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With live music largely shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, local country singer Ben Klick caught on faster than most to the need to go online.
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Ten years ago, Vik Bains wanted to share something with his community that was close to his heart.
Let’s talk about scalpers buying up the new gaming consoles online.
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A Vancouver hockey hero’s art will go on display Saturday at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
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Some of the best video games to get and give this Christmas:
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A Kelowna actress is making her small-screen debut with the upcoming release of the TV movie A Wedding to Remember, filmed in West Kelowna by Reel One Entertainment.
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An exhibit by local artist Melanie Daniel launches today at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
Six concerts scheduled this month and next at the Kelowna Community Theatre will also be live-streamed.
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A Kelowna rock band known for experimenting just a bit within the rock and pop genres has a new album coming out on Nov. 13.
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West Kelowna artist Linda Lovisa is now an author as well.
With Hollywood largely on hiatus, Canadian movies are getting a chance to appear in local theatres.
With next generation consoles getting a lot of the spotlight, current console owners still have tons of games to look forward to.
With a career spanning almost 40 years, Aaron Sorkin is best-known for writing politically idealistic screenplays. While The West Wing, A Few Good Men and The Social Network are rightfully lauded for their tight writing and pointed social commentary, they also draw criticism for being morall…
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Ghoulish, gory and gut-spilling with dark-humour fun, Evil Dead The Musical, is so very apropos to the season.
With Sony and Microsoft releasing their next-generation consoles, let’s compare what games you’ll have to play on them.
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The Kelowna Community Concert Association has pushed the start of its 2020-21 season from fall to next spring.
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Possessor, the second film by director Brandon Cronenberg, is a visually striking psychological thriller featuring the most original game of cat and mouse in recent memory.
Ryan Donn describes March 12 as “the saddest day so far in my job.”
Crossing Creek Community Theatre is holding socially distanced auditions for its February 2021 production, The Carol Burnett Show. Auditions are open to all actors 18 years and older and will be held by appointment Oct. 25 at the Powers Creek Community Church at 3718 Glenway Rd. in West Kel…
Two prolific and internationally recognized artists who make their home in the Okanagan are putting on an exhibition at the Lake Country Art Gallery.
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The Vernon Public Art Gallery is opening up to a brave new world of art-making with upcoming exhibitions featuring works by David and Jorden Doody as well as UBC Okanagan printmaking students.
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In spite of COVID-19, Rotary Centre for the Arts “continues to strive to be the heart of Kelowna’s arts and culture experience,” says executive director Colleen Fitzpatrick.
October begins tomorrow. I always found it weird the name of the 10th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, means ‘eight.’
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Guests sipped wine, listened to jazz and took in the works of Randall Young as Grizzli Winery officially opened its art gallery Thursday evening.
Mariya Stokes, the Alberta Country Music Association’s 2019 Female Artist of the year, will be the next performer in the QUSIC concert series.
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This entire blunder left a bad taste in my mouth. I was excited to get my hands on the PS5 pre-order only to be disappointed.
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Greater Vernon will need to raise $4 million to get a new cultural centre built.
The eight semifinals in the SiriusXM Top of the Country competition will perform in a showcase on Friday.
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An award-winning fiction film on a touchy Canadian subject is making its theatrical debut in five Canadian cities, including Kelowna.
Culture Days focus on local activities
A community FM radio station has been approved for Vernon by the federal broadcast regulator.
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The artworks of former UBC Okanagan students are featured in a new exhibition opening today at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
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An exhibit on First Nation languages, in conjunction with the Royal B.C. Museum, opens at the Okanagan Heritage Museum on Saturday.
Last week, we had Microsoft unveil the Xbox Series S (all digital) for US$299 and the Series X for US$499. The Series S is the perfect system for entry into the next-generation consoles with the Series X being those looking for true power and 4k visuals.
The Westside will be getting a much-needed art gallery as Grizzli Winery opens a gallery specializing in Okanagan works in its spacious wine tasting room, one of the largest in Canada.
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Lake Country’s Creekside Theatre is reopening with more than a dozen shows planned between October and February.
Proactive artists and creators are creating alternate opportunities for artists and audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This week was loaded with news about the next-generation consoles coming from Microsoft.
Vancouver-based Daughter of the Moon will be the next act to perform on the QUSIC music series.
Charlie Kaufman’s latest film for Netflix is a stunningly unique piece of abstract cinema
Just knowing that I was walking into a theatre to watch a scary play sent chills of excitement through me. I stood in line waiting to be escorted to my seat, because with new regulations we are only allowed to go into the theatre one or two at a time.
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A movie shot in Kelowna last December is getting set for its premiere soon at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Three metal album reviews:
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A popular arts festival in Lake Country may have been cancelled due to COVID-19, but the spirit of the event will soon be on display across the Okanagan.
Works by a Kelowna writer are among the Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s Poetry in Transit selections for 2020-21.
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Conscious Hip-Hop is a rising subgenre of the classic Rap/Hip-Hop scene, and “Bird’s Eye View,” the newest single from Vernon-born rapper “Kalateral” (Kyle Hesketh) is a perfect representation of where the genre is going.
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One-third of our food relies on bees for pollination. It's that kind of important role that led the Okanagan's Jennifer Krezan and her husband, Brad, to start Hiveology in 2019. “Without the bees, farmers would face having to hand-pollinate many of our foods, but as this is labour-intensive …
