Showplace had a great crowd out today to watch Peterborough Snofest Idol 2011. View the contestants and find out the finalists and winner.
The Scroll and Bow Strings Orchestra marked the opening of Peterborough Snofest today with a musical treat. Headed by Lakefield College music teacher John Kraus, they delighted the audience with their festive music.
Master of Ceremonies Catherine Hanrahan (pictured above) introduced many VIPs, including Mayor Daryl Bennett (pictured cutting the ribbon below), MPP Jeff Leal, Councillor Lesley Parnell and Snofest mascot Snofest Pete.
The ribbon cutting ceremony opens a week of events which can be viewed on their calendar, including Sunday's Snofest Idol at 2 p.m. at Showplace (free admission with nonperishable food donation is appreciated) and numerous food and game events throughout the week.
[Snofest]
[Words and Pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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This past Friday night, two new art shows opened, in venues close together—a short walk on a cold January night that provided a sort of cleansing of the palette if you will. That cleansing was required as the shows, and the respective artists, could not have been more different. One was from the old guard of the Peterborough art scene, the other was a fresh new face.
ARTSPACE: MICKY RENDERS "PAINTING WITH LIGHT"
Artspace hosted new photographic images from longtime local personality Micky Renders. Renders, who teaches art at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, usually creates in oils with a brush and had been doing so for 30 years. This show titled "Painting With Light" represented a new foray for the artist. This time, her choosen medium was photography, and the light captured through the lens over space and time. This show is worth a look as it's interesting to see artists we think we know stepping out of their safe space.
"Painting With Light" is open at Artspace until January 29th. Artspace is located at 378 Aylmer Street North.
CANNERY ART CENTRE: JAMIE CAMPBELL "DON'T FEED THE MONSTERS - BOXED MONSTERS & OTHER CURIOSITIES"
Over at Cannery Art Centre, the upstairs gallery features new work from local artistic upstart Jamie Campbell and her show entitled "Don't Feed the Monsters - Boxed Monsters & Other Curiosities". Through stylized illustrations, whimsical colours and fun, quirky compositions (see pic below), Campbell is presenting an entire world of mythical creatures for us to wonder over. 
This is art for everyone. It's welcoming. The technique is bold and your attention will be pulled from one piece to the next.
"Boxed Monsters" is open at the Cannery Art Centre until the end of the month of January. The Cannery is located at 168 Hunter Street West.
[Artspace; Micky Renders; Jamie Campbell]
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]
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From their performances December 27th at The Red Dog.
My Darkest Days...
Bleeker Ridge...
[My Darkest Days; Bleeker Ridge]
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From their performances last week (December 29th) at The Spill in Peterborough:
Left: Matt Greco. Right: Ryan Ford
Darryl Matthews
[Ryan Ford; Darryl Matthews]
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Back to more regular posting next week! All the best in 2011!! Click here to see some of the stories we covered in 2010, and click here for a Video Year in Review.
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So we started this blog all about Peterborough in May. And it's been fun. Really fun. Peterborough, you rock. In one long run-on sentence, here's some of the stuff we've covered since we launched about 8 months ago:
We've covered the life of a Peterborough ER doctor, Jake's closure, The International Dragon Boat Festival, Reggie's HotGrill, a smoking dude on a bike during the gas leak, Have You Seen Video..., a rock star of posters, a guy who draws, a mural man, the Christmas Parade, the Canada Day Parade, the Arkells at the Red Dog, happy people, people lying down, an anti-bullying event, a breakfast program, a zombie crawl, a yarn shop, a snow sculpture, an email that was the talk of the mayoral race, the YWCA shelter, a cheesy store, a book store, a person who misses Peterborough, the CIBC Run for the Cure, a dude who called on a wrestler in the Memorial Centre parking lot, awesome bands, the Peterborough Folk Festival, Focus Fair, 3 Loonie event, the Old Stone Symphony, Dean Del Mastro yearbook pics, Jay Scotland and Lois Tuffin taking a dip, beaches, bars & restaurants, Peterborough Square in 1987, Sarah Harmer at the Gordon Best, Twitterborough, and a BIG garage sale.
Thanks to all our contributors and readers, and all those who have been tipping us and following us on Twitter. Please continue to spread the word about PtboCanada.
[Related: Video: Peterborough Year in Review]
2010 has been quite the eventful year in the Patch. Here's a sampling—in video—of some of the stuff that went down here this year. In no particular order (by date or ranking), here it goes:
The gas leak...
Flash mob at Fleming College...
Jay Scotland busted on "COPS Peterborough" for a good cause...
Jeff Martin covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at The Red Dog...
Coach Greg Walsh stands up for his player against racism...
Showdown at City Council between Paul Ayotte & Patti Peeters...
3 Loonies event for Kawartha Food Share...
The Terry Fox Run at Nicholls Oval ...
New YWCA shelter opens...
The Silver Hearts perform on Hunter Street after last call...
The Olde Stone Symphony...
Sebastian Bach arrested at Riley's...
Tim Horton's commercial that was filmed in East City...
Blue Rodeo at Showplace...
What do you think the most important moments/events were in Peterborough this year?
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