Category Archives: 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

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

Stories from the Union Theatre

Union Reunion

Once in a blue moon, a place becomes a magnet for artists and creative activity and galvanizes a community with remarkable spinoffs – think of Lapin Agile in Paris, The Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto, The Cedar Tavern in New York City.

Stories from the Union Theatre

Union Reunion

Once in a blue moon, a place becomes a magnet for artists and creative activity and galvanizes a community with remarkable spinoffs – think of Lapin Agile in Paris, The Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto, The Cedar Tavern in New York City.

The Burgess Shale

The Burgess Shale CD release

They played a fine, rollicking set at the 2012 Peterborough Folk Festival and it was standing room only at the Spill and the Garnet for their performances of  Eight Days Lost – The Tom Thompson Multimedia Project last year during

The Burgess Shale

The Burgess Shale CD release

They played a fine, rollicking set at the 2012 Peterborough Folk Festival and it was standing room only at the Spill and the Garnet for their performances of  Eight Days Lost – The Tom Thompson Multimedia Project last year during

R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer

In 1983 I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a performance of RA by R. Murray Schafer. It was an all night affair that took place at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto from sundown to sunrise the following

R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer

In 1983 I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a performance of RA by R. Murray Schafer. It was an all night affair that took place at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto from sundown to sunrise the following

Rita Grimaldi of the Peterborough Storytellers

The Secrets of the Storytellers

When most people think of storytelling, they usually think of children.  But storytelling is an art form as old as mankind. And we’re all storytellers, young and old. A story can be about anything – an event personal or worldly, real

Rita Grimaldi of the Peterborough Storytellers

The Secrets of the Storytellers

When most people think of storytelling, they usually think of children.  But storytelling is an art form as old as mankind. And we’re all storytellers, young and old. A story can be about anything – an event personal or worldly, real

Triple Threat

I first met Colin MacAdam at a dinner party. He made an impression on me by singing acapella and from memory every verse of Stan Roger’s ballad Barrett’s Privateer, the chorus of which I will never forget:

Triple Threat

I first met Colin MacAdam at a dinner party. He made an impression on me by singing acapella and from memory every verse of Stan Roger’s ballad Barrett’s Privateer, the chorus of which I will never forget:

4th Line Theatre

4th Line Theatre’s 20th Season

It’s an idyllic summer evening as we drive up to the Winslow farm with its weathered barns, rolling hills and clusters of day lilies. The wind ruffles fields of grass, horses graze in the upper pasture, swooping barn swallows and

4th Line Theatre

4th Line Theatre’s 20th Season

It’s an idyllic summer evening as we drive up to the Winslow farm with its weathered barns, rolling hills and clusters of day lilies. The wind ruffles fields of grass, horses graze in the upper pasture, swooping barn swallows and

Pyroflys

The PyroFlys – Magic is Alive

How many small towns in Canada can claim to have their very own fire-breathing circus? The PyroFlys have been spinning balls, hoops, staves and fire for about a year now and bringing their skill and magic to events all over

Pyroflys

The PyroFlys – Magic is Alive

How many small towns in Canada can claim to have their very own fire-breathing circus? The PyroFlys have been spinning balls, hoops, staves and fire for about a year now and bringing their skill and magic to events all over

Beside Herself

Review: Mysterious Entity’s Production of Beside Herself

Last night’s final performance of Beside Herself at Market Hall was an experimental, intimate production from Mysterious Entity that makes me glad to live in this small town with so much local talent, because I likely wouldn’t see it anywhere

Beside Herself

Review: Mysterious Entity’s Production of Beside Herself

Last night’s final performance of Beside Herself at Market Hall was an experimental, intimate production from Mysterious Entity that makes me glad to live in this small town with so much local talent, because I likely wouldn’t see it anywhere

Photo by Wayne Eardley of Melanie McCall as Tiger Tamer in Stark

Emergency #19

For information on Public Energy’s 2013 Emergency #20 go here » Public Energy’s showcase of new dance and performance art takes place this weekend at Market Hall March 30th-April 1st and I want to see it all!  The spirit of

Photo by Wayne Eardley of Melanie McCall as Tiger Tamer in Stark

Emergency #19

For information on Public Energy’s 2013 Emergency #20 go here » Public Energy’s showcase of new dance and performance art takes place this weekend at Market Hall March 30th-April 1st and I want to see it all!  The spirit of

voices at hand

Voices at Hand

You can’t tie an email up with a ribbon. But a handwritten letter, well, that may be a dying art form. Do we express ourselves differently in a handwritten format? Is it possible to send a meaningful love letter via

voices at hand

Voices at Hand

You can’t tie an email up with a ribbon. But a handwritten letter, well, that may be a dying art form. Do we express ourselves differently in a handwritten format? Is it possible to send a meaningful love letter via

curvelake

What the Curve Lake Pow Wow Means to Me

Every fall I look forward to the Curve Lake Pow Wow.  It almost always falls on a hot sunny day with the smell of woodsmoke in the air and the forest ablaze in yellow and orange.

curvelake

What the Curve Lake Pow Wow Means to Me

Every fall I look forward to the Curve Lake Pow Wow.  It almost always falls on a hot sunny day with the smell of woodsmoke in the air and the forest ablaze in yellow and orange.

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Public Energy

February 17th, Public Energy presents of good moral character  by choreographer Lara Kramer.

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Public Energy

February 17th, Public Energy presents of good moral character  by choreographer Lara Kramer.