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Dance and learn at Okanagan Indigenous Music Festival this summer
WEST KELOWNA – Summertime means getting outside for live music and big celebrations. This July,…
Kelowna’s culture plan could use more ‘pizzazz’
KELOWNA – At least one city councillor is looking for more excitement around Kelowna's cultural…
Mutual support, more venues needed for Kelowna musicians
KELOWNA – Musicians supporting each other is one of the keys to making Kelowna a…
Not much UBCO student input at event on city’s Culture Plan
KELOWNA – Only a handful of UBC Okanagan students took the time to tell the…
Laughter needs no translation at Mandarin Mondays
KELOWNA – Adopted from China when they were babies, sisters Jamie and Kate Fisher never…
Arts funding conflict helping Kelowna understand purpose of arts centre
KELOWNA – The “heart of culture” in Kelowna is getting a transplant, but will it…
New Vernon art gallery and museum given $40M price tag
VERNON – The cost of a new cultural centre for Vernon’s museum and art gallery…
Okanagan Indian Band says B.C. author appropriated cultural story in new children’s book
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is voicing outrage after it says a non-indigenous author…
Chinese cemetery remains a cornerstone of Kamloops history
KAMLOOPS – When Chinese Consul-General Liu Fei encouraged Kamloops’s Chinese community to explore and preserve…
UBCO student brings campus cultural clubs together for first ever Harmony banquet
KELOWNA – It's unusual for Ryan Kaila to walk into a room at UBC Okanagan and not know anyone. "I consider myself a pretty well-known person around campus,” he says. “But I walked into this cultural club event and I didn't know a single person there. I noticed that all of these groups get the...
Splatsin First Nation plots dramatic return of traditional stories
ENDERBY - After years of safekeeping in archives and in the minds of elders, stories of the Splatsin First Nation are being told the way they should be; with music, actors, costumes and an audience. Tuwitames, a community play presented by Runaway Moon Theatre and the Splatsin Language Program, runs August 6-10 at the Splatsin...