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Band To Watch RobotEyes Playing The Historic Red Dog February 28th
/Peterborough synthpop band roboteyes—which released their debut album last year (have a listen to the awesome "Break My Heart" if you haven't yet heard it)—are playing a gig on Friday, February 28th at the Historic Red Dog. Admission is free and the show starts at 10 pm (doors open at 9 pm). They have also begun to put out a short series of cover songs in the build-up to the release of their new EP, which is due out later this spring. Have a watch of one of them below...
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PTBOCanada Pics: Art Battle Canada At The Venue
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Art Battle is a live competitive painting contest where each painter has 20 minutes to come up with a painting. The audience votes on the winners for each round, and the overall winner of the evening. Art Battle Canada is traveling coast to coast to look for artists that will compete at the 2014 Art Battle National Championship. Art Battle 87 took place last night at The Venue, and here were the paintings created...
Round One
Round Two
Final Round
Congratulations to Paul Nabuurs for winning the competition.
The next Peterborough Art Battle is February 20th.
[Related: PtboCanada Video from Art Battle Canada in Peterborough]
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Adam Scott Performing Arts Presents Guys And Dolls
/Adam Scott Performing Arts—which offers students Grades 7 through 12 professional level performance opportunities in Musical Theatre, Dance, Drama and Music—is putting on a new play, Guys and Dolls, from February 19th to 22nd. Check out their Facebook page for more deets or follow them on Twitter.
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PTBOCanada Pics: Canadian Canoe Museum At The Toronto Boat Show
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The Canadian Canoe Museum has an interactive booth at the Toronto International Boat Show (which runs January 11th to 19th).
The booth has historic canoes, a paddle carving studio (in which you can sign up for a special one-day workshop on Thursday, January 16th or Friday, January 17th), a kids zone and an actual canoe building workshop.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Jeremy Ward describing the steps it takes to create a Canoe
A 14' Canvas-Covered Canoe
The 10th Annual ReFrame Film Festival Starts January 24th
/The 10th Annual ReFrame Film Festival runs Friday, January 24th to Sunday, the 26th. Peruse the list of movies that will be playing this year, and purchase tickets for the shows (or a pass for the entire Festival).
The City Will Pick Up Your Christmas Tree
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The City of Peterborough is continuing their Christmas tree pickup. Just leave your tree at the sidewalk (minus the decorations!), and it will be picked up before the end of January (weather permitting). Do not place them on top of snowbanks; that's not good.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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61 Awesome Things About Peterborough In 2013
/In no particular order—all are equally awesome—here we go!
1. Marty Silvestri's Hole In One at Liftlock using a golf ball in honour of his late brother. Best story ever.
2. Trent nursing student Emma Rockburn, who helped saved a man's life after a car crash.
3. Sarah Healey getting into car in Peterborough to turn it off after a suspected drunk driver passes out approaching intersection.
4. Hero man pulls woman from burning vehicle in East City.
5. Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeting from space his view of Peterborough and the Trent Severn waterway.
6. The amazing story of how Twitter brought a teddy bear back to a Peterborough girl.
7. Hootenanny 2013 Was One Of The Best Damn Things To Ever Happen In Peterborough. One of those special "Were you there?" moments.
Michael Hurcomb
8. Boy ask girl to prom with this sweet message at Trent pool.
9. Hot tub on King Street. Best mystery ever. "Dude, where's my hot tub?"
10. Young Kaia Douglas standing up at public council meeting on Peterborough Parkway to help save Jackson Park.
11. Express and Company, one of the best damn bands anywhere.
12. Party King The Cat. The name, her story.
13. The Sloths, Porsche and Ferrari, that came to the Riverview Zoo from the flood-damaged Calgary Zoo earlier this summer.
14. Hockey Day in Canada came to Peterborough! Huge for this city.
15. Greatest Hairstyles in Peterborough. Peterborough rocks the hair.
17. The Community Foundation of Peterborough's Vital Signs report, which showed our sense of community belonging is much higher than the rest of Ontario.
