November 17, 2010

PtboPics: Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School Anti-Bullying Event

November 17, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

Kim Driscoll (middle) pictured with students

The colour pink is prominent today at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School as they are holding an anti-bullying event spearheaded by teacher Kim Driscoll. The theme was to wear pink to send a message that students are taking a stand against any form of bullying.

Anti-bullying programs work, schools say, and more and more are focusing on stamping it out at their schools with such events. Kim Driscoll had T-shirts made for the event. Every one of them sold out.

Pink was chosen as the colour to be highly visible to help spread the message that the issue exists and for sympathy to those affected by it. Kim feels that it is a very real issue and is pleased by the involvement of the students and the teachers.

Even teachers participated in the event

[Words & pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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November 17, 2010

PtboPics: Royal Wood Performing at Gordon Best Theatre

November 17, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

Piano rocker Royal Wood played to a sold-out show at the Gordon Best Theatre recently with Hannah Georgas. To the delight of the crowd, he mentioned that he grew up in Lakefield.

Royal Wood had his song "A Mirror Without" featured on Grey's Anatomy.

Royal Wood's newest album is called The Waiting. You can also check out a behind-the-scenes-video of his tour with Hannah Georgas.

[Words & pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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November 17, 2010

PRHC Foundation Holding Info Session At Showplace This Thursday For "Closer to Care" Campaign

November 17, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

Recently, the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation announced a community fundraising campaign to expand cancer care services at our hospital, including the addition of a single radiation facility at PRHC so more local cancer patients can get life-saving cancer treatment here rather than having to travel to other cities to get treatment. The campaign is called Closer to Care, and PRHC Foundation President Julie Davis tells us "many people have expressed an interest in getting involved."

So they are having a volunteer information session this Thursday (November 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) in the downstairs lounge at Showplace on George Street, where they will share more details about the campaign and the different ways people can get involved.

Spread the word.

[Closer to Care: A Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Centre]

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November 17, 2010

Peterborough Green-Up Store Celebrating 1st Anniversary

November 17, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

The Peterborough Green-Up Store (378 Aylmer Street North) is celebrating its 1st anniversary on Saturday, November 27th.

Drop by between 11:00 and 12:00 to meet some of their local producers and take advantage of special promotional prices on some items. See more deets on the day's celebrations on poster at left.

[Peterborough Green-Up; Green-Up Store Blog]

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November 16, 2010

Video: Sebastian Bach Says "I'm Just Sorry For Anybody That Was Hurt... We Just Got A Little Out of Control"

November 16, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

[via chextvDOTcom]

[Related: Video: The Bite, The Owner of Riley's Speaks, The Surveillance Footage and Sebastian Bach Says "Welcome Home"; Sebastian Bach's Peterborough Homecoming Gone Terribly Wrong Is Making World Headlines; Sebastian Bach Comes Home To Peterborough And Eats At Riley's, Hot Belly Mama's... and Harvey's (And *Update*: Gets Arrested)]

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November 16, 2010

PtboCanada Interview: Singer-Songwriter Hannah Georgas

November 16, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

Hannah Georgas performing at Gordon Best TheatreRecently, PtboCanada had a chance to catch up with Canadian musician Hannah Georgas and ask her a few questions. Georgas has been touring the heck out of North America since her debut full length album, This Is Good, was released earlier this year.

Over this past weekend, Georgas opened for local boy Royal Wood, who was performing at the Gordon Best Theatre. Here is what she had to say:

PtboCanada: The new album which you are touring behind is titled This Is Good. What are you referring to with this title?

Georgas: One of the tracks on the record is entitled "This Is Good." I feel like that song sheds a similar light as to how the record all came together for me. The song was inspired by a really great memory and moment for me. I had premeditated and hoped for it to happen, and it came to fruition. I feel like the record is a similar circumstance.

PtboCanada: What's so good about being Hannah Georgas right now?

Georgas: I get to hang out in a van with four handsome boys for the next month on tour. Playing music and traveling isn't so bad either.

PtboCanada: Though you grew up in nearby Newmarket, Ontario, you're more closely associated with Vancouver and the West Coast. Do you feel your music speaks to either of those places more than the other?

