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While an artist collective is not a new idea, Kelowna-based TribeHouse is unique in a lot of ways.

What kind of New Year's resolutions have you set for yourself? If one of them is to either get out and meet new people or to exercise your creative spirit, then you're in luck as there's lots of great options to choose from.

Jazz has always been the kind of music that rewards improvisation.

Just Imagine, which opens Jan. 12 at the Kelowna Art Gallery, brings together the work of four blind and vision-impaired artists in a show that is sure to engage Kelowna audiences.

It's become a tradition to use my last column in December to reflect on some of the major arts events that happened over the year. Inevitably, this results in my Inbox lighting up with comments of the things I missed, but that's OK. Imagine how boring the world would be if we all like the same thing.

Where are you going to be when the clock strikes 12, bringing in the New Year? If you're looking for suggestions, here's a few that sound like a lot of fun:

When Josh Beamish decided to move to Vancouver to start his own dance company at the age of 17, little did he know then just how appropriate the name 'Move: the company' would be.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is accepting registrations for its winter 2013 art classes and workshops for youth and adults.

Huge kudos to the cast and crew of Miracle on 34th Street. Apparently they made history with that show, outselling everything else ever produced by Kelowna Actors Studio. More than 4,200 people came through the doors to get infused with Christmas spirit, watch snow fall from the sky and learn that the spirit of Santa is alive and well.