Saturday June 21, 2008 8:00 PM,   
Cleland Community Theatre,
325 Power St. Penticton, B.C.
Tickets $17.00+GST available at
the Box Office (250) 490 2426

The Swellegant Awards
"In the Tradition of any and all Award Shows, the Swellegant Awards are an Improvised Award Show Parody that also Celebrates People that are Better than other PeopleÖand you know who you are!"
    
The Swellegant Awards is a hilarious improvised evening of comedy that parodies any and all award shows (think the ěOscarsî).  The show is developed and performed in front of and with the audience. Celebrating the 'stars' in the audience, three hysterical improvisers have the difficult and unenviable challenge of playing all of the show's cast including the actors, hosts, technicians, producers and any and all other characters that come up!  Fueled by hope and delusion, The Producer, The Host and The Technician perform a 100 plus cast show, with help from the ëstarsí in the audience, creating a side-splittingly funny evening in the tradition of "the show must go on....and on...and on...and on..."

www.theartofdelusion.com

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07 Jun 2008

BC Musician Magazine Presents…

LA GRAN UNION CON ... WIL CAMPA
1 night only
Sunday July 6th at the Kelowna Community Theater
Doors open at 7:00pm

Come out at enjoy for the first time to Kelowna BC, all the way from Habana Cuba the sound, the feel and the groove from this great performer WIL CAMPA and his 13 piece band. The Theatre will be set up with Cuban colors, drinks and music so if you haven’t been to Cuba…you will experience it on this night! We have set up a dance floor in the Theatre so there are no reserved tickets. It is a first come first serve seating.

Smoking Hot Night of Cuban Music! One of Cuba’s leading artists, vocalist Wil Campa is a moving and extraordinary performer. A child prodigy, he rose through the ranks of great Cuban musicians to become an international touring artist. He toured and recorded with the famed group Maraca, and he has performed with Cuban legends Omara Portuondo and Ibrahim Ferrer, and with North American stars like Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Cole, and Joe Lovano.

Wil Campa Bio
Wil Campa, His voice will capture and embrace you with with his native Cuban sound. His talent transformed him into an Artistic Musical Figure in Cuba.

Wil performed three recordings with the orchestra “Maraca”. The first CD was “Descarga Total”(“Total Download”), the second “Tremenda Rumba” which in 2002 had an American Grammy Nomination, the latest CD “Soy Yo” (“I am”), several awards and prizes recognized for the national and international press for the Cuban Video Clip.


GET YOUR TICKETS SO YOU DON’T MISS OUT ON THE FUN!

Tickets are $28.00 and are available in advance at Wentworth Music and at the door of The Kelowna Community Theatre.
No reserved seating. First come, first serve!
For more information go to www.okanaganconcerts.com
www.wilcampa.ca

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05 Jun 2008

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» Thursday 5 June 2008 | 4:30 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing the people and ideas featured in Okanagan Home. Join us as Brian Jamieson, James Baker and Nelson Jatel, three people directly involved in water issues, share their insights, concerns and predictions.
» This is a free event. Refreshments will be available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Sponsored by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Wood Lake Books, UBCO-FCCS, and in support of Project Literacy Kelowna

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Why Water Matters Today & Tomorrow

Is the Okanagan being sucked dry by out of control growth, bad planning and conflicting agendas? Should we be worried? Our population has already far surpassed anything our leaders and planners predicted back in the 1970s, and the growth looks only to continue. Experts say we're in trouble. And there are signs everywhere they may be right:

