Christy Stoeten

Public Energy’s Emergency #20

Here’s the ever-bemused Bill Kimball in a jacket trimmed with curly fur and a red silk kerchief onstage at Market Hall like the ringmaster of a circus, which in many ways he is. Tonight he is introducing the first performance

Christy Stoeten

Public Energy’s Emergency #20

Here’s the ever-bemused Bill Kimball in a jacket trimmed with curly fur and a red silk kerchief onstage at Market Hall like the ringmaster of a circus, which in many ways he is. Tonight he is introducing the first performance

Work by Brian Nichols

Brian Nichols: artist as witness

Brian Nichols is one of those people whose creativity spills out of every particle of his being. He exudes passion and compassion in equal measure. I first saw his work on the lawn of his house in East City at

Work by Brian Nichols

Brian Nichols: artist as witness

Brian Nichols is one of those people whose creativity spills out of every particle of his being. He exudes passion and compassion in equal measure. I first saw his work on the lawn of his house in East City at

The world is my canvas

As an artist, I’ve considered many things to be a canvas or blank page – a wall, a stage, an old house in need of renovation, a garden, a community, a philosophy, an ideology. One of my jobs as an

The world is my canvas

As an artist, I’ve considered many things to be a canvas or blank page – a wall, a stage, an old house in need of renovation, a garden, a community, a philosophy, an ideology. One of my jobs as an

Curtis Driedger & the Mandolin Society of Peterborough

Curtis Driedger’s Mandolin Society

Don’t let Curtis Driedger fool you. He comes across as modest, folksy and a little comical but the man is a musical genius. He started the Mandolin Society of Peterborough in 2003 and this week it celebrates its 10th anniversary

Curtis Driedger & the Mandolin Society of Peterborough

Curtis Driedger’s Mandolin Society

Don’t let Curtis Driedger fool you. He comes across as modest, folksy and a little comical but the man is a musical genius. He started the Mandolin Society of Peterborough in 2003 and this week it celebrates its 10th anniversary

Madmen on the Otonabee

Madmen on the Otonabee

Trent University business student Richard Love is curator of an exciting legacy project for his final year entitled Madmen on the Otonabee. Last year I wrote about Ron Thom’s contribution to Peterborough’s architectural landscape and for the first time, Love

Madmen on the Otonabee

Madmen on the Otonabee

Trent University business student Richard Love is curator of an exciting legacy project for his final year entitled Madmen on the Otonabee. Last year I wrote about Ron Thom’s contribution to Peterborough’s architectural landscape and for the first time, Love

Joe Davies - photo by Charlotte Dempsey

Joe Davies, The Queen of Biafra and other tales

Joe Davies and I go back a way to the days of the BamBoo Club on Toronto’s Queen Street West. Restaurants are one of the few economies that tolerate the unconventional nature of artists, if meagerly, and I suspect if

Joe Davies - photo by Charlotte Dempsey

Joe Davies, The Queen of Biafra and other tales

Joe Davies and I go back a way to the days of the BamBoo Club on Toronto’s Queen Street West. Restaurants are one of the few economies that tolerate the unconventional nature of artists, if meagerly, and I suspect if

Tuesday afternoon painting with John

There are times when I think you can learn everything about visual art from painting. They say you have to learn to draw before you can paint, but I’m not sure it’s true. It may in fact be the other

Tuesday afternoon painting with John

There are times when I think you can learn everything about visual art from painting. They say you have to learn to draw before you can paint, but I’m not sure it’s true. It may in fact be the other