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The Concerts

Sisters of the Split Sky

Thursday, May 21 • 7:00 PM Historic Market Hall Sisters of a Split Sky isn’t a “show” so much as a living, breathing ceremony—part multimedia concert, part story circle, part wake-up call. It’s billed as […]

The Interviews

interview: Murray McLauchlan

(February 2020) Murray began writing songs and performing them in his late teens. Hanging around the coffeehouses of Toronto he was also a staple performer on the folk festival circuit where he rubbed shoulders and […]

Music News with Dee Draper

37th Album for Ken Whiteley, Canadian Folk Legend. March 7, 2026
Brettyn Rose Releases Single-'Leavin On My Lips' & Debut EP, 'The Wild West' March 5, 2026
Olivia Penalva's Distance Makes A Love Story. February 19, 2026
MARSHALL DANE's NEW SINGLE 'SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE' February 19, 2026
New Single & Album Announcement for Juno Nominated Artists Desiree Dorion & Burnstick. February 17, 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 […]

Comedy

Wes Barker: Mostly Magic, Mostly Mayhem

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 • 8:00 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre In MOSTLY MAGIC, Wes Barker doesn’t just blur the line between genius and absolute chaos—he sprints across it, waving sparklers and laughing like a […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: March 2026

Aries March tempts you with “fresh starts,” and you sprint toward them like a motivational poster with anger issues. You’ll announce a bold new plan mid-month — fitness, finances, relationships, something dramatic — and abandon […]

Local Politics

CITY: Towers First, Questions Later

City Hall this week spent a fair bit of time talking about height — specifically how high Peterborough might soon reach into the sky — while a few of the city’s more stubborn problems sat […]

Indie Spotlight

Spotlight: Matthew Holtby — Quiet Force, Big Heart

Matthew Holtby doesn’t write songs for the background. They’re the kind you lean into, the kind that ask for your attention and then reward it with melody, truth, and just enough grit to keep things […]

Dance

The Restless Choreographer Who Rewrote the Rules of Dance Cinema

Friday March 27, 7pmArt Gallery of Peterborough Laura Taler didn’t just cross borders—she obliterated them entirely. From the dance studios of Romania to the experimental film circuits of Canada, this boundary-smashing artist has spent three […]

Dining

COOKING EXPERIENCES AT LA HACIENDA

La Hacienda is leaning into March with the kind of cooking experiences that do more than fill a room—they fill the air with spice, citrus, and the promise of something worth eating. Tucked into its […]

The Wire Megazine

Promising Peterborough Nothing Since 1989

The Concerts

Sisters of the Split Sky

The Interviews

interview: Murray McLauchlan

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Music News with Dee Draper

THEATRE

New Stages presents Clyde’s

Comedy

Wes Barker: Mostly Magic, Mostly Mayhem

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: March 2026

Local Politics

CITY: Towers First, Questions Later

Indie Spotlight

Spotlight: Matthew Holtby — Quiet Force, Big Heart

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Dance

The Restless Choreographer Who Rewrote the Rules of Dance Cinema

Dining

COOKING EXPERIENCES AT LA HACIENDA

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PSA

@ Market Hall

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In The Clubs

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