Save PCVS Concert Sold Out For This Sunday

It will be a full house at Sunday night's Save PCVS concert taking place at Showplace.  Hosted by Sean Cullen and featuring the sounds of Serena Ryder, The Avenues, Jimmy Bowskill and many other great acts, the benefit concert is to help raise awareness for PCVS's fight to save their school.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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A Creative Cocktail Happens This Tuesday Evening At Market Hall

This Tuesday (February 7th), Market Hall (140 Charlotte Street) will be the venue for the latest Creative Cocktail. From 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., you will have the opportunity to meet, network and collaborate with professionals from local businesses. If you would like to attend or for more info, contact Chantelle Held by email, call 705.743.0777 ext. 2132 or RSVP via Twitter or Facebook.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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1st Annual PeterTweeter Awards To Take Place At Splice March 1st

Everyone is expected to wear plaid at one of the most hyped, exciting events to come to Peterborough in a while—the PeterTweeter Awards, which recognizes the best of Twitter in Peterborough.

Hosted by The Wolf's Dani Stover and KRUZ FM's Catherine Hanrahan, the #Petertweeter will showcase some of the Patch's best "tweeps", covering everything from food, music and crafts to entertainment, music and news.

The awards show takes place on March 1^st at 7:30 p.m. at Splice Lounge and Restaurant.

Tickets are $10 and available at the WOLF/KRUZ and Peterborough Green-Up, and proceeds from the event are going to Peterborough Green-Up.

We (@Ptbo_Canada) are pleased to be nominated in 3 categories, including Best Local News Coverage.

Cast your votes here.

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PtboCanada Review: Save PCVS Art Auction & Gala

Last night at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, the Peterborough Needs PCVS campaign had its first official event of the new year, an Arts Auction and Gala.

There was a silent art auction featuring a wide array of work donated by local artists. As well, a live auction took place where some very special works of art went to some very lucky folks.

A lively oil painting by John Climenhage was auctioned off, as well as one by Marilyn Gosselin, which was so new the paint was still wet.

The Save PCVS Art Auction and Gala was a great success having raised $11,000 for the Save PCVS Campaign. A few pieces from the PCVS Foundation Collection were on display as well, and will be for a few more weeks. Drop by and have a look at work by A.J. Casson, among others.

[Text and pic by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]

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Two New Shows Opened This Weekend At Art Gallery Of Peterborough & Artspace

Opening this past Friday evening were shows at Artspace and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Artspace presents Are We There Yet, a group show, presenting with diverse work of Lauren Hall, Gareth Lichty and Sam Mogelonsky.

The large front space features a playful "rug" woven of garden hose. It's fun, plastic nature is a poke at our collected yerning for the perfect outdoor space. It's an interesting piece to walk around.

Also featured are interesting colourful channelled landscapes from Hall, who uses clear corregate and coloured powders to create "perfect sunsets" with parallel gradients of colour. Mogelonsky pieces these diverse works together with his neon title piece, "Wish You Were Here".

The show runs January 13th, 2012 to February 25th, 2012.   

See Artspace-arc.org for more information.

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At The Art Gallery of Peterborough, opening on Friday evening was a range of work connected throughout the public spaces. Titled Steaming Alterity, this presentation brings together the diverse work of artists Rebecca Belmore, Natalie Wood, Christina Zeidler, Emelie Chhangur and Johanna Householder.

The work these women make draws from themes of activism, places, internal context and self within a wider world. Using photography, video, collage and physical still-life, an adventure awaits the visitor. Plan on being generous with your time here.

The show runs January 13th to March 4th.

See Agp.on.ca for more information.

[Text and pic by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]

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East City: The Soap Was All The Rage Here In Late Eighties

East City: The Soap was a live, improvised soap opera performed on a weekly basis here in the late Eighties. Conceived and directed by Robert Winslow, it was first performed at Artspace, the multi-disciplinary art centre then located at Market Hall before moving production to the old Union Theatre. Here's some video clips taken from the first 25 episodes. 

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