Author: Ayesha Lye
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The Comeback of Eugenia St. Clair (48 hour film)
I had a blast this past weekend doing a 48 hour film challenge with my family. It was so much fun! Also hard. Challenging. Rewarding. And a crazy way to spend family day weekend. We’re all big fans of mockumentary comedies like the Christopher Guest movies, Parks and Rec, Schitt’s Creek, The Office… so we…
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A year in a bakery
It was a very sad week as I said “goodbye” to Mickael’s Bakery and “see ya later” to the lovely bakers who are now friends. I started working with Payton, Tich and Brenda in February — I wanted a brief interlude chapter between Peterborough Currents and whatever was next in my career and I’m so…
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Pas De Deux, a fan edit
I’ve been a little bit obsessed with the NFB film Pas de Deux, directed by the legendary Norman McLaren. I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and it stuck in my brain. The stunning and sublime visuals augment the intimate dance choreography, and it made me see it as an impressionistic…
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Sound apprenticeship on Grist
Today was the second to last day working on Grist and I had such a blast! Following a couple crash courses on film sound with Mark “boomwallah” McNeilly I was entrusted with the task of mixing, mic’ing and booming the whole day of shooting. Being the world’s cutest one-person sound department was a tough task…
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Newsletter: Storm leaves city in a state of emergency
You’re reading the May 25, 2022 edition of the Peterborough Currents email newsletter. To receive our email newsletters straight to your inbox, sign up here. A “derecho” – that’s the name for the storm that swept through Southern Ontario on Saturday. It’s a type of windstorm that forms around severe thunderstorms and moves very fast and…
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The Greatest Show: The performance that left a legacy through Peterborough’s performing arts history
The Greatest Show was a performance art production that took over Peterborough’s collective imagination in the summer of 1988. Local musicians, performing artists, theatre technicians and more were brought together by renowned Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. They put their creative efforts together to create a “circus of the damned” in Del Crary Park. This…
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Interview: Dr. Thomas Piggott on his role in public health
Peterborough Public Health (PPH) is facing several compounding health crises: the third wave of the COVID pandemic fueled by the Omicron variant and the epidemic of opioid-related deaths. In the midst of these concerns, the organization has taken on a new medical officer of health, Dr. Thomas Piggott. Piggott took up the post in December,…
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Meet Chanté White, Green Party candidate running to be MP of Peterborough–Kawartha
The youngest candidate in the Peterborough-Kawartha election race, Chanté White is running as the Green Party of Canada (GPC) candidate for the riding. She replaces previous Green Party candidate Andrew MacGregor. White is a recent graduate of Trent University’s Environmental Studies program with passions for approaching the climate crisis, mental health and addictions issues, and…
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Meet Joy Lachica, NDP candidate running for MP of Peterborough–Kawartha
Newcomer to the city Joy Lachica is running as the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for the Peterborough-Kawartha riding. She replaces previous NDP candidate Candace Shaw. A teacher by training, Lachica has worked with teachers’ unions to support workers, students, and families’ experiences with the Ontario public education system. Peterborough Currents spoke with Lachica ahead…
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Meet Michelle Ferreri, Conservative candidate running for MP of Peterborough–Kawartha
Michelle Ferreri is running as the Peterborough-Kawartha riding candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC). She replaces previous Conservative Party candidate Michael Skinner, who is now her campaign manager. Ferreri may be familiar in the area from her previous work on CHEX Television (now Global News Peterborough), and from her current work online as…