Nora Mickee
Spring is coming, and the ice is melting on lakes and rivers—and with that, comes some neat formations. Nora Mickee from Studio-N captured this beauty Instagram picture of a "ice mosaic" on the Otonabee. As she also describes of the image, it looks like "floating marble".
"Ice mosaic on the Otonabee. It looks like floating marble #Spring #riverice #breakup @Ptbo_Canada"
Serena Ryder photo by Michael Hurcomb
A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched for The Radius Project, which was born out of a simple question: "So which famous people would I know from your hometown?" The hometown in question is Peterborough and the answer was endless. Directed by music photographer and director Michael Hurcomb and produced by Mexican Cheesus—the team behind the hit web music video series Bandwagon—the Radius Project looks at the wealth of musicians that came from the radius around a small town and went on to national and international acclaim. A short list of people that grew up or relocated to the area are Neil Young, Thousand Foot Crutch, Royal Wood, Three Days Grace, My Darkest Days, Cale Gontier (Art of Dying / Thornley), I Mother Earth, Greg Keelor, Ronnie Hawkins, The Leahys (and Natalie McMaster), producers Greg and Rob Wells, Sebastian Bach and Serena Ryder.
photo by Michael Hurcomb
The doc will feature one on one interviews with some of these artists about their experiences here, a look into how a small city and the surrounding towns created so many acclaimed artists, interviews with outsiders looking at what makes a music scene work, a history of the music scene, interviews with some local legends, and a look at the future.
I Mother Earth photo by Michael Hurcomb
The Radius Project team wants to make this documentary look and sound as great as possible. They want to use the high quality gear they have, rent some external gear, have an essential and talented shooting team, and travel when necessary for interviews.
Metric at PMC by Michael Hurcomb
Watch a teaser campaign video here...
Click here to to help with the Kickstarter campaign. You can find the Radius Project on Facebook here, Twitter here and more info on their website. We interviewed the Radius Project's Michael Hurcomb on a recent episode of PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson. Click here to watch it.
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The latest episode of the Dashing Diner YouTube series is now live as show host Adam visits Dr. J's BBQ & Brews at 282 Alymer Street. Stay up to date with The Dashing Diner by following them on Facebook and Twitter.
Watch the episode below...
Judson & Stover
Episode 12 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! We have an amp and sponsors and everything.
Judson & Hurcomb
Episode 12 features Mike Judson in conversation with The Wolf Morning Show host Dani Stover, music/fashion photographer/director Michael Hurcomb, and a great performance by Dylan Ireland from Express and Company.
Ireland
Some liner notes:
-Thanks to illustrator Jason Wilkins for coming down again and live illustrating the entire podcast. He rocks.
-Host Mike Judson wore shiny new pants again.
-The nachos were excellent. Again.
-We are off for March break so no taping March 15th. Back at Riley's March 22nd!
Watch the full show below (and in case you missed it, check out our first 11 episodes here)...
There is an emerging group at Crestwood called Impact that has a specific purpose—to create an atmosphere where students can support one another and discuss life topics that matter to you. "It was headed up by someone who moved away from Peterborough and the students involved have graduated apparently," Impact program coordinator Amy McAuley tells PTBOCanada, adding that she has a specific plan for where she wants to take it.
Image via Crestwood Facebook page
Impact has secured a room at Crestwood where they will meet every Monday at lunch for whoever wants to talk. In an eloquent note on their Impact website directed to the anonymous student (and others like them) who wrote our viral post "A Peterborough High School Student Has Something To Say", Impact are inviting others to reach out—and perhaps start chapters at their own schools.
"My aim for this group going forward and my desire is to see it become a source of hope and a constant reminder that they are not alone," says McAuley, an early childhood educator who is most passionate about programming of this nature and would love to do this full-time. "We have been working with a student to make arrangements to start this group up again (finding a teacher who would allow us the use of his/her room) and it just happened that everything fell in place to start up the Monday before the March Break."
After hearing of the Crestwood student's tragic death and reading the anonymous student's post, McAuley tells us she was left speechless—even more so after reading the statement made regarding the need of a group/club in the post on PTBOCanada. "It has affirmed the great need I believe there is for a place of understanding and support like this, where students can just be real and feel heard as they grapple with the issues of life. I am unaware of if there are such groups at other schools but we are more than willing to assist."
McAuley is currently running Impact with the assistance of one other person, Tristin Haines. The next Crestwood group will meet together on March 23rd during lunch in room A213 after March break.
***You can reach out to Impact here to learn more about the organization or to inquire about starting a chapter at your school. You can also follow them on Twitter @impactgrouptbo and on Facebook here.
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Photo courtesy Peterborough Humane Society
The Peterborough Humane Society reports in a media release that three Shih Tzu’s were found abandoned in an alleyway near the corner of Rubridge and Townsend in the city’s southend.
They were found last night around 3:00 a.m.
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Read the letter that's gone viral...
Read MoreProduced in conjunction with the Peterborough Poetry Collective, it's called MAKE IT HAPPEN—the theme for International Women's Day this year. It's written and acted by the young actresses of the Strutt Program—a program to empower girls and help them develop self-confidence and promote healthy body image—and directed by Wes Ryan and Christina Abbott.
Watch the powerful video below...
Jason & Kate Wells (pictures via Twitter)
Peterborough couple Kate and Jason Wells are constantly educating the public on social media about what it's like to live with Aidan, their autistic child—and the unbelievable rollercoaster ride involved. On Saturday morning (March 7th), they live tweeted a severe meltdown and expressed the anguish of dealing with autism at its low point, and how their younger daughter Emma copes. Their raw, emotional tweets give us a first-hand look at what it's like to live through a meltdown, magnified as Aidan gets older and stronger—and harder to restrain. Here are some of those tweets...
Kate appeared on our show PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson earlier this year to talk about the realities of life with an autistic child. As well, a post she wrote for us, "Living With Autism: A Wells Family Christmas", received national attention when it was picked up by AOL's ParentDish last Christmas.
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