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Things To Do In-and-Around Peterborough This Weekend; April 7 - 9
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Here are some things to do in Peterborough City and County this Easter weekend from April 7 to 9!
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
The annual Easter Egg Hunt! There will be fun prizes, coffee and breakfast available.
When: April 8, 11 a.m.
Where: The Keene Centre for the Arts (12 1st Street, Keene)
Pottery Date Night at the Art School of Peterborough
Explore something new together and try your hand at one of our potter’s wheels alongside someone special. Share a special moment while learning the basic technique in throwing a pot.
It is important to arrive 10-15 mins ahead of time. Our pottery studio is downstairs so the door will not remain open. The door will be locked shortly after 7 p.m. so please arrive early.
It is a long process for pottery to become ready to come home. Please allow 3-4 weeks for your pottery pieces to be finished for you. We will call you once they are ready for pickup.
Help fill the classes! Get a friend to sign up and receive 10% off, 15% off for the second, 20% off the third for the current term. We want to thank you for helping us spread the word. This discount cannot be combined with another offer.
When: April 8, 7-9:30 p.m.
Where: The Art School of Peterborough (174A Charlotte St, Peterborough)
Price: $90 per couple (Additional costs: For every piece you would like to keep, we will finish, fire and glaze for $10 a piece; Mug handles and additional $5. This must be prepaid the night of the workshop with cash, cheque, debit or credit card). You can keep as many pieces as you wish.
Sean Hully Jazz Group
Sean Hully brings back the first performance of the jazz quintet since 2015 playing hard bop standards. Joining him is Roger Chong on trombone, Randall Johnson Chung on guitar, Duncan Hopkins on bass, and Zebulun Barnow on drums.
This free event to the public is sponsored by UPM Local 518 and the Music Performance Trust Fund.
When: April 8, 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Where: The Black Horse Pub (452 George St N, Peterborough)
Jackson Delta - True Blue at Market Hall
Peterborough’s own critically acclaimed blues trio, Jackson Delta returns to the Market Hall for what has been an interrupted annual reunion. It’s been a tough couple of years for musicians although Jackson Delta were lucky to have performed a handful of outdoor shows this past two summers.
The trio have performed all over North America from Memphis to Inuvik from Vancouver to Halifax. They have played countless Folk, Jazz and Blues Festivals plus radio and television and they still enjoy a dedicated fan base from across the years.
These days all members are involved in their own personal projects but always enjoy getting together and making their style of Blues that is upbeat and positive. They’ll be playing their ‘hits’ plus a sprinkling of newer tunes. As always, I’m sure there will be the usual stage banter that inevitably gets some laughs at a band members expense.
When: April 8, 8 p.m.
Where: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough)
Tickets: https://tickets.markethall.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=285
Check out the Peterborough Farmers Market
Buy directly from the farmer who grew it, raised it, harvested, or foraged it! Sixty percent of our vendors are primary producers who have gone through a third party inspection process to verify they grow 100% of what they sell. The remaining forty percent include bakers, prepared food vendors, artists and community groups.
Enjoy a festive market atmosphere with Peterborough’s finest prepared food vendors, artisans and musicians.
Come find us every Saturday to find local produce, delicious takeaway meals and goodies, and artisan wares. We look forward to seeing you there!
When: Mar. 25, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Where: Peterborough Square
7 Day Riot at the Red Dog
7 Day Riot, Gathering Spirits and The PLQ at the Historic Red Dog Pub!
When: April 8, 7 p.m.
Where: Historic Red Dog (189 Hunter St. West, Peterborough)
Mini Pop Kids LIVE!
The Mini Pop Kids are back in theatres and relighting the stage with their brand-new Concert Tour featuring the years biggest hits! It is a family friendly experience everyone will love.
This jam-packed concert features songs by Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, BTS, Harry Styles, and Olivia Rodrigo alongside throwback favorites that EVERYONE will love. This isn't just a show, it's an experience for the whole family! Don't miss your chance to sing, dance, and POP with Canada's best-selling kids music group, the original Mini Pop Kids!
