Arts, Culture & Heritage
| Art Gallery of Peterborough |  | |
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Website: |
http://www.agp.on.ca | |
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E-mail: |
gallery@agp.on.ca | |
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Phone: |
(705) 743-9179 | |
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Address: |
250 Crescent Street, Peterborough | |
| Artspace |  | |
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Description: |
Artspace is Peterborough's artist run centre committed to nurturing contemporary art and artists. | |
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Website: |
http://www.artspace-arc.org | |
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Phone: |
(705) 748-3883 | |
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Address: |
378 Aylmer Street, Peterborough | |
| Blue Tomato Art Shop | ||
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Address: |
190 Charlotte Street (Lower) | |
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Phone: |
(705) 740-1039 | |
| Canadian Canoe Museum |  | |
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Description: |
The Museum is a unique national heritage centre that explores the canoe’s enduring significance to the people of Canada. Come and learn more about Canada’s canoeing heritage. | |
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Website: |
http://www.canoemuseum.net | |
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Address: |
910 Monaghan Road, Peterborough ON, K9J 5K4 | |
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Phone: |
(705) 748-9153 or (866) 342-2663 | |
| Christensen Fine Art |  | |
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Address: |
432 George Street North | |
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Website: |
http://www.christensenfineart.com | |
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E-mail: |
peer@christensenfineart.com | |
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Phone: |
(705) 876-9623 | |
| Frameland |
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Address: |
269 George Street North | |
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Phone: |
(705) 743-6335 | |
| Gordon Best Theatre |  | |
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Description: |
The Gordon Best Theatre hosts entertainment and special events, including private parties. It has an equipped stage, a full bar and catering. Jerome and Charron are patrons of young artists and stage entertainment of every variety. The Gordon Best is known as a great venue for hosting a range of entertainment including live theatre, dance, music, film, readings and CD release parties. Downtown. It is upstairs from the Only Café on Jackson Creek. To find out what's on the upcoming program or to make arrangements for an event, please phone. | |
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Address: |
216 Hunter Street West, Peterborough | |
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Phone: |
(705) 876-8884 | |
| Jackson Creek Clay | ||
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Address: |
165 Sherbrooke Street | |
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Phone: |
(705) 742-4979 | |
| Mark Jokinen Books |  | |
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Address: |
382 Water Street | |
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Phone: |
(705) 742-4514 | |
| Market Hall Performing Arts Centre |  | |
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Description: |
Market Hall is managed by Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, whose mandate is to ensure that Market Hall P.A.C. is used for theatre productions, music concerts, dance productions, art exhibitions, community fund raising events and educational and information programmes related to the arts, for the benefit of the people of the Kawarthas. Venue of performances for Folk Under the Clock, the Kawartha Jazz Society, Public Energy and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. | |
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Website: |
http://www.markethall.org | |
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Phone: |
(705) 749-1146 | |
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Address: |
PO Box 282, 336 George Street North, Peterborough | |
| McLoughlin Studios |  | |
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Address: |
393 Water Street, Studio 4 | |
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Website: |
http://www.mcloughlinstudios.com | |
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Phone: |
(705) 927-7521 | |
| Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives |  | |
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Description: |
The PCMA’s collection is the second oldest in Ontario. Currently there are 25 000 artifacts and thousands of linear feet of archival material. Outdoor theatre, an annual film series, astronomy programs and lectures round out the Museum’s commitment to programs for both children and adults. The PCMA is also a campus for Fleming College/Trent University’s Museum Management and Curatorship Program. Graduates have taken their place as museum professionals throughout Canada and around the world.The PCMA performs important advisory and conservation work for the community. Extensive archival collections and records are accessible to the general public by appointment. The PCMA is a valuable resource for both the professional researcher and the amateur genealogists. | |
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Website: |
http://www.pcma.ca | |
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Address: |
Museum Drive at Hunter Street East (Armour Hill) | |
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Phone: |
(705) 743-5180 | |
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Fax: |
(705) 743-2614 | |
| Peterborough Downtown Farmers Market |  | |
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Description: |
Sale of fresh produce from local farmers as well as freshly baked goods, preserves, flowers, crafts and more. Held on Charlotte Street between Water and George Streets between the hours of 9am to 2pm from the Wednesday before Victoria Day weekend until the Wednesday before thanksgiving. | |
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Address: |
Charlotte Street between Water and George | |
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Phone: |
(705) 743-3238 | |
| Peterborough Farmers Market | | |
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Description: |
Operating year round every Saturday and Sunday morning at the Memorial Centre. The market is filled with fresh produce and crafts from local farmers and residents. Held in the parking lot of the Memorial Centre between May and November, moving inside the Morrow Building for the months of November to May. | |
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Phone: |
(705) 742-3276 | |
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Address: |
Peterborough Memorial Centre Parking Lot & Morrow Building | |
| Peterborough Folk Festival |  | |
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Description: |
The Peterborough Folk Festival is an annual three-day event in the heart of Peterborough. Music, crafts, food, and a children’s area are all part of this fabulous volunteer run festival. | |
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Address: |
378 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough | |
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E-mail: |
ptbofolkfest@gmail.com | |
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Phone: |
(705) 749-3220 | |
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Fax: |
(705) 749-2818 | |
| Peterborough New Dance |  | |
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Description: |
PETERBOROUGH NEW DANCE is an animator of contemporary dance and, under the banner PUBLIC ENERGY, related forms encompassing theatre, new music and interdisciplinary work. Since 1994 we have presented a mainstage series of dance companies and independent choreographers drawn from across Canada, commissioned new work in concert with other Canadian presenters on the CanDance Network, and supported the development of the local dance, theatre and performance community by presenting area artists and arranging specialized classes and workshops. | |
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Website: |
http://www.publicenergy.ca | |
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E-mail: |
dancing@publicenergy.ca | |
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Phone: |
(705) 745-1788 | |
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Address: |
374 1/2 George Street North, Peterborough | |
| Peterborough's Little Lake Musicfest (previously known as the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights) |
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Description: |
Over the past 20 years, the festival has presented some of the finest artists Canada and the world have to offer. Canadian artists such as Gordon Lightfoot, Blue Rodeo, Great Big Sea, Tom Cochrane and Liona Boyd have graced the Festival stage. | |
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Website: |
http://www.festivaloflights.ca | |
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Address: |
Del Crary Park, George Street | |
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Phone: |
(705) 755-1111 | |
| Russell Gallery |  | |
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Address: |
165 King Street, Peterborough | |
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Website: |
http://www.russellgallery.com | |
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E-mail: |
info@russellgallery.com | |
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Phone: |
(705) 743-0151 | |
| The Art School of Peterborough |  | |
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Address: |
178A Charlotte Street, Peterborough | |
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Website: |
http://www.artschoolptbo.org | |
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E-mail: |
asop@bellnet.ca | |
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Phone: |
(705) 742-3221 | |
| Whestone Collection/Vintage Postcard Art | ||
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Phone: |
(705) 740-9370 | |
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Address: |
144 Hunter Street West | |