Peter Hendra

Kingston

Arts and Entertainment Reporter at The Kingston Whig-Standard

Arts reporter for The Kingston Whig-Standard.

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Articles

Kingston author nominated for best crime novel debut

1 week 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 week 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.
Two-day festival pays homage to fromage

2 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1After an eight-year absence, the Great Canadian Cheese Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday on Fort Henry Hill • Article contentOf the more than 80 vendors at this weekend’s Great Canadian Cheese Festival at Fort Henry Hill, one will have a shorter drive than most. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an Account Article contentNigel and Claire Smith live in Elgin, where the Smith family has been dairy farming for the past 135 years.
Entertaining: Kingston's Codas wrap up first tour with hometown concert

2 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • Article contentAfter the first iteration of Kingston’s the Codas formed six years ago, they released a record and planned a tour behind it. 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 contentBut then the pandemic scuttled those plans and whatever momentum they had dissipated.
Show traces singer's journey from Colombia to Canada

2 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1Fabian Arciniegas grew up wanting to be a rock star, but ended up an opera singer • • Article contentAs Fabian Arciniegas was creating his musical show The Colores, which chronicles his journey from Colombia to Canada through songs and stories, he thought he’d focus the time in between songs talking about the composers and how those songs influenced him, along with a few personal anecdotes.
Entertaining: Pair of events celebrate a decade of National Fiddling Day

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentSaturday is not only National Fiddling Day, it’s the 10th anniversary of May 17 being named as such. 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.
Entertaining: Promoter started company to fill void in city's indie music scene

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • Article contentWhen Nate Richardson started booking concerts, he did so for his own band, Sonic Souvenir, and other local bands he knew. 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.
Kingston after-school music program celebrates 10 years with concert

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentIt’s just past 3 p.m. at Molly Brant Elementary School — after the day’s classes have finished and the last school bus has left — and the halls are alive with the sound of music. 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.
Tour sees Aglukark revisit her seminal album three decades later

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentWhen it was suggested to Susan Aglukark that she go on tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough record, This Child, she didn’t hesitate in saying yes. 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.
Entertaining: Annual fundraiser features more than 145 musical acts

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Peter Hendra

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentOne of the best things about the Homegrown Live Music Festival — which takes place Saturday — is that it offers a variety of different genres, so you can see musical performers you don’t typically see during the year, like ambient/electronic and hip hop musicians. 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.