When: April 8, 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Where: Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N, Peterborough)
Tickets: https://secure1.tixhub.com/showplace/online/b_otix.asp#buyticket
Haven Brewery Game Day
Whether your idea of a game day is sports on the television, videogames on the television or board/card games we have them all available every Sunday from 1-6pm. Come join for a fun, chill, all around good time afternoon.
When: April 9, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Haven Brewing Company (687 Rye St.)
Exploring Sustainability at Lakefield College School
/Lakefield College School’s (LCS) outdoor-oriented curriculums encourage students to take environmental responsibility and respect the Earth through learning and growing outside the classroom.
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“Our main campus is over 150 acres and our Northcote Campus is just over 160 acres,” said Outdoors Every Day manager Garret Hart. “We have a philosophy in the school that is ‘Outdoors Every Day’ which is why we have our students out in the woods and on the lakes canoeing, swimming, hiking and exploring year-round.”
Hart says one of the College’s main goals is to teach students how to enrich their relationship with the Earth.
“Sustainability for us is really about the connection for students to the broader, natural world, and some more concrete things like food systems. There’s a disconnect, people think that meat comes on styrofoam trays and apples come in a plastic bag,” continued Hart. “Giving kids the opportunity to plant a potato and come back to harvest it in the fall and see this bounty that they’ve created, it’s a pretty important step.”
Through sustainability classes in every grade, LCS looks at themes such as Leave No Trace camping, regenerative agriculture and carbon emission reduction.
“There’s so much that we can use just outside of our door to help students understand the impact that they have on the environment, and the impact the environment can have on them,” said Assistant Head of Sustainability Janice Greenshields. “We really hope that students leave here understanding how to be more responsible for the environment as well as how they can use the environment for healthier lifestyles for the rest of their lives.”
Lakefield College School senior Esme Campbell is in charge of sustainability on campus, working with the environmental club the Lakefield Environmental Action Force (LEAF.)
She says part of her role involves working with her teachers to make LCS more sustainable.
“(This role) was a really good way for me to get more involved with the school community. We ran a thrift store to promote shopping sustainability, a clean plate challenge to focus on food waste, and we also did a holiday market where we worked with local vendors from Peterborough and Lakefield to promote shopping locally,” said Campbell.
The school’s current initiatives for sustainability encompass themes of land, water, waste and climate anxiety; they'll focus on these initiatives more intensely throughout Earth month this April.
“I think it’s really beneficial to have the opportunity to work outside. We went to Northcote and fermented carrots, where we learned about how the fermentation process works which was really interesting. With the hands-on approach we were really able to (stay) engaged which made it a lot more interesting than working and learning from the textbook,” continued Campbell.
Students and parents interested in learning more about sustainability and exploring enrolment at Lakefield College School can visit the website and the Summer Academy Seed to Table programs. There are three to choose from.
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Things To Do In-and-Around Peterborough This Weekend; Mar. 17 - 19
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Here are eleven things to do in Peterborough City and County this St. Patrick’s Day weekend from March 17 to 19!
‘Full of the Blarney' Songs and Storytelling from The Verandah Society
Shake the winter blues and embrace the St. Paddy’s Day green with an original show of Irish themed stories and songs from storyteller Megan Murphy and singer/songwriter Kate Suhr.
Suhr and Murphy will be joined by fiddlers Melissa Payne and Saskia Tomkins for the event, presented by The Verandah Society.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with two shows in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
When: Friday Mar. 17, 2 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Where: Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N, Peterborough)
Tickets: $39 for adults and $25 for youth, available online.
St. Patrick’s Day at Farmhill
Live music, ALL the green beer, lawn games and café eats!
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - The Doozies will be playing
5 p.m. - 8 p.m. - The Leahys will be playing, closing out the celebrations.
8:30 p.m. - Transportation leaving Farmhill to downtown.
