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Outside the Box: An Interview with Northumberland’s Cardboard Reality

Four felt puppets play in a jazz quartet, in a still from a Cardboard Reality video

What do permaculture farming and animation have in common? Plenty, if you ask bekky O’Neil and Keith Del Principe, co-owners of Northumberland’s Cardboard Reality Farm & Studio. As animators, they’ve created award-winning stop-motion and 2D animated short films on their farm outside Roseneath. On the same property they’ve grown flowers, raised ducks, and experimented with a range of sustainable agricultural practices, making them the rare business whose output is equally at home at film festivals and the Cobourg Farmers’ Market.

Striking a Chord Online: Westben’s Digital Concerts at The Barn

Read about how Westben’s Digital Concerts at the Barn have kept audiences and musicians connected to this unique venue outside Campbellford.

The Stories They Hold: Canadian Canoe Museum

Stylized words "The Stories They Hold," with a yellow canoe seen in the background

We know there are people across the country and around the world who are not able to travel to Kawarthas Northumberland and experience the museum in person. To help, we’ve created a series of videos that show the museum is not just a collection of objects but a keeping place for the stories the vessels … Read more

Artful Explorations: On the Trail of the Northumberland Hills Studio Tour

The Northumberland Hills Studio Tour encompasses forty-three artists, including painters, photographers, ceramic artists, jewellers, glass crafters, and more.

The Lang Jacquard Loom: Grandmother of Modern Computing

Invention After 1805 many intricately patterned textiles, like rugs and coverlets, were woven on a Jacquard loom. Prior to 1805, the weaving of intricate pictorial patterns was an extremely complicated process, which required both a weaver and a draw boy (who operated the cords that lifted the pattern warp threads). In his childhood, Joseph-Marie Jacquard … Read more

Lighting up the Darkest Time of the Year: at the 15th Annual ReFrame Film Festival

A ReFrame poster at the entrance to Market Hall, Peterborough

ReFrame Film Festival couldn’t be better timed. At the darkest, coldest time of year, three city blocks of downtown Peterborough come alive with moviegoers hurrying from from theatre to theatre. When the films let out they stumble blinking onto the sidewalk, processing what they’ve seen. Restaurants and bars fill with tables of attendees locked in spirited discussion. Then it happens all over again for the next four days. A mid-sized Ontario town in January suddenly feels like the epicentre of arts and culture.

Paddling Through History: A Visit to the Canadian Canoe Museum

North Canoe at The Canadian Canoe Museum

The canoe is absolutely central to Canadian identity — so much so many of us haven’t stopped to reflect on how deep those roots go. I’m an avid canoeist myself (my canoe, the affectionately named Swamp Bullet, is a regular fixture of the waters around Peterborough), but even so I hadn’t taken the time to … Read more

Westben’s “The Little Drummer” Rings in the Christmas Season

The Westben Centre for Connection and Creativity Through Music has a reputation in this region. The mixture of high-level talent performing original productions in an eye-catching venue has drawn audiences for nearly two decades now, and each season typically ends on a high note with a festive Christmas celebration.