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Creating inclusive spaces where risk-taking artists and diverse audiences meet
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We are so excited for this show! Thank you @kawarthanow.bsky.social and @meggallant.bsky.social ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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We're so excited for the first ever Rough Cuts!
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October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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We're hiring a Marketing and Web Design Assistant! Work with our small but powerful team to help create marketing materials for our upcoming season. Must be Canada Summer Jobs eligible.

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April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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La Patin Libre's dancing ice skaters transform into flocks of birds in breathtaking 'Murmuration' on April 8. Public Energy presents 15 virtuoso contemporary ice skaters from around the world for one night only at #Ptbo Memorial Centre. kawarthanow.com/2025/03/29/l...
La Patin Libre’s dancing ice skaters transform into flocks of birds in breathtaking ‘Murmuration’ on April 8 | kawarthaNOW
By Megan Gallant. Public Energy presents 15 virtuoso contemporary ice skaters from around the world for one night only at Peterborough Memorial Centre.
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March 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEER USHERS
We are looking for ushers for our upcoming presentation of Murmuration by Le Patin Libre, coming to the Peterborough Memorial Centre on April 8th. Call time is 6:15, then you watch the show free at 7:30.
Email eva@publicenergy.ca if you're interested! #volunteer
March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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It's tonight! Grab your last minute tickets to Vivian Chong's Blind Dates here >
tickets.markethall.org/eventperform...
#ptbo #markethall #arts #vivianchong #theatrepassemuraille
Tickets | Public Energy Presents Blind Dates | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Inc.
Check This Out: Get tickets and show information for Public Energy Presents Blind Dates - Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Inc.
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March 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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🎭 WIN 4 TICKETS TO "BLIND DATES"! 🎭 (1/3)
Experience Vivian Chong's acclaimed show at Market Hall on March 20th! This 65-minute performance takes you through dating, romance & self-discovery with award-winning performer Vivian Chong's storytelling & original music.
Blind Dates, Vivian Chong, a Theatre Passe Muraille Production Market Hall Mar 20, 7:30pm PWYC $5-$50 BLIND-FRIENDLY THEATRE
March 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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March 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Did you know? Vivian Chong is an accomplished graphic designer as well as a theatre artist.
After graduation from the University of Toronto (Fine Arts) and Humber College (post-graduate diplomas), Vivian worked as a graphic designer, video editor and 3-D animator... (1/3)
Illustration of a woman dancing. Multiple drawings of the same woman, in black and blue, with varying levels of detail, evoke movement. Written in the corner are the words "freedom is forgiveness." The cover of the graphic memoir Dancing After TEN. A woman dances across the cover, sketched multiple times in red yellow and blue.
March 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Did you know? Vivian Chong is an accomplished dancer as well as a theatre artist.
Vivian was a dancer and co-creator of Dancing with the Universe, a dance theatre production co-directed by Vivian and choreographer Kathleen Rea.
Vivian Chong dances, one hand on the floor, in a red shirt and black pants. Behind her 5 dancers in shades of black and grey wave a white strip of fabric between them
March 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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encoreNOW - March 10, 2025. By Paul Rellinger. Featuring Glass Tiger, Foley's Irish Pub, Vivian Chong's 'Blind Dates', Peterborough Theatre Guild's 'Silent Sky', Carroll Baker, and Peterborough Performs V.
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encoreNOW – March 10, 2025 | kawarthaNOW
By Paul Rellinger. Featuring Glass Tiger, Foley's Irish Pub, Vivian Chong's 'Blind Dates', Peterborough Theatre Guild's 'Silent Sky', Carroll Baker, and Peterborough Performs V.
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March 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Our next show Blind Dates is coming up in two weeks! Held over at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille, this blind-friendly show by Vivian Wong has been getting some rave reviews.
mailchi.mp/fd897b3b2a5b... #ptbo #theatre
Vivian Chong performs in front of a tactile set piece. She wears a pink sweatshirt and yellow sunglasses
March 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Catch Blind Dates at Peterborough's Market Hall on March 20th, fresh from it's sold out Toronto run!
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Review: TPM’s ‘Blind Dates’ explores dating while blind with vibrant performance
Tales of blind dating in an increasingly looks-centric world…
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March 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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There are still door seats available for tonight's performance of Toj by Heryka Miranda and Ewi, what a dream by Norma Araiza! Join us at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space - tonight at 7pm for these wonderful new works.
Norma Araiza performs Ewi what a dream, wearing a mask made of straw
March 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Thanks to Paul Rellinger and kawarthaNOW for featuring our co-production of new work by Heryka Miranda and Norma Araiza with Nozhem!
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Vivian Chong was featured on Q with Tom Power! We're bringing her show Blind Dates (a Theatre Passe Muraille production) to Peterborough/Nogojiwanong's Market Hall on March 20th.

