by Okanagan Life | Jun 15, 2013 | Culture
The 2013 Theatre BC Ozone Festival concluded with an awards banquet and dance at the Schubert Centre. Adjudicator Amy Baskin presented awards: Best Production – Venus in Fur- Fred Skeleton Theatre Company, Kelowna Best Director – Matt Brown for Oleanna –...
by Okanagan Life | Mar 26, 2013 | Culture
The master at work. Wielding wet earth between cracks of stone. The artist, deep in thought, building walls that bide the time before he returns to his true calling. Kevin Lousier may not be widely known in the art world, but I like to think he’s earned a star among...
by Okanagan Life | Jan 18, 2013 | Culture, Travel
I’m deep in the woods, in the dark, with my three young children trudging through huge drifts of snow as we search for a way back home. A strange man emerges from the bushes and stops us in our tracks. In a twisted Scottish accent he describes the gory details of a...
by Okanagan Life | Nov 26, 2012 | Culture
Darn. We’re late again. I race along the walkway to the Rotary Centre for the Arts with my children. Somewhere inside the building a patient friend sits waiting for our coffee date. I’m about to run through the door when something catches my eye—a tree wearing a...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 15, 2012 | Culture
A red blob splattered across a green canvas. That’s how I’ll look if things go wrong today. I am plummeting from 11,000 feet over the Okanagan Valley with nothing but a Russian man strapped to my back. If we can land without looking like a Jackson Pollack...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 15, 2012 | Culture, In Person
It’s only coincidental that Kelowna Actors Studio will be putting on Disney’s My Son Pinocchio as part of this season’s offerings. Most people of a certain age can still sing at least two bars of An Actor’s Life For Me from the original Pinocchio movie and, although...
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