Georgas: Songwriting is a very personal process and I find that I'm influenced by my surroundings and where I'm at in my life. The past few years I have been living in B.C., and have been affected by the people I've met, relationships I've made and challenges I've faced. Wherever I am in my life, that is what tends to come out in my songwriting.

PtboCanada: Any funny stories about touring with Royal Wood? You guys getting along?

Georgas: We all like to make jokes and laugh backstage before, in between and after our sets. We're quite the rowdy bunch I tell ya. Good times.

PtboCanada: Let's give our readers a sense of you and your personality via your musical background. What's your favorite album of all time?

Georgas: I love the record No Need To Argue by The Cranberries.

PtboCanada: Who's your biggest fan?

Georgas: I would have to say my manager.

[Q&A by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin; pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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November 16, 2010

Video: The Bite, The Owner of Riley's Speaks, The Surveillance Footage and Sebastian Bach Says "Welcome Home"

November 16, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

The story on Sebastian Bach's bad homecoming continues to unfold. In an interview with CHEX Newswatch (see video below), Riley's bar owner Jim Kakouros says the commotion started at around midnight when Bach and his buddies apparently started to heckle the singer at the bar. Soon after, all hell broke loose when they were asked to leave. And TMZ has obtained the surveillance footage at Riley's showing what went down. When asked about the charges Monday as he was being placed in a police cruiser, Bach only had this to say: "Welcome home."

[CHEX Newswatch; TMZ; The Peterborough Examiner]

Update on 2010-11-16 20:35 by PTBOCANADA

So what was Sebastian Bach doing back in Peterborough in the first place? He says he was here dealing with the estate of his father. "It is no fun doing that," he told reporters outside a Toronto courtroom today. "Packing up your father's life and putting it in a truck. It is so final. I tried to drown my sorrows and things just got out of hand."

November 15, 2010

Sebastian Bach's Peterborough Homecoming Gone Terribly Wrong Is Making World Headlines

November 15, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

So by now, you have probably heard rocker Sebastian Bach was arrested here in the Patch after a bite at Riley's. Below are some of the headlines on this story today from around the web:

Fox News: Sebastian Bach Arrested for Tasting Hand at Wine Bar

Perez Hilton: Sebastian Bach Arrested!

TMZ: Sebastian Bach Arrested for Biting at Canadian Bar

Gossip Cop: Sebastian Bach Arrested After Bar Bite

Globe and Mail: Ex-Skid Row Singer Sebastian Bach Charged With Asssault After Ontario Bar Fracas

Billboard: Sebastian Bach Arrested After Bar Biting Incident in Canada

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November 15, 2010

Sebastian Bach Comes Home To Peterborough And Eats At Riley's, Hot Belly Mama's... and Harvey's (And Update: Gets Arrested)

November 15, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

Sebastian Bach, who grew up right here in the Patch, has been back in the hood the past couple days with a couple buddies, and has tweeted several local spots he's been at, including Hot Belly Mama's, Riley's, and Harvey's. So if you thought you'd just been spotting Sebastian Bach lookalikes all over the Patch, well, you may well have... but it might also have been the real Sebastian Bach.

[photo via Sebastian Bach on Facebook via @PeteDalliday]

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Update on 2010-11-15 17:46 by PTBOCANADA

Sebastian Bach was arrested this morning at Riley's Olde Towne Pub. Here's the deets below via Pete Dalliday's blog entry on KruzFM's website:

Assault/Mischief/Possession of Drugs Arrest:

On the 15th of November at approximately 12:02 am the accused and several friends were at Riley’s Old Towne Pub located on George Street North. A dispute occurred between the accused and Pub staff and he was asked to leave. The accused started to walk toward the doors carrying a glass of wine. When the staff member advised the accused that he could not leave with the glass of wine, he threw it at the front doors shattering the wine glass. The staff member physically detained the accused and the police were called. As the accused was being detained, a struggle ensued and the accused bit the staff member on the left hand.

The police arrived and as a result of the investigation the accused, Sebastian Bierk age 42 of Lindroft New Jersey, was arrested. When Bierk was searched he was found to be in possession of approximately 1.95 grams of marihuana. He has been charged with assault, possession of a controlled substance and mischief under $5,000.00. Bierk has been held in custody and will appear in court later this morning.

*And more local coverage here and here.*