Okanagan Events

Myeloma Support Group for the BC Southern Interior Various dates starting February 20th to November 20th, 2017

Bartel Entertainment presents Jazz Nights with The Trevor Salloum Group and Special Guests Second Friday of the month 8-10pm $10/5 Students Muninn’s Post 575 Bernard Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6N9 778-478-7010 FB: https://www.facebook.com/jazznightskelowna/ Venue: http://www.muninnspost.com/ Web Site: https://jazznightskelowna.wordpress.com/

Kelowna's Ladies Fashion Flea Market will be held Sunday March 12, 2017 10am-2pm at the Parkinson Rec. This event will have ladies clothing, shoes and accessories! SHOP: Find new to you treasures! Save money! Find unique products! Be entered to win door prizes! SELL: Sell those designer items that consignment stores won't take! Clear out those closets! Make some extra money!‹ www.kelownaclosetcleanout.com

Photographer Dave Snider presents stunning images of nature's show of colour in spring. Light, weather and misty mornings, all these play into Dave's colourful intimate photographs taken in and around the Kamloops area.

The Federation of Canadian Artists presents a Juried Exhibition of Art works by active members of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Chapter. Location: Osoyoos Art Gallery, 8713 Main Street in Osoyoos, BC. Runs from: April 1-22/2017. Opening reception: April 1/2017 from 2-4 PM. Exhibition hours : Tues- Sat. Noon - 4:00 pm. Everyone is invited to drop by and enjoy the opportunity to meet the artists.

This six-week series will change the way you think of yoga. It will expand your knowledge of alignment, postures, meditation, and breathwork, and teach you to use them to create your own flow. You'll leave the series with the freedom to curiously explore your own inspired movement, both on and off the mat. The Freedom Flow Series is designed to take you from wherever you're at now, into love, playfulness, and creativity. Learn how to trust yourself and completely surrender into your body - LOVE your body. This juicy series is completely inspired by the practice of yoga. It's had such a huge impact on both Cassie and Tamara, and we're so excited to bring this to Kelowna. Whether you’re brand new to yoga or have been practicing for years, you’re sure to leave with a new love for your practice. Join us post-movement for journalling, tea & conscious discussion, as well as in an online Facebook group for continuous support. Classes will take place every Tuesday evening from 7-9pm from April 4th - May 9th.

The De Vine Arts Group presents the first show in the Summerland Arts Centre's new gallery. Come and see a wide collection variety of art in many forms by a local group of artists. The show is free and runs until May 12, 2017

Open Windows, featuring the De Vine Arts Group, will be the opening show of Summerland Community Arts Council's new gallery on 9525 Wharton St. Show runs until May 12. Closed Good Friday and Easter Monday. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10am-4pm

Another Conversation…LC Art Gallery Members’ Exhibition with Guest Curator Lee Claremont Exhibition Dates: April 7th to May 20th Opening Reception: Thursday, April 6th 6-8pm Curator Feedback and Discussion: Sunday, April 9th 1-3pm Another Conversation is an exhibition about responding to a pervious idea or opinion. Whether the conversation is about an event, a political movement, a time in art history, post colonialism, feminism, gender equality, the environment or cats vs dogs…this exhibition is open ended. What do you feel deserves more consideration? What subject, question, debate or discussion do you feel needs further examination? The Lake Country Art Gallery invites all artists to submit a work of art to this years Members’ Exhibition with guest curator Lee Claremont. Submission Drop Off Dates: March 30, 31 and April 1st from 10am-3pm at the Lake Country Art Gallery, 10356A Bottom Wood Lake Road, Lake Country

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At both the Kelowna Community Theatre and the Rotary Centre for the Arts, the 40th BC Interior Jazz Festival is 3 days of middle and secondary school student performances in jazz bands, combos, and choirs along with 2 days of free workshops by master jazz musicians and two evening concerts at the Kelowna Community Theatre: the Jazz Masters Concert April 21, 7:30 pm, featuring Carol Welsman, the adjudicators, The Michael Garding Big Band, and the best of the Okanagan, and the Showcase Concert April 22, 7 pm, showcasing the best group in each of a dozen categories. For more information, visit the website at www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com

Join Jazzercise Kelowna and MOGA for a fun glow party Dance Mixx class! Wear your best neons and whites so they glow in the blacklights (or if you're feeling shy you can hide in the dark). We will provide glow necklaces and glow sticks. Please bring a toonie to help cover costs of supplies and feel free to bring some of your own glow items if you want. Class will be an hour, including fun dance cardio followed by strengthening/toning/stretching. Be sure to bring clean indoor-only athletic shoes. After class all are welcome to join us (sweaty clothes and all) for a casual ladies' night at Baxter's Pub (wine and nachos anyone?). Women only please. Free for Members and New Customers, $15 Drop-Ins, $2 for Supplies Appreciated

