In my roles as music director of Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and interim artistic director of Opera Kelowna, I have been spending a lot of time the past two months thinking about the fate of arts and culture and how our local, national and international organizations will manage this unprece…
Scotty Berg missed performing before 20,000 fans at Rogers Arena by four days.
Assassin's Creed has taken a bit of a break since the last game, but is back and feels fresh and exciting like the first game.
A 40-year-old Kelowna man has done enough in his relatively young life to fill a book.
Lake Country’s summer outdoor concert series will take on the sidewalks this year.
There will be no metal music in Armstrong this summer.
A country music fundraiser for MS Awareness Month will move online this year.
From local creators to international headliners, musicians around the world are rallying to provide sweet sounds of hope amid troubled times during the COVID-19 pandemic. And if a common thread runs throughout these live shows, between the trends and among the shares, it’s an increased aware…
Canada Day celebrants are on their own in Kelowna this year.
Singer Alicia Keys sent a text to Studio9, a private Kelowna school that emphasizes the arts.
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Drugs, weapons and suspected stolen property were seized from a downtown Kelowna residence on Thursday.
The life of Ichimaru (1906-1997), one of the most famous geishas of the 20th century, is told through a collection of her rare and magnificent kimono and personal effects in a new exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
Chamber Music Kelowna has had to postpone the rest of its 40th season, but the music organization still has something to celebrate.
Kelowna rock band The Wild will play a live set on Facebook Saturday at noon to help launch their new album, Still Believe in Rock And Roll.
Amid a world in crisis with a pandemic, stock market woes, global warming, et. al., I truly feel that social distancing is actually bringing people back together.
Kenny Rogers died Friday at the age of 81. We asked several locals to comment on his musical legacy which began with folk, crossed to rock and then country/pop.
With more and more people being told to stay at home, gaming can be a great escape. Here are a few games that will keep you busy and entertained if you are stuck in the house by yourself or with your family.
As I finish my review of Ori and Will of Wisps, I wanted to touch on how the coronavirus affects the gaming industry.
A couple of B.C. country music acts will share the stage at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country on April 3.
Throughout the 60th anniversary season of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, it has been my pleasure to shine the spotlight on our individual musicians.
More mascots and a larger venue should make the Okanagan Mascot Games July 25-26 bigger and better than ever.
All events at the Kelowna Community Theatre and other City of Kelowna facilities that would attract 250 people or more have been cancelled.
The shows will go on at the Vernon and District Performing and Chamber Music Kelowna (with personnel changes), but a national ski championship set for the Okanagan has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra invited Old Friends for dinner at Kelowna Community Theatre on Friday night.
The sixth annual Magical Night of Laughter on Friday will raise money for the Hands in Service Living Salads program.
Spring is literally in my step. The snow in my front yard has melted away, my cold/flu has dissipated, energy is restored and I feel blessed once again with health and vitality.
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Described as a “a blissful marriage of new folk and sophisticated pop,” Big Little Lions will kick off the Vernon and District Performing Arts Society’s Spotlight OnStage concert series.
Hard rock with a lot of catchy riffs describes the music of Calgary trio Woodhawk, which will perform at Doc Willoughby's pub in Kelowna on March 28. The band is touring to support its second album, Violent Nature.
The Gary Cable Project will return to the Okanagan in the spring after sold-out performances with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra in Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon last month.
The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra invited Old Friends for dinner at Kelowna Community Theatre on Friday night. The get-together went so well that the reunion continued in Penticton on Saturday and in Vernon on Sunday.
It seems fitting that a rock band called Mute Choir would title its debut album Silent Conversations.
An acclaimed cello and piano duo will perform in Kelowna next Saturday.
Kids singing pop songs is a hit formula that’s been working for K-Tel Records since the 1970s.
As part of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary season, it is my pleasure to shine a spotlight on my colleagues in the orchestra.
The Kelowna City Concert Band will herald in spring with a concert on March 28.
A former Glenrosa resident has used one of the first forms of animation to capture a Juno nomination as director for Music Video of the Year.
Fred Skeleton Theatre Company will launch its eighth season March 19 to 21 and
A lot has changed since MacKenzie Porter last visited Penticton five months ago.
The actor who portrays Grandpa Jack in the CBC-TV series “Heartland” has launched a new music project to raise money for Habitat for Humanity Okanagan.
Once again, I find myself in a position of reviewing a performance and a talent which I am really not qualified to review.
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Ted Okos made a triumphant return to his hometown on Monday with a rockin' Doug and the Slugs performance at Kelowna Community Theatre.
There is a song written by Helen Reddy back in 1972 called ‘I am Woman’ that has been on my mind as we head into International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8. She sings “I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore and I know too much to go back an’ pretend…”
A brief reunion will bring a popular Vancouver band back to Kelowna for a concert.
You won’t see Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel back together again anywhere in the world, much less Kelowna.
It was lights, camera, action in downtown Kelowna on Monday.
On the 60th anniversary of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) it is my pleasure to profile an individual musician from the orchestra each week.
Having earned only $400 for one professional concert as a pianist, Janina Fialkowska decided in 1974 that she was going to enter law school at the University of Montreal.
Calling all entrepreneurs who have a great businesses idea and want money to fund it.
Chief provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix provide an update on the province's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
