Okanagan Music Live
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Category: Culture
Kevin Lousier
The master at work. Wielding wet earth between cracks of stone. The artist, deep in thought,...
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Selah Outdoor Explorations
I’m deep in the woods, in the dark, with my three young children trudging through huge drifts of...
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Yarn Bomb ~ Cool Arts Society
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 sweater.
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Skydiving as art
A red blob splattered across a green canvas. That’s how I’ll look if things go wrong today. I am...
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In Person: Randy Leslie
It’s only coincidental that Kelowna Actors Studio will be putting on Disney’s My Son Pinocchio as...
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Art Means Business
“So, will it be wine or coffee?” asks my host as we tour his home, an art gallery decorated with...
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On Set: Stace Williamson
Thick dark blood is about to drip into my eye. I’m in the back yard of a little house near Knox...
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Dané & Julie Le Roux
Dané le Roux sits in bed and for a moment the then 12-year-old thinks before she picks up her ballpoint pen and notebook. After filling three pages of whatever comes to mind, she hands the notebook to her mirror image sister. Julie scans through the words. “Well, this is good…”
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Bookshelf 2012
Summer in the Okanagan means time to kick back and read. Check out these titles by Okanagan authors: Bear of a Honeymoon, by Laurie Carter; The Bridge, Don’t Look Back, by Faye Cyr; Fall of a King, by James Fuller; Financial Fitness…
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Lori Mairs
Lori Mairs is an Okanagan artist who truly embraces the saying “go big or go home.” She spent the first 24 years of her adult life in service to people with developmental disabilities. But one snowy night near Christmas, at exactly midnight, she quit her job. After some discussion with her great aunt…
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Wine, Music, Cowboys…
Did you know that music can influence your wine purchases? In a new study, researchers played German music in a store for a day and 73 per cent of the wine sold that day was German. The next day when French music was played…
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Festivals Kelowna – Renata Mills
“I’m an administrative goddess on steroids,” says Renata Mills—and she needs to be. Along with her...
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Okanagan Types, Tips and Secret Bits
Ordinary, extraordinary Okanaganites – Pigeon-holing? Not so much my style. But a few months ago,...
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Summer Arts Fun
Summer camp can mean different things to different kids, from bad food and bullies, to lifelong friendships and golden memories. The Summer Arts Scene for Youth (SASFY) seems to fit the golden-memories category …
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Inspired Words
Rawle James ends his poem with a loving smile. The audience breaks into applause. I’m at the Landmark Bean Scene Coffeehouse in Kelowna. It’s packed with people jacked up on cups of joe and thirsty for the inspiring words being shared tonight. It’s all part of a monthly gathering …
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