The Jazz Masters' Concert, 7:30 pm Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Kelowna Community Theatre, is a one of a kind jazz concert that this year features Carol Welsman, vocalist and Yamaha pianist. Carol is joined by local and out of town musicians who have adjudicated and/or participated in the 40th BC Interior Jazz Festival, a 3 day festival for young musicians. Brad Turner, Greg Yasinitsky, Rich Sumstad, Janet Warrern, Kinga Heming, Sean Bray, Neville Bowman, Bernie Addington, Scott Gamble and The Michael Garding Big Band, along with the best of the Okanagan, will perform for you at this outstanding event. Tickets are available at selectyourtickets.com (Kelowna Theatre Link) or 250 762.5050. Festival details are available at www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com .

Celebrate Earth Day at the Oasis Artisan Fair. All locally made products and crafts with a café featuring fabric arts, food products, artwork and photography, skincare, birdhouses and much more!

Spring has Sprung and Mother's Day is just around the corner We will have 40 Amazing Exhibitors to share their wares for some fantastic one stop shopping. Bake Sale, Door Prizes, Refreshments available and more This event is open to direct marketers, crafter/artisans & services, so we will have a great mix, something for everyone Admission is FREE but we are always appreciate donations for our local food bank

The Okanagan Festival Singers are delighted to present a children's performance of Handel's Coronation Anthem 'The King Shall Rejoice'. Featuring Larry the Lamb and King George II, they will engage the children in their story and bring them to a finale where the children help to crown the king as the choir sings! The audience will learn about kings, coronations, and Handel's wonderful music in a family friendly setting. Admission by donation at the door, all proceeds to a local charity.

The Showcase Concert is the finale to the three-day adjudicated 40th BC Interior Jazz Festival, April 20, 21, and 22, 2017. The annual Showcase Concert, made up of outstanding groups from each daytime performance category, will be held at 7pm on Saturday, April 22nd at the Kelowna Community Theatre. This concert features up to a...

Walker Real Estate presents APPETITE FOR ART FUNDRAISER for the Kelowna Art Gallery Saturday, April 22, 2017 7 to 10 pm For one night only - Appetite for Art takes over the entire Kelowna Art Gallery and invites guests to an extraordinary celebration of visual art and fresh local cuisine – and the proceeds all go towards supporting educational programs at the Gallery. Featuring food & beverages by: Waterfront Wines • Okanagan Spirits • Joy Road Catering • Mission Hill Family Estate • Tree Brewing Co. • Blue Mountain Vineyards • Sandrine French Pastry and Chocolate • BNA Brewing Co. • Okanagan College Culinary Arts Program Take a “walk in the woods” with us - Prepare to embark on a journey through the gallery, sampling delicious food and drinks, taking in the animated surprise performances, viewing the exhibition of works of art assembled solely for that evening, all while being swept away by the rustic and decorative woodland theme. Tickets are $120 each, or a group of 4 for $420 (save $60). Tickets include: ■ glass of sparkling wine upon arrival ■ food & beverage pairings from our partners ■ performances and entertainment by Kinshira Performance Troupe ■ desserts created by Sandrine French Pastry and Chocolate ■ live auction at 8:30 pm ■ emcee Chris Walker, host of Daybreak South on CBC Radio Tickets are available for purchase at the Kelowna Art Gallery, by calling 250-762-2226, or online here: http://kelownaartgallery.com/appetite-for-art-fundraiser-2017 ----------------------------------------------------- Presenting sponsor: Walker Real Estate Supporting sponsors: August Luxury Motorcars Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy LLP KPMG RBC PH&N Investment Counsel Media sponsors: CBC Radio Kelowna The Daily Courier Beverage sponsors: Blue Mountain Vineyards Mission Hill Family Estate Okanagan Spirits Tree Brewing Co. Culinary partners: BNA Brewing Co. Joy Road Catering Okanagan College Culinary Arts Program Sandrine French Pastry and Chocolate Waterfront Wines

