Latest Past Events
Afro-Centric Picnic
Beavermead Park 2011 Ashburnham Drive, PeterboroughHosted by Afrocentric Awareness Network of Peterborough Sunday, June 26 @ 1pm-5pm Come celebrate Black culture and heritage by bringing an African, Caribbean, or African-American dish to share! Or, bring a universal dish such as dessert, potato salad, juice, etc. If you can't bring anything, come anyway! Meet other people who are interested in countering anti-Black racism. We’ll be dining in the Beavermead pavilion. First 4 kids 8-14 years of age to arrive will receive an Afrocentric activity booklet. Feel free to bring a ball, frisbee, etc. There’ll be a playground and soccer field. We'll also be close to the…
Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival
Trent University Symons Campus - East Bank 1 Gzowski Way, PeterboroughNogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) is an unjuried, uncensored festival for independent Indigenous performers in theatre, dance, music and comedy. Participants send in applications and are chosen by lottery. Performers receive 100% of the box office proceeds. NIFF is proud to be a member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals. NIFF explores workshops that focus on playwriting, direction, storytelling, performance and community collaboration with experienced teaching artists. The NIFF Knowledge Sharing Project participants have a long history of work in Nogojiwanong with extensive performance, teaching and administrative experience. NIFF is committed to providing a space for people to experience…
BIPOC Healing: After Hours Social
KitCoffee 144 Hunter Street West, PeterboroughThe BIPOC Healing: After-Hours Social on Thursday, June 9th is hosted and organized by Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough and KitCoffee, located on 144 Hunter Street W in Nogojiwanong | Peterborough. We are joined by the Kawartha World Issues Centre and the Diverse Nature Collective to provide an informed and inclusive space for folks to gather and be held as a community in the process of collectively recovering from the derecho storm - a clear symptom of intensifying climate change - along with the compounded impacts of the recent mass shootings that impacted Black and Latinx communities in the United States. In light of these events, we recognize the need…