18. Lisa Dixon's awesome attitude in the face of adversity.
19. Tim Hortons employees on Hunter Street in East City lending a helping hand to an ambulance that stalled in the drive-through.
20. The #Petertweeter awards. Peterborough + Twitter = best social media city ever!
21. Kim O'Brien's reaction when she won a car from Kruz at their greatest office party.
22. Our April Fool's Hoax about the water tower on High Street being a UFO.
23. Anything Bandwagon! But especially this. Fantastic web-based music series by Dani Stover, Michael Hurcomb and Ryan Lalonde.
24. The announcement Jerry Seinfeld is coming to Peterborough!
26. Groovy new train portals at the zoo.
27. This wedding filmed on Little Lake.
28. Spanky's Movember ping pong tourney. Epic.
29. Doug and Jill Tilley, who are the funniest couple around. Go on tour! The Silly Tilley Tour.
30. A turtle joins the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce.
31. Maryam Monsef & Jess Melnik winning 2013 YMCA Peace Medallion. Changing the world locally and globally.
32. PMZ. Celebrating noteworthy people from Peterborough.
33. This wedding party waiting for train ride at Riverview Zoo.
34. Koski !
35. Those who become blood donors. Read about Sarah Edge.
36. Mike Judson covering Avril Lavigne.
37. Peterborough Kids Using Social Media To Effect Change.
38. Batman at kids triathalon at Beavermead.
39. Evan Holt's pictures of Peterborough from the sky.
40. Blind Kellar, the Peterborough dog.
41. Pete Dalliday and Catherine Hanrahan from Kruz FM. Magical powers! The force is with them.
42. Kate LeDeuce from Robot Eyes covering Freddy Mercury. Just wow.
43. ARIA, for hosting our PTBOCanada.com Christmas party. And these great photo booth pics Michael Hurcomb took there.
44. This marriage proposal at the Lift Lock.
45. Jeff Macklin's anthology "Neighbourhoods", about and for the people who live in the neighbourhoods of Peterborough.
46. This stunning image of Little Lake captured by Linda McIlwain.
47. #PTBOPets. So cute.
48. Gabe Pollock's (from Electric City Live) Halloween costume of the Peterborough Lift Locks.
49. Peterborough's tiny library with a big heart.
50. Taste of Russia perogies at the market.
51. How a delicious butter tart is made, thanks to Lisa Dixon from Black Honey Desserts
52. Firehouse Gourmet celebrates 7 years in Peterborough.
53. Peggy and Liz Shaughnessy, the mother-daughter team behind Redpath. Helping people in need locally and globally.
54. Kawartha Food Share, and all the good they do for people in need in the community.
55. Walk Off The Earth performing at Peterborough Musicfest.
56. Super Quest’s video getting a million hits in less than two weeks.
Members of Super Quest with Santa at our Christmas party at ARIA
57. The Grandstands finally coming down. Eyesore gone! Let the sun shine in. But apply sunscreen.
58. Friday Night Lights (football) in the new turf at TASS, including the Tackle 55 fundraiser.
59. Downtown Peterborough. Best downtown anywhere! It's the core, epicentre of the city.
60. Shelley Hermer. Family is many people to her. She helps so many.
61. Our readers and advertisers. Without you, we're nothing. Keep spreading the word about PTBOCanada.com! Record traffic year for us.
—By PTBOCanada.com team
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Here's A Bunch Of Peterborough Christmas Trees
/The Christmas season is in full swing in Peterborough. One of the top yearly traditions that everyone can get involved with is the decorating of the Christmas tree. People get right into it, and often times you can learn a lot about someone by watching them work. Whether you’re a purist who only works with real trees or someone who likes the simplicity of a fake one, the results are always impressive. Here are Christmas tree pictures people in the Peterborough community sent us. —Aaron Elliott
Whoops, Elf on the Shelf knocked it over?
Well, OK
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