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Wild Irish Geese: The Journey That Shaped a City
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Wild Irish Geese: The Journey That Shaped a City

July 29 – August 30 Previews: July 29, 30 Opening Night: Thursday, July 31 4th Line Theatre, Millbrook Written by Megan Murphy Directed by Kim Blackwell Wild Irish Geese is a powerful and poignant tribute […]
This Is Not Our Waste
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This Is Not Our Waste

July 26, 2025 – October 5, 2025 Art Gallery of Peterborough Image: Oleepika Nashalik At the edge of the Arctic, where melting permafrost cracks open ancient earth and cruise ships drift past like ghosts, a […]
Prologue. Portraits for Future Selves
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Prologue. Portraits for Future Selves

June 26, 2025 – October 5, 2025 Art Gallery of Peterborough Artist-Mentor: Spencer J. Harrison This powerful exhibition marks the culmination of the 2024/25 Youth Art Mentorship Program—now in its fourth year at the Art […]
interview: David Clayton-Thomas
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interview: David Clayton-Thomas

(March 2020) A Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer songwriter, David’s best known as the lead vocalist of the 70’s jazz rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears. His first album with the band in 1968 sold […]
interview: Murray McLauchlan
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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 […]
Interview: Paul Brandt
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Interview: Paul Brandt

(January 2019) Every young musician dreams of being discovered, signed by an American label, and becoming an overnight sensation. The adult dream is to sustain that success and do something meaningful with it. Paul Brandt […]
Interview: Bazil Donovan
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Interview: Bazil Donovan

(December 2018) The year was 1984 and Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor and Bob Wiseman decided to put together a band and call it Blue Rodeo. Joined by bassist Bazil Donovan and Cleave Anderson on the […]
Interview: Elyse Saunders
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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 […]
Interview: Jimmy Bowskill
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Interview: Jimmy Bowskill

(March 2018) The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock and roll band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Formed in 2006, they released their first CD in 2007. By 2011, they became the first unsigned band to ever make […]