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Is Caitlin Currie Happy?: Peterborough based singer/songwriter creates new emotionally devastating music through the pandemic

January 12, 2021

Years ago Peterborough based singer/songwriter Caitlin Currie told me that she only writes songs during times of unhappiness. This sentiment would be repeated in…

Shadow: A Walk with Lindsay Barr

November 11, 2020

“Things were getting weird before the pandemic, and then you chuck in a pandemic.,” Lindsay Barr tells me, half humorously but half exasperated. It’d…

Chasing Ghosts: Scary Stories with Peterborough Paranormal’s Mandy Rose

October 28, 2020

Mandy Rose isn’t a stranger to being interviewed. Every October both local and provincial media come calling for her spooky stories of ghost, ghouls…

Living Death: A Walk Through the Woods with Medium Katarzyna Lipinski

October 21, 2020

On a crisp autumn morning I have returned to Ken Reid Conservation Area in Lindsay, Ontario with Katarzyna Lipinski. With the colours of fall…

The Good Witch: Making Magik with Amy Jane Von Purr

October 9, 2020

Long before I met Amy Jane Von Purr her reputation had already preceded her. Someone had mentioned to me a local woman who I…

Vinyl Talk: A Conversation with Bluestreak Records’ Tim Haines

October 6, 2020

In 1989 Bobby McFerrin won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year with Don’t Worry, Be Happy and George Michael took the statue…

Flight: LA Alfonso reflects on his past and future as a storyteller and filmmaker

September 27, 2020

“This is the absolute worst graffiti in the world,” LA Alfonso laughs, as he sprays the letters ‘LA’ in black paint under the graffiti…

Return of the Creepy Doll Museum: At Home with Kathryn Bahun and Ben Hatcher’s Home for Wayward Dolls

September 22, 2020

When Kathryn Bahun is with her dolls, it’s hard not to notice her enthusiasm for them in her smile. “A lot of the dolls…

Bigfoot Lives: Lakefield Teen Thomas Morgan is a Rising Star in the Field of Cryptozoology

September 9, 2020

“I got all of the casts in the United States,’ Thomas Morgan says, pointing to three plaster casts of giant sized foot prints that…

25 Years of Being Poked by Tony: Piercer Tony Andrews celebrates major career milestone

August 26, 2020

A number of years ago my grandmother was in the hospital. I traveled ten hours to go visit her but, after kissing her and…