New app leads you to water
Have you ever wondered where you can fill up your reuseable water bottle when you are downtown? A new website www. BlueWptbo.ca can now help you find filling stations. Use the map on your mobile device to locate all of the local business and public buildings that allow you to come in and fill up your reuseable water bottle with fresh drinking water, for free, without compelling you to make any additional purchases.
There are already many filling locations downtown, including City Hall, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, Silver Bean Café, and Wild Rock Outfitters; look for a Blue W decal in windows of participating organizations. Businesses or workplaces that are able to fill up reuseable water bottles with tap water are invited to visit the website and sign up as a filling station.
Trent Film Society
Everyone is welcome to a free screening of the movie World’s Greatest Dad (2009, rated R), directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and starring Robin Williams, Wednesday beginning at 8 p.m. The screening is presented by the Trent Film Society and takes place at Artspace, 378 Aylmer St. For more information, please visit the Trent Film Society Facebook page. Creative Teens Needed The Peterborough Public Library wants to beautify the new Young Adult area in the renovated library on Aylmer St. and is inviting teens to help paint and decorate library bookends. The event takes place Thursday at Millennium Park in the Silver Bean Event Room from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants just need to bring their creativity, paint and art supplies will be provided. For more information, please call 705-745-5382 or visit www.peterborough.library.on.ca.
Glow Ride
Join B!KE, the Peterborough Community Cycling Hub, for a Glow Ride on Friday. Decorate your bike with glow sticks and battery powered LEDs and join in a fun and relaxed community ride. Participants should arrive at B!KE, 293 George St., ready to ride at 8:30 p.m. The ride will be an hour long loop. A white front light and red tail light is required for all riders; helmets are strongly encouraged. For more information, please phone 705-775-7227 or visit www.communitybikeshop.org.
The Theatre on King
These are Horizon Days is a multi-disciplinary performance exploring resilient responses to trauma, with shows this week at The Theatre on King, The performance examines issues of childhood sexual assault, the justice system, and the challenges faced by those who share their story, and discusses how to approach and present trauma as performance.
The workshop production is Wes Ryan’s first full-length piece since suffering a traumatic brain injury 10 years ago, and includes verbatim dance, physical comedy, music, and theatre. Shows run Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Each performance is followed with a discussion and will have active listeners and a counselor in attendance.
Tickets are $10 per person and are available in advance by contacting Ryan by text or phone at 705-875-4239, or emailing voiceswelcomehere@gmail.com. The Theatre on King is located at 159 King Street, Suite 120.