Mounting boil water advisories; Soaring costs to taxpayers to meet new water regulations; Rising recreational use near reservoirs; Mega-developments extracting from already stretched resources; Conflict between local communities and provincial government over water rights and usage. What's the Okanagan to do? It's a conversation parched minds need to have. The Okanagan Institute slakes that thirst with Dry as Dirt: Clear Thinking About Water - June 5 at our new location the Bohemian Café located at 524 Bernard Avenue starting at 4:30 pm. Featured guests: Brian Jamieson, PEng, is the general manager of the Westbank Irrigation District. Since taking on the position in 2002 he has overseen the transformation of the district into an operation known for unthinkably murky spring run-off to one of the best water purveyors in the Okanagan with the opening in 2007 of its multi-million dollar water treatment plant. He currently sits as a director of the Water Supply Association of BC. A mining engineer by profession, prior to moving to the valley Jamieson worked for corporations such as Noranda, and later as mine manager of Cameco overseeing the company's $420-million McArthur River Project in the mid-1990s. Thereafter he was appointed vice-president. James Baker is the mayor of Lake Country and has recently taken on the fight to save local reservoirs from recreational encroachment. He's one of the community's founding councillors and before that served 12 years as regional director with the Central Okanagan. Born and raised in Lytton, BC, Baker has a Masters in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University and taught at Okanagan University College until he retired in 2000 and has since been named Professor Emeritus of Anthropology. Nelson Jatel, BSc, works with the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council to develop practical solutions that reflect the best available science, innovative policy and consensus approaches. Nelson has a background in freshwater science and was previously the Executive Director of the Okanagan Partnership. Dry as Dirt: Clear Thinking About Water is a free event, and takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 43nd event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007. Since that time, the series has played host to many local luminaries, including artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, architect Jim Meiklejohn, and others from a variety of creative fields. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK HERE Okanagan Institute at the Bohemian Café A hearty feast of lectures, presentations, workshops and showcases celebrating our culture and community. Produced by the Okanagan Institute in association with Wheat King Publishing magazines: Okanagan Arts and Okanagan Arts. Express is sponsored in part by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Wood Lake Books, UBCO Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and supports the work of Project Literacy Kelowna.

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01 Jun 2008

Candesca presents Nella Fantasia, an enchanting evening of classical song, dance and beauty on May 31 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Irwin Theatre in the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

Uber sets, couture costuming, custom light design and professional ballet will frame the extraordinary voices of these talented young women. Directed by Alexandra Babbel, Candesca's repertoire includes Gregorian chant, art song, medieval arrangements of contemporary music, and light classic favorites.

Nella Fantasia will include the young wunder-vioinist Angela Ruthven, professional ballet prima donna Caitlin Lockwood  and the peerless piano playing of Kelowna's beloved Arnold Draper. Alexandra Babbel will also perform as well as a number of additional guests. Concert-goers will enjoy Handel, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Andrew Lloyd Webber and original arrangements of Scarborough Fair and Over the Rainbow.

Nella Fantasia is a fund-raising concert with proceeds to help fund a European tour that includes a stop in Kelowna's sister city of Veendam, the Netherlands.

Tickets cost $20 and are available at www.ticketmaster.ca

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25 May 2008

Films will be shown on the last Thursday of every month
Screenings begin at 7:00 pm and are FREE
Popcorn will be available

The Kelowna Art Gallery, in partnership with Leo’s Videos presents Film Night at the KAG.

The films presented provide an opportunity to view an eclectic range of artist videos, documentaries and classic films that have been chosen for both their ability to educate and entertain audiences. The criteria involved with the selections of the videos to be presented is a deliberate choice of showing films outside of the entertainment mainstream. These films have a limited distribution, however the cultural and educational subject matter make these movies an interesting and thought provoking experience.

Films will be shown on the last Thursday of every month.  Screenings begin at 7:00 pm and are free to the public. Following each movie there will be an opportunity for discussion and a chance to view current exhibitions.

Schedule of screenings

May 29
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a personal documentary about John Peterson, a farmer, artist, and eccentric/innovative thinker cast in rural Illinois. Filmmaker Taggart Siegel has documented John's struggle to redefine his family farm for over twenty years, witnessing the colorful drama of John's life. With the death of his father during the late 60's John turns his traditional family farm into an experiment of art and culture, making it a haven for hippies, radicals and artists. The Real Dirt on Farmer John charts the end of this idealistic era as the farm debt crisis of the 1980s brings about the tragic collapse of the farm.

June 26
I Shot Andy Warhol
This film explores the provocative shooting of sixties superstar Andy Warhol.  He was the world renowned king of pop art and his life took a dramatic turn in exchange for someone else's 15 minutes of fame.

July 31
Kandahar
The film is based on a story (partly true, party fictionalized) of a successful Afghan-Canadian that returns to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from his sister, who was left behind when the family escaped, that she plans on committing suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.

August 28
Andy Goldsworthy, Rivers and Tides
“The theatrical phenomenon Rivers and Tides depicts the magical relationship between art and nature while painting a visually intoxicating portrait of famed artist Andy Goldsworthy."  The film follows the bohemian free spirited Goldsworthy all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his unique creative process.

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24 May 2008