Peter Hendra

Kingston

Arts and Entertainment Reporter at The Kingston Whig-Standard

Arts reporter for The Kingston Whig-Standard.

Featured in: Favicon

thewhig.com Favicon

msn.com

torontosun.com Favicon

calgaryherald.com Favicon

ottawacitizen.com Favicon

canoe.com

windsorstar.com Favicon

montrealgazette.com Favicon

thestarphoenix.com Favicon

ottawasun.com + 91 more

Articles

Show will feature stand-up comedy as a means of therapy

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentOne wouldn’t think that mental health challenges would be something to joke about, but that’s exactly what will happen at a comedy show in Kingston this weekend. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentOn Sunday, present and past participants of a program called Stand Up for Mental Health will be performing. Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
'Relationships' at the heart of Playhouse's season

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentThe Thousand Islands Playhouse will be doing something this season it has never attempted in the previous 43: make an actor fly. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle content“If you’re doing Mary Poppins,” TIP managing artistic producer Brett Christopher said, “she’s gotta leave the floor.”Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Entertaining: Writer Bowie tackles the trials and tribulations of old age in newest play

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • Article contentWhen Doug Bowie wrote an essay about the trials and tribulations of getting older — getting senior discounts without being asked, using hiking poles for walking and being escorted on to trains — for the Globe & Mail three years ago, he was surprised at the reaction it created.
Tragically Hip doc takes home seven Canadian Screen Awards

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentNo Dress Rehearsal, the four-part documentary about Kingston’s The Tragically Hip, took home seven awards at the Canadian Screen Awards over the weekend. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Blue Rodeo to play Kingston during 40th-anniversary tour

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentBlue Rodeo will be returning to Kingston in November as part of the Canadian band’s 40th-anniversary tour. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Article contentThe band will be performing at Slush Puppie Place on Nov.
Blue Rodeo to play Kingston during 40th-anniversary tour

3 weeks ago | communitypress.ca | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentBlue Rodeo will be returning to Kingston in November as part of the Canadian band’s 40th-anniversary tour. Advertisement 2Article contentThe band will be performing at Slush Puppie Place on Nov. 20 and tickets — which cost $119, $89, $65 and $40, plus HST and fees — go on sale online at ticketmaster.ca starting Friday. Tickets can be purchased in person at the arena’s box office starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10.
Concerts cap choir's artistic director's 23-year career

4 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1Andy Rush retiring from Open Voices Community Choir after 23 years • Article contentAs Andy Rush waves his arms and tells the choir in front of him to stop singing, he steps up on to a platform and asks the members to “colour” the lyric “Glad you came along” as if they were, well, happy to see the 500 people sitting inside the Isabel Bader Centre’s performance hall on Saturday for its two sold-out concerts.
Concerts cap choir's artistic director's 23-year career

4 weeks ago | communitypress.ca | Peter Hendra

Andy Rush retiring from Open Voices Community Choir after 23 years • • Article contentAs Andy Rush waves his arms and tells the choir in front of him to stop singing, he steps up on to a platform and asks the members to “colour” the lyric “Glad you came along” as if they were, well, happy to see the 500 people sitting inside the Isabel Bader Centre’s performance hall on Saturday for its two sold-out concerts.
Kingston author nominated for best crime novel debut

4 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • Article contentA local author is among the finalists for best first novel at this year’s Crime Writers of Canada awards, which are being announced Friday. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Article contentMarianne K.
Entertaining: New show looks to add 'variety' to city's offerings

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • Article contentWhen Kingston improv performer Wilding relocated to Kingston from Vancouver, they noticed that while their new home had plenty of entertainment options, it didn’t have a live variety/comedy show like the one they used to run on the West Coast. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.