For ten years Bennett Bedoukian has been producing letterpress posters, broadsheets, and books through his one-man operation as O, Underworld Press. Bedoukian, who is based out of Havelock, ON, assembles his publications by hand on manual relief presses and using hand-placed lead type. I had the opportunity to visit Bedoukian’s Havelock workshop with my friend…
Returning this summer, Catharine Parr Traill College, in partnership with New Stages Theatre, is presenting a Summer Festival of music and theatre at the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre. Trent Radio spoke to Alexzandra Boyd, Programming and Events Intern at Traill, to find out more about what makes this festival special. The 2026 William and Nona Heaslip…
Culture X, an annual showcase of art created by students in Cultural Studies at Trent, opens to the public on June 5th in the Sadleir House Senior Common Room. This year is the first time the event is located at Sadleir House. Previous iterations of Culture X have been held at Artspace in downtown Peterborough….
Peterborough-based writer Gregory Conway from Curve Lake, ON, was announced as the 2026 CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowship on May 7th. Conway is the founder and co-editor of lønningspils, a website dedicated to reviews and writing about Nordic literature in translation for an English audience. This week Evan Robins spoke to Conway about his interest in…
Peterborough Musicfest announced the lineup for its 39th annual free-admission festival at the Peterborough Regional Farmer’s Market on Wednesday, May 13th. CFFF’s Evan Robins braved the rain to attend the announcement at Quaker Foods City Square to learn more about what this summer’s slate of shows has in store. Among the highlights are returning favourites…
Take Cover Books (59 Hunter St E) took advantage of a nation-wide celebration of Canadian filmmaking to raise money for an organization doing street-level outreach closer to home. The independent bookstore, owned by brothers Andrew and Sean Fitzpatrick, screened Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie for National Canadian Film Day on April 15th in…
Canadian artist JoEllen Brydon’s newest exhibit, “Elizabeth Thompson Advises,” focuses on an archive of letters and columns from the Globe and Mail, which JoEllen inherited from her late mother, Jean Brydon. Trent Radio spoke with JoEllen, as well as Fynn Leitch, Curator at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, about the exhibit and the work that…
Trent Radio met with Marc Rico Ludwig to discuss Butcher The Pig, an original play that will soon be adapted for film. Filming is scheduled to begin in October, and their fundraising campaign will start with a staged reading on April 24th at the Theatre on King. More information regarding the project, fundraising, and how…
Peterborough local Tristan Konkle is the latest musician to be named the Emerging Artist of the Year by Peterborough Folk Festival. With experience producing music for the band VANCAMP, as well as fronting the band Tapes In Motion, Tristan has recently begun a new solo venture. For more info on Tristan’s released music, as well…
Trent Radio met with Samuel Hall, director, producer, composer, and playwright of the brand new musical, “Years With You”. The world premiere of this production is happening on April 2nd, 2026, at The Theatre On King. Because of funding received from the Trent IMPACT Microgrant Program, tickets to the show are free (currently sold out)….
