The Wire megazine

The Concerts

Crash Test Dummies Bring the Baritone and the Beautiful Weirdness

Wed August 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Del Crary Park Crash Test Dummies never sounded like anybody else, which is probably why they still matter. They arrived with that unmistakable baritone, those off-centre stories, and […]

Community

Peterborough Crime: The Numbers, The Noise, And The Feeling On The Street

When the front window at La Mesita Mexican Restaurant on George Street was smashed a few nights ago, it became the kind of small downtown story that says more than the damage report. According to […]

Miss Advice

Miss Advice: June 2026

Dear Miss Advice,It’s June in Peterborough and I think I’m falling for someone I keep seeing on patios and around downtown. Is this how summer love starts?— Hopeful for No Reason Dear Hopeful,Yes. That’s exactly […]

The Interviews

Interview: Elyse Saunders

(July 2021) Elyse Saunders is the kind of artist who seems to arrive just when the room needs a little sunlight. A Peterborough-raised country singer with a polished voice, a songwriter’s sense of heart, and […]

Music News with Dee Draper

Debut Album, Iskwew Releases for Arist LOV June 9, 2026
Strumbellas + Trews at 2nd DevFest 2026 June 3, 2026

THEATRE

New Stages presents Clyde’s

Sunday, June 14 • 7:00 PM Historic Market Hall From the Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright behind Sweat, Clyde’s is a sharp, funny, unexpectedly tender comedy set inside a truck-stop sandwich shop—one of those fluorescent-lit corners of […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: June 2026

Aries June arrives and immediately convinces you that impulse is a personality trait. You’ll volunteer for something you don’t fully understand, spend money you don’t fully have, and start an argument you don’t fully remember […]

Indie Spotlight

Carling Stephen: The Soul of a Thursday Night

On a quiet Thursday in downtown Peterborough, you can hear it before you see it—the low hum of conversation, the clink of pint glasses, and then that unmistakable voice. Inside The Black Horse Pub, Carling […]

Local Politics

City Hall says “Build it and they might come.”

Peterborough is preparing to spend somewhere in the neighbourhood of $170 million on a new downtown Multi-Use Sport and Event Centre, and the sales pitch arrives wrapped in all the usual municipal vocabulary: revitalization, tourism, […]

The Arts

Art: Home

April 18, 2026 – June 28, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough André Biéler, David Bierk, Rita Briansky, Moira Clark, Dennis Geden, Sarah Gibeault, Frederick Haines, Emma Hesse, Denise Ireland, Hugh Mackenzie, Daphne Odjig, and Tony […]

Dining

East City Coffee Shop: A Legacy of Resilience and Culinary Craftsmanship

Tucked away on Hunter Street East in Peterborough, Ontario, East City Coffee Shop stands as a testament to both culinary excellence and the enduring spirit of its owners. This unassuming diner has become a cherished […]

The Wire Megazine

Promising Peterborough Nothing Since 1989

The Concerts

Crash Test Dummies Bring the Baritone and the Beautiful Weirdness

Community

Peterborough Crime: The Numbers, The Noise, And The Feeling On The Street

Miss Advice

Miss Advice: June 2026

The Interviews

Interview: Elyse Saunders

ADVERTISEMENT

Music News with Dee Draper

THEATRE

New Stages presents Clyde’s

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: June 2026

Indie Spotlight

Carling Stephen: The Soul of a Thursday Night

Local Politics

City Hall says “Build it and they might come.”

The Arts

Art: Home

ADVERTISEMENT

Dining

East City Coffee Shop: A Legacy of Resilience and Culinary Craftsmanship

ADVERTISEMENT

SUMMER FESTIVALS

@ Market Hall

ADVERTISEMENT

Summer Stages

ADVERTISEMENT

PSA

MEDIA PARTNERS