What's On
Men who give a damn
This year has been an amazing year, but I have to confess that it has also brought more tears than I was ready for, when I tragically lost two friends. I find...
Free instruments!
At the tail end of the last school year, Ellison Elementary received welcome news from MusiCounts that they would be receiving a $5000 grant for musical...
Stayin' alive
This Friday night, October 16, a local non-profit group, Sing for your life, is hosting the stayin' alive dance party, a fundraising dance and silent...
Libraries ramp it up
Libraries are undergoing a dramatic and exciting transformation. With the shift to digital from print, libraries everywhere have been forced to look at their...
Power in Partners
In a world where collaboration is one of the main tools to move our community forward, it's exciting to see the Power in Partners event return to Kelowna. ...
Things to do at Parkinson
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Culture Days in Kelowna
Culture Days returns to Kelowna Sept 25-27th. It's a celebration of culture in our community and I caught up with Rawle James to talk more about Culture...
First Nations art at RCA
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Okanagan Organic Festival
It’s one of four hallmark events in B.C. for Organic Week and a real feather in the cap for the Canadian organic movement. The 10th Annual Okanagan...
Student Union funds jobs
What's on this week is that every parent, school-aged child, college and university student is getting ready for school starting. While looking for various...
West Kelowna Music Fest
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Answers beyond Google
What do you do with a problem that you can't google? If you were a company on the brink of extensive growth but lacked the skills to know the best next step...
Salsa in Kelowna
During August there is ample opportunity to dance the night away to the sway of some salsa or latin dance music. 5 places to Salsa this August in Kelowna (and...
Creating new festivals
10 Tips for creating successful new events/Festivals in Kelowna. Well my story was going to be on the new Arts on the Avenue that was created over the past...
Kelowna Cemetery Tours
One of the most surprisingly, fascinating presentations we received on council so far this term happened on May 11th. It was at one of our Monday morning...
Okanagan Tattoo Show
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Festival in the forest
The new Bottega Festival builds from the grass roots foundations of Lille Gard Festival into a festival in the forest that almost feels like you've found a...
Music in the Park returns
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Lawn bowling revival
When you think of lawn bowling, images of prim and proper ladies and gentlemen of a certain age tend to spring to mind, not young, successful, professionals....
Bottles for Change
A couple years ago I had a chance to meet Michael Lavigne. He is the founder and visionary behind the Open for Change initiative. As noted on their promotional...