Connelly (SC Photography) that were photographed in the alley behind St Veronus in downtown Peterborough...
RENT follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. By donating partial proceeds from this local production to PARN-Your Community Aids Network & the Youth Emergency Shelter (YES), Art for Awareness aims to educate, entertain, and normalize the stories of those living with HIV/AIDS, addiction, and poverty and sexual identity.
RENT is produced with the generous support of Adam Scott Performing Arts, PTBOCanada (we're a media sponsor), Theatre Trent, the Anne Shirley Theatre Company and CMHA Haliburton Kawartha Pineridge.
RENT is Produced and Directed by Geoff Bemrose & Sarah Tye, Choreography by Rachel Bemrose, Musical Direction by Brian MacDonald and Vocal Direction by Pamela Birrell.
RENT runs February 20th to 28th at Showplace. Tickets are $21 for students and $26 for adults. For more info, go here and see the poster below.
Peterborough's STRUTT Central has launched an "Unmask the silence" campaign to raise awareness about the number of Indigenous women who are going missing and being murdered at a much higher rate than other women in Canada—a rate so high it constitutes nothing less than a national human rights crisis.
STRUTT's program was undertaken with young girls from the Cree Nation of Wemindji to spread awareness on this crisis. The impactful photographs below (and above) from the series were taken by Paisley Spence Photography. The campaign was directed by Christina Abbott, who tells us the backstory for how it came together in this photo essay below...
Christina Abbott... "I was working with Mickey Decarlo, a First Nations Woman in our community, and her group of young Cree women. Mickey serves as a mental health worker at the Cree Nation of Wemindji Wellness and Culture Program. She meets with the girls individually every week to discuss issues concerning them over lunch."
Abbott... "Mickey, who lives in Peterborough, brings the girls from Wemindji to Peterborough at least once a year, and arranges fun and meaningful activities for them while they're here in town. Amnesty international states that: 'Indigenous women are going missing and being murdered at a much higher rate than other women in Canada—a rate so high it constitutes nothing less than a national human rights crisis.' As a First Nations woman, Mickey sought to educate the girls on the seriousness of this crisis by challenging them to picture the effects of similar tragedies on their family and/or loved ones."
Abbott... "Together, we decided to make an awareness campaign as so many, including myself, have gone years without knowledge of the extent or severity of the crisis affecting Aboriginal women. By asking the girls to act as models in campaign photos showcasing facts and figures on the crisis, we endeavoured to educate them on the dangers they may face, as well as spreading awareness beyond their community."
Abbott... "The butterfly is the national symbol behind the struggle to combat this crisis; it represents the individual beauty of each woman that is missing. In our images, the butterfly mask being removed symbolizes the unmasking of the cold hard facts that we all need to face together. We want Canadians to see the plight of these women as though they were our sisters."
You can view the entire photo essay here on the campaign. (Hair and Makeup by STRUTT Beauty's Jasher Guiel, Carolyn Abbott, Brandy Aston, Jacqueline Hoss, Christina Abbott. Creative Direction by Christina Abbott. Research facts by Camellia Shaw.)
For more information, check out Amnesty International and Native Womens Association of Canada.
Please spread the word about this campaign on your social media channels.
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OK, so Peterborough's John Pirie won $10 million in the Lotto 6/49 last year. And, oh yeah, Peterborough's Michael Jennings won $100,000 playing Poker Lotto last year, too. And now more... in 2015. While the big lottery ticket worth $35 million was sold to someone in Toronto—who has yet to confirm their prize—two winning Encore tickets were also sold in the province last week, and one of those was in Peterborough. Naturally. Either Peterborogh people are buying a lot of lottery tickets or we just have good luck. Or somewhere in between.
John Pirie wins in 2014
Michael Jennings wins in 2014
The Room ranks down there on many lists as one of the worst movies of all time (3.5 on IMDB)—Entertainment Weekly has called The Room "the Citizen Kane of bad movies". It also ranks up there as one of the best movies of all time to make fun of and quote (in other words, a movie you love to hate)...
“You're tearing me apart, Lisa!” - Tommy Wiseau. Writer, Director, Producer and main star of The Room
The Trent Film Society is showing the movie for free this Wednesday (January 21st) at 8 p.m. at Market Hall. This dreadful film is rated 'R', but will have you wanting to throw the football around with friends, and laughing at how bad it is. Oh Hi, Mark.
In preparation to watch it, here is the trailer and scenes from the movie...
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Photo via Devil's Elbow Facebook page
A 64-year-old man employed by the Kawartha Ski and Snowboard School has died after a skiing accident Saturday at Devil's Elbow ski club near Peterborough. In a series of tweets (see below), the club says the accident happened in a warm-up run and that OPP are investigating...
Melissa Payne, who appeared on Episode 4 of our podcast PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson recently, also performed on Soundwave Studios' Toque Session series. Check her out below performing with local musicians Matt Greco and Christopher Culgin...
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