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Capacity Limits Lifted, Enhanced Vaccine Passports and App, Borderless Arts, Portfolio Workshops, and Grant Deadlines Hello Everyone, The past couple weeks have brought some dramatic announcements about COVID-19 public health and safety measures, with an increase in capacity limits for performing arts and other facilities, and the introduction of the new vaccine passport and scanning […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) announces the completion of Art Loves Pride 2021, a series of three commissioned works by local 2SLGBTQ+ artists presented on Instagram as part of Peterborough Pride. This year’s commissions feature works by three trans/nonbinary and BIPOC artists, Sahira Q, Carlo José Quinones, and Ále Suárez. EC3 […]

Read “EC3: Peterborough artists awarded Bierk Art Bursary Fund,” by EC3 Staff, published in The Peterborough Examiner as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.

EC3 and Peterborough Poet Laureate Release New Videos to Mark the Occasion, Plus Other Resources Hello Everyone, Tomorrow, September 30, marks the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities, and marks the tragic and painful legacy of colonialism and the […]

“Peterborough: Sarah Lewis, the city’s first Poet Laureate,” Global News Morning.

“New Peterborough poet laureate makes first presentation to city council” by Joelle Kovach, Peterborough Examiner.

“Peterborough’s new poet laureate to speak to council Monday” by Joelle Kovach, Peterborough Examiner.

“Curve Lake’s Sarah Lewis named as Peterborough’s first poet laureate,” Peterborough Examiner.

EC3’s Annual Pride Project Returns to Instagram Happy Peterborough Pride! The city’s annual 2SLGBTQ+ celebration is on now, from September 17 to 26, and along with that comes the return of EC3’s annual Pride project, Art Loves Pride. This year, Art Loves Pride includes a series of commissions from local queer artists, shared through EC3’s […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) and The City of Peterborough are pleased and honoured to announce that spoken word artist Sarah Lewis has been selected as Peterborough’s first Poet Laureate. Mayor Diane Therrien will introduce Ms. Lewis at the City Council meeting on September 23 at 6:00 pm. You can watch […]