This summer, The Link rural transit service is offering free shuttle rides to three major Selwyn Township events: the Lakefield Literary Festival, the Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival, and the Curve Lake Pow Wow. Launched with provincial support, The Link connects rural communities across Peterborough County, helping those without vehicles access cultural events and…
President of Trent’s Gaming and Tabletop Organization (GATO), Merrin, spoke with Trent Radio about the organization’s presence on campus. The gaming-centric club focuses on bringing together a community of Trent students through a shared love of gaming, be it video games, board games, tabletop roleplaying, or others. During the school year, they host weekly meetings…
After a few years off, Rock Camp for Girls Peterborough (RC4G*) has returned to give a new generation of young people a rock music-focused, feminist, summer camp experience. RC4G* has been inactive since 2019, and is back because organizer Jill Staveley took the initiative to recreate this space for young girls, who need more “representation”…
Submissions for Trent’s Frith Memorial Prize are on display at Artspace for Culture X: 4th Annual Exhibition of Student Artwork. The submissions vary greatly in format and medium. Opening night featured a performance of a short play, And War, as well as an experimental film showcase. The works of the two winners of the Frith…
The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) is being held in a new location in 2025, which will allow for the inclusion of Indigenous visual art. NIFF, like all Fringe festivals, is primarily performance art. In previous years, NIFF was held at Trent University in the Nozhem: First Peoples Performance Space. This year, the Peterborough Theatre Guild (PTG)…
From Feb. 27th to March 2nd, Peterborough-based independent bookstore, Take Cover Books, is hosting the Highly Likely festival – a series of music and literature performances. Take Cover owners, Andrew and Sean Fitzpatrick, have partnered with Michael Duguay’s Miracle Territory project to organize the lineup of 18 different performers. Each performance will take place in the…
