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Concerts

Concert: In The Key of Blue

Jul 17, 2026 7:30 PM Showplace Performance Centre In the Key of Blue arrives with big dreams, bruised hearts, and the unmistakable ache of Blue Rodeo running through its veins. This new Canadian musical follows Jarod […]

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

DevFest June 26-27 June 12, 2026
New Single For Singer-Songwriter Dee Hernandez With “Used,” June 12, 2026
Debut Album, Iskwew Releases for Arist LOV June 9, 2026

In The Clubs

This Week at The Black Horse: Jams, Blues, Bingo and a Saturday Night Rock Pour

(June 15-21, 2026) The long-running Crash & Burn Jam with Rick & Gailie kicks things off Monday night, June 15, from 7 to 10 p.m., with Rick & Gailie, JP Hovercraft, Brian Landry and Clifford […]

THEATRE

Schoolhouse

June 30 – July 25. Previews: June 30, July 1Opening Night: Thursday, July 2 Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pmWith an added Monday performance on July 20th4th Line Theatre Schoolhouse arrives with the dust 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

Irish Millie: Tradition on Fire

When you listen to Irish Millie, you hear tradition with a jolt of something new. At only 18, Amelia “Irish Millie” Shadgett is already carving her own space in Canadian folk, bluegrass, and contemporary trad—stringing […]

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 […]

Film

ReFrame 2027 Opens the Door for Filmmakers

ReFrame is once again calling for the kind of films that don’t just fill a screen, but rattle around in your head long after the credits roll. Submissions are now open for the 2027 ReFrame […]

Dining

Amandala’s: A Love Letter to Excess (with Perfectly Ironed Napkins)

Step into Amandala’s and you’ll feel, immediately, that this is not a place for the casual diner. No, this is where Peterborough comes when it wishes to pretend, however briefly, that it’s Vienna, Paris, or […]

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The Concerts

Concert: In The Key of Blue

Community

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

Miss Advice

Miss Advice: June 2026

The Interviews

Interview: Elyse Saunders

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Music News with Dee Draper

In The Clubs

This Week at The Black Horse: Jams, Blues, Bingo and a Saturday Night Rock Pour

THEATRE

Schoolhouse

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: June 2026

Indie Spotlight

Irish Millie: Tradition on Fire

Local Politics

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

The Arts

Art: Home

Film

ReFrame 2027 Opens the Door for Filmmakers

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Dining

Amandala’s: A Love Letter to Excess (with Perfectly Ironed Napkins)

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