Musaic Vocal Ensemble Presents ‘Annelies’ – April 2017 ‘Annelies’, by UK composer James Whitbourn is a stunning and poignant seventy-five minute choral work for soprano soloist, choir and instrumentalists. The libretto is compiled and translated by Melanie Challenger from ‘Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl’. Annelies is the full forename of Anne Frank. The work was premiered in April 2005 in London. Musaic Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Tracy Stuchbery, is a group of enthusiastic and committed local South Okanagan singers based out of Summerland B.C. “Annelies is beautiful, it is emotional, it is sometimes frightening and often very intimate. The work straddles the achingly fine line between the horrors of the war and the hopeful and creative spirit of the young Anne.” (Dr. Anne Matlock, Harmonium Choral Society, Madison, N.J. USA). The music itself, with it’s blend of choir, the soprano solo voice and the instrumental ensemble, moves from melodic and strong, to dissonant, pulsing and haunting, to gentle, tentative and hushed. Composer James Whitbourn states that Annelies is “a commemorative work” both for Anne and for “…those she watched with penetrating eyes and the voiceless millions who shared her fate. It is those remarkable observations that form the basis of Melanie Challenger’s libretto. The diary has been distilled into this sequence of beautiful and mature, spiritually charged texts… Through Annelies, the wisdom and perception of Anne Frank is there to teach us all.” Anne Frank died alone of illness and starvation at the age of fifteen in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany, sometime in early March, 1945, thirty–two months after she and her family and the others had first gone into hiding in the annex, eight months after being exposed and captured, and a mere two months before the war ended in Europe. “Anne’s legacy challenges each of us to ask ourselves: what can we
do to confront prejudice and discrimination within ourselves, in our schools, family, and society? Bringing Anne Frank’s story into our communities helps teach us all to respect one another in a shared environment. It teaches us to celebrate diversity rather than view differences as obstacles. It teaches us to be proactive and to help those in need. And as idealistic as it may sound, we, like Anne, believe that in spite of everything, people are truly good at heart. We encourage you all to join with us in this noble pursuit, as we bring Anne Frank into our communities, and into our lives.” Beth Slepian, School Programs Manager The Anne Frank Center USA
New York, NY. When we first looked at the score of Annelies, we were not sure whether it was something we could do, either musically or emotionally. The holocaust is a black mark in history, an event of horrific sadness and death, and this is not the theme of traditional community spring concerts. As we read through the score again, listened to the music, and re-read the ‘Diary’ itself, it became evident that Anne's writing, although done in an environment of oppressiveness, violence, fear and hatred, was in fact hopeful, even optimistic. When we considered what was going on in many parts of our world right now, the overwhelming feeling was, “How could we not do it?” We can look back through history and see many examples throughout the world of cultural intolerance, persecution and even genocide. It is not in remembering or honoring or re-living these things alone that will create change. To create change, we must also look forward. What we get from Anne's diary is just that. Her words portray a belief in our future, in nature, in goodness, in life and love, in family, relationships and possibilities… This piece, while presenting the chillingly dark side of the Holocaust, is also an affirmation of Anne's faith in humankind and hope for the world. In Anne’s words, “The blue sky, the bare chestnut tree, glistening with dew, the seagulls, glinting with silver swooping through the air. As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, how can I be sad?” (23 Feb 1944) It is our wish that in bringing Annelies to our communities, we will leave people not with a feeling of despair and sadness, but rather, with a sense of hopefulness for our world. And with that, also a sense of empowerment and responsibility, that each of us can do something to help prevent such things from happening again. We hope that our audience will be encouraged by Anne’s bravery and optimism, find beauty and strength in the music, and feel challenged by the spirit and emotion of the message. Again, in Anne’s words, “Beauty remains, even in misfortune. (7 March, 1944). “As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know you’re pure within” (February 23, 1944). The members of Musaic feel privileged to have the opportunity of presenting this beautiful and poignant story to the communities of the South Okanagan. Local Guest Artists Mia Harris, Soprano; Olivia Walsh, Cello; Sarah Anderson, Violin; Pamela Parenty, Oboe; Dennis Nordlund, Piano Locations and times: Saturday, April 22, 2017 7:30pm at St. Saviour's, Penticton Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 2:30pm at St. John's, Summerland Friday, April 28, 2017, 7;30 p..m. at Frank Venables Theatre, Oliver Saturday, April 29, 2017, 7:30pm at St. Michael and All Angels, Kelowna

Wed., April 26. Discover how to develop your intuition, insight and inner guidance. Free. 7-8pm, Rotary Centre for the Arts. 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna.

Guy Dauncey, author and founder of the BC Sustainable Energy Association, discusses his latest book and provides numerous ideas of how we can act on his visions to make life much happier and healthier for everyone -- grandchildren too!. Everyone welcome.

Come and see the fabulous Thursday Night Jazz Band and support the Arts in Summerland! Great music, refreshments, and fun.

Vancouver’s favourite sonic landscapist V. Vecker and Kelowna’s own avant-garde saxophonist Darren Williams will be performing together in concert on April 27th at the Naked Café in downtown Kelowna. Admission is $12 for the public and $10 for students and Alternator members. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at Milkcrate Records on Ellis Street or at the Alternator located inside the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

Ballroom and Latin dance with the Let's Dance Kelowna club every second Friday. Join us on the dance floor at the German Canadian Club, 1696 Cary Road. Group lesson from 7:30 to 8 PM followed by dancing from 8 to 10 PM.