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Top Ten Talented Kids Announced
May 24, 2012 / 7:00 am
Earlier this spring an audition was held at the RCA to discover our Okanagan's Talented Kids. The goal was to connect performance opportunities to the best of our rising stars throughout the Okanagan to the Top Ten Talented Kids. Today we are announcing the Top 10 Talented Kids. Each...
Rutland May Days!
May 17, 2012 / 9:00 am
May 17th - 20th, Rutland Park Society will host their 53rd annual May Days. It seems to be getting bigger every year. So let's jump in and tell you some of the details so you can bring your whole family to one of the events. One of the signature events is the Parade,...
Summerhill Fertility Festival
May 10, 2012 / 7:00 am
Photo: Contributed Some people try to build a brand by keeping it consistent. Gabe Cipes, one of the Okanagan's finest artistic creative, isn't one of those people. This weekend Gabe and the Conduit Collective are hosting the newly renamed...
Ready to try something new?
May 3, 2012 / 7:00 am
Each week there are countless events going on in our community. Often it's tough for events to rise amongst the noise. For this week's post I wanted to search for some events you could go to knowing that if you go it will be the most unique experience of your...
Asian Heritage Month
Apr 26, 2012 / 7:00 am
May is Asian Heritage Month. A number of locations and companies are finding some unique ways to celebrate the spirit and culture of Asia that runs through our community. In doing some research for this post today I discovered that in the early 2000`s over 75% of our visible minority...
Richard Scarry's Busytown: April 25th
Apr 19, 2012 / 7:00 am
A children's classic comes to Kelowna next Thursday. Richard Scarry's Busytown TV show is one I recall watching as I was a kid in Britain a few moons ago. It seems I wasn't the only one who had a connection to Richard Scarry's Busytown. During the past 30...
Canuck Place Fundraiser
Apr 12, 2012 / 7:00 am
Canuck Place Fundraiser - Isla's 3rd Birthday A few weeks ago I got the following email from Karrie Faucher. Rather than try and put this story into my own words, I wanted to share her to share her families story. Our second child was born April, 27th 2009 and about a week...
Jest for Joy
Apr 5, 2012 / 7:00 am
There’s nothing more special then to see someone with a smile plastered all over their face, and the good doctors - well, Clown-Doctors that is - at Jest for Joy work one smile at a time! If you remember the Robin Williams movie Patch Adams, you’ll know exactly what we...
Wine Fit For a King
Mar 29, 2012 / 7:00 am
The first season of Fit For A King is currently in production, being filmed entirely in the Okanagan Valley (in the heart of Western Canada’s wine country). In each episode, hosts James Blonde and Lisa Kilgour leave their “home” at picturesque God’s Mountain...
Alter Your Senses - Wearable Art Gala
Mar 22, 2012 / 7:00 am
Photo: by Darcy The Wearable Art Gala is not a fashion show in the traditional sense - it's an artistic exploration blending clever design, breathtaking art, vaudeville humor and sheer spectacle. On Saturday March 31, join over 50 artists as they...
Interview: Shane Koyczan
Mar 15, 2012 / 7:00 am
Spoken word artist Shane Koyczan performs in Kelowna this Sunday (March 18th) at the Mary Irwin Theatre in our Cultural District. Here is the links for tickets Who is Shane Koyczan? I would venture to call him the voice of a generation. Chosen to perform at the Olympic Opening...
Interview: Straight No Chaser
Mar 10, 2012 / 2:00 pm
Photo: Contributed - Straight No Chaser I recently connected with Tyler Trepp from Straight No Chaser. They are performing this March 11th (that's this weekend) at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Tickets are available here. RD: As the ambassadors for a...
See something different this weekend
Mar 8, 2012 / 7:00 am
Interview with Jason Bednar and Marlo Edwards Lets be honest: I'm guilty of being stuck in front of a screen for too many hours each day. I'm also guilty of sticking my kids in front of a screen. Are you? The following trailer for "Play Again" talks about...
Taste of Home and a Nosh
Mar 1, 2012 / 7:00 am
Photo: Contributed Taste of Home - a multicultural sampling of food and lively entertainment from around the world! Global Citizen Week Kelowna presents a Taste of Home on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, from 5:30pm until 8:30pm, as its’ finale to cap off...
Bhangra invades the Okanagan
Feb 23, 2012 / 7:00 am
Author's disclosure: Global Music Fest is an annual event that I produce as part of Global Citizen Kelowna Week. Global Music Fest fills the Laurel building this weekend with Andrew Allen headlining Friday night, and EnKarma are headlining the Saturday evening. EnKarma are one of...
Global Citizen Kelowna Speaker Series
Feb 18, 2012 / 12:00 pm
Global Citizen Kelowna week is almost upon us. It runs from Feb 24th-March 3rd. In today’s column I wanted to feature two of their speaker series events. March 1st: ONExONE founder, Joey Adler, the first Speaker Series event is at UBCO. “One in five Canadian children...
Robert Fine headlines KSS Encore
Feb 16, 2012 / 7:00 am
At the Rehearsal: I dropped by KSS yesterday to catch some of their preparations for their annual music department showcase (video above). Encore is a two night musical extravaganza organized by Sheila French and Neil Wong from the KSS music department. This is...
Andrew Allen returns to the Okanagan
Feb 11, 2012 / 1:00 pm
Photo: Contributed - Andrew Allen Could Andrew Allen be our next big musical export? His single "I want you" is top ten in Canada, he's currently on tour with Dia Frampton (runner up of "The Voice"), and one of his songs was recently...
Kelowna's search for Canada's #1 Chef
Feb 9, 2012 / 8:00 am
2012 Gold Medal Plates Culinary Championships Kelowna is staging the 2nd annual Canadian Culinary Championships Feb 10-11th. The city will welcome Olympic Gold Medalist Adam van Koeverden, nine gold medal winning chefs from across Canada and two entertainers with a...
Local musicians rally for charity
Feb 2, 2012 / 7:00 am
Six local songwriters have banded together to support local non-profits. They have each written a song for their selected local non-profit organization. It's all part of this year's rendition of Global Music Fest. Part of Global Citizen Week the music festival will be showcasing...
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