www.cbc.ca/arts/q/vivia... #theatre #vivianchong #blindfriendlytheatre
Vivian Chong invites audiences into her dating life with her stage show Blind Dates | CBC Arts
Chong is a Dora-nominated performer who's blind in both eyes. Now, she's opening up about her dating experiences with a new one-woman show, Blind Dates.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Tickets for New Works by Heryka Miranda and Norma Araiza are going quickly! Reserve your spot now:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/heryka-mir... #pwyc #ptbo #nozhem
Heryka Miranda & Norma Araiza: New Works
Contemporary dance // Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space // PWYC
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February 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Thank you kawarthaNOW and Megan Gallant for this excellent article on our upcoming show!
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'Murmuration' will see 15 virtuoso skaters take to the #Ptbo Memorial Centre rink on April 8. Public Energy presents Montréal ice skating company Le Patin Libre's acclaimed performance inspired by the synchronized formations of flocks of birds kawarthanow.com/2025/02/10/m...
‘Murmuration’ will see 15 virtuoso skaters take to the Peterborough Memorial Centre rink on April 8 | kawarthaNOW
By Megan Gallant. Public Energy presents Montréal ice skating company Le Patin Libre's acclaimed performance inspired by the synchronized formations of flocks of birds.
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February 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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'Murmuration' will see 15 virtuoso skaters take to the #Ptbo Memorial Centre rink on April 8. Public Energy presents Montréal ice skating company Le Patin Libre's acclaimed performance inspired by the synchronized formations of flocks of birds kawarthanow.com/2025/02/10/m...
‘Murmuration’ will see 15 virtuoso skaters take to the Peterborough Memorial Centre rink on April 8 | kawarthaNOW
By Megan Gallant. Public Energy presents Montréal ice skating company Le Patin Libre's acclaimed performance inspired by the synchronized formations of flocks of birds.
kawarthanow.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Together with Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space, we are so excited to present new work by Norma Araiza and Heryka Miranda, February 28 and March 1 at 7:00 pm at Nozhem. Tickets are PWYC and available now:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/heryka-mir...
Heryka Miranda kneels in the snow behind a coffin draped in sunflower textiles, the sky behind her full of stars Norma Araiza performs in a mask woven from straw. A bright light casts a shadow behind her
January 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Public Energy Performing Arts is delighted to announce that Kate Alton has accepted the role of Programming Director, and will lead the curatorial and programming vision of the organization beginning in early January 2025.
View the full announcement: publicenergy.ca/meet-our-new...
A woman with a dark cropped hairstyle, wearing black pants and shirt and a white shirt overtop, poses in front of the green backdrop of a leafy tree
December 5, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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🔊 Time for our annual budget podcast! 🔊

Why are PTBO citizens facing another big tax hike? Could the city boost revenue without raising taxes? Or are spending cuts the answer? What role do the provincial and federal governments play?

Lots to discuss!
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PODCAST: A deep dive into Peterborough's 2025 budget
Peterborough Currents is back with our annual podcast coverage of the municipal budget process.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Due to the postal strike we are bringing our donor letter online this year. While our wrists thank us, we miss the personal touch of a letter in the mail. We hope you will take the time to read the letter below and, if you're able, donate at publicenergy.ca/support/dona...

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The silhouettes of 12 ice skaters performing Let Patin Libre's Murmuration. The dark ice surface is illuminated by a thin band of light and there is a smoke effect on the ice. The skaters perform with their arms raised in a relaxed gesture, subtly referencing birds.
December 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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The joy of being able to easily share a news article featuring us on social media again! Much love to our media sponsor @kawarthanow.bsky.social for the great work they do, it's nice to be here together ❤️
December 4, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Our latest Artists in Conversation video: Bill speaks with Alexandre Hamel, the artistic director and founder of the skating dance company from Montreal, Le Patin Libre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmdg... #dance #ptbo #dancesky
Artists in Conversation with Alexandre Hamel
YouTube video by Public Energy
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December 4, 2024 at 5:03 PM