by Gillianne Richards | Oct 22, 2016 | Culture, Wine & Food
Kelowna, a hundred years ago: After a day working in the orchards, you sit down on a dusty porch, kick of your boots, and enjoy a nice glass of Logana Loganberry wine. That’s right, long before the award winning Merlots and Chardonnays of the Okanagan wine market...
by Gillianne Richards | Jun 24, 2016 | Culture
Kelowna Airport abstraction If you need to go through the Kelowna airport in the next few months, leave a little extra time for the trip. If security is backed up, don’t fret, there’s something there to lighten your spirits. An oasis in our ever-growing terminal, a...
by Gillianne Richards | Jun 3, 2016 | Culture
En’owkin Centre provides vital support for Syilx traditions “Swit t? t?twit i kwu acmikstms?” Shane Kruger walks to the front of a class at the En’owkin Centre and stands before his fellow students of the preforming arts. His posture grows tall and his voice...
by Gillianne Richards | Dec 12, 2015 | Culture
Okanagan club takes laughter very seriously. When I was a kid, it was Mary Poppins who first taught me how to really laugh. Or rather, it was Uncle Albert. In the movie he suffered from an unusual condition where he would start laughing and couldn’t stop. During the...
by Gillianne Richards | Feb 15, 2015 | Artists of the Okanagan, Culture
In every home there is a corner, a nook, some sacred space that attracts us to sit and read, or write, or build, some spot where we feel comfortable with ourselves. It is my belief that the art in our homes can play the biggest role in creating that space. Plus it’s...
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