A list of 108 events in the South Okanagan in the week ahead
Today
• Today is Lymphedema Awareness Day • Penticton Parks and Recreation Master Plan steering committee meets, 2 p.m., City Hall, open to the public, to view agenda: www.penticton.ca
• Penticton Parkinson’s Peers and Caregivers and Carepartners support group meeting, 1:30 p.m., The Concorde Assisted Living, 3235 Skaha Lake Road (underground parking), offers resources and social interaction for people living with Parkinson’s Disease and their supporters, contact Alana Appel, PSBC Penticton coordinator, 250770-1195 or ajappel@telus.net
• Fraternal Order of Eagles “Blue Monday” open mic night, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
• South Main Drop In Centre, yoga 9 a.m., Scrabble, 10 a.m., mah jong (learners table), 10 a.m., carpet bowl, 10:15 a.m., line dance (ezint to int.), 1 p.m., duplicate bridge, 1 p.m., computer drop-in, 1 - 3 p.m.
• “VV&E Rail and Navigation Company: JJ Hill’s railroad entered B.C. in the Similkameen to transport the gold from Hedley and access ice, for refrigeration, in the Tulameen Valley,” presenter Doug Cox, 11 a.m., Village by the Station, all welcomed
• “Victoria Road,” featuring Tanya Graham and Doug Paton from Summerland, perform at Cannery Brewing, 7 - 9 p.m., $10, advance tickets available from the brewery
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40 ladies auxiliary general meeting, with president Sandy Bumby officiating, 2 p.m.
• Now on display at the Penticton Museum, 785 Main Street, “British Columbia’s War, 1914-1918,” a traveling exhibit from the Royal British Columbia Museum; “Canadian Sikhs in World War I: A Forgotten Story,” exhibit courtesy of National Historic Site, Gur Sikh Temple, Sikh Heritage Museum (Abbotsford)
• Little Bit of Everything No. 9, Penticton and District Community Arts Council is hosting their annual members’ exhibition at The Leir House, exhibit runs until March 31
• Front Street Art Gallery presents guest artist Janet Bednarczyk, Line, Lights and Living Things
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, Penticton, Friends and Fitness, 10 a.m., Dart Dolls, 11 a.m., branch bingo, 6:30 p.m.
• ANAVETs, appy hour, 3-6 p.m., dart and pool leagues, 7 p.m.
• Okanagan College Speakers Series featuring Terry Isaac, “Can You Make A Living Selling Art?,” 7 p.m., Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence, 583 Duncan Ave. W., free parking after 6 p.m., admission by donation to support students in need
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, happy hour, 3 - 6 p.m. single cribbage, 7 p.m.
• Pub Dart League, 7:30 p.m. at various service clubs and bars in Penticton and Okanagan Falls, weekly play
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, tai chi, 9:30 a.m., ladies auxiliary general meeting, 1:30 p.m., Summerland Pipes and Drums, 7 p.m.
• IODE Thrift Shop, 464 Main Street is open weekdays and Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
• Now playing at Landmark Cinemas 7: Logan (18A, explicit violence, 137 minutes); Get Out (14A, 104 minutes); Before I Fall (PG, 100 minutes); Ballerina (G, 90 minutes); The Lego Batman Movie (G, 105 minutes)
• Now playing at the Oliver Theatre: Fifty Shades Darker (18A, 118 minutes), Monday and Tuesday; Split (14A, 118 minutes), Thursday - Saturday
Tuesday, March 7
• Okanagan Concert Band Festival, Penticton Trade and Convention Centre
• Penticton Okanagan Rotary Club meets, 7 a.m. at The Sandman Hotel (doors 6:45 a.m.), guest speaker: Penticton Herald Inside Agriculture columnist Susan McIver, public welcomed (full breakfast: $15, coffee/pastry, $6.50)
• Final week: Now on display at the Penticton Art Gallery, “Claiming the Talent,” featuring art work from students with the National Aboriginal Professional Artist Training Program and En’Owkin Centre; Joy Munt: “Train, Steam and Speed,” the beautiful and deteriorating world of industry, juxtaposed with the natural landscape; Clayton Gauthier: “The Salmon Run” (Tuesday - Fridays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekends 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., admission $2 for adult non-members), phone 250-493-2928
• Community volunteer income tax program, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, 1 - 3 p.m.
• Okanagan Skaha School District 67 Science Fair, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, all day at Summerland Secondary School
• Brown Bag Lecture Series at the Penticton library auditorium, noon, admission by donation, guest speaker Melissa Tesche provides an update on sterile insect release.
• Tuesday Night Movie at Penticton Library and Museum auditorium, “Children of Men” (Clive Owen, Michael Caine), 6:30 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. (view discretion is advised)
• South Main Drop In Centre, basic beginner line dance, 9 a.m., social bridge, 9:15 a.m., sing-a-long, 10:30 a.m., luncheon, 11:30 a.m., partner bridge, 12:45 p.m., knitting and crocheting, 1 p.m., improver line dance, 1 p.m., adventurers meeting, 6:30 p.m., square dance, 7 p.m.
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, open euchre, 7 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, DVA officer at the branch, 1 p.m., Tuesday Night jam session, 8 p.m.
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, apply hour, 3 - 6 p.m.
• Al-Anon Family Groups offer help to families and friends of alcoholics, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Fridays (in Penticton) and Thursdays (in Summerland), for specific details phone 250-490-9272 or visit: www.bcyukon-al-anon.org
• Community volunteer income tax program, Salvation Army Church, 2469 South Main Street, 9 a.m. - noon
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, horse races, 4 p.m., fun darts, 7 p.m.
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, happy hour, 3-6 p.m., 10-card cribbage, 7 p.m., fun darts, 7 p.m., yoga, 7 p.m.
• Penticton Toastmasters Club meets, 6 p.m., The Shatford Centre, for details email: president-2392@toastmastersclubs.org
• Royal TOPS B.C. 4454 meets, 5:30 p.m., 445 Ellis Street (use back entrance), for more details call Sally at 250-492-6556 or Pat at 250-493-7887
Wednesday, March 8
• Okanagan Concert Band Festival, Penticton Trade and Convention Centre
• International Women’s Day, Penticton marches, everyone is welcomed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, 11:45 a.m. with Grandmothers for Africa, from the Shatford Centre; 4:30 p.m. with SOWINS and SOVAS from Gyro Park
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, happy hour, 3 - 6 p.m., snowball darts, 7 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, Customer Appreciation Day
• Penticton Duplicate Bridge Club meets, 7 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 40, for details call Birgitta at 250-770-1154
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, happy hour, customer appreciation, 3 - 6 p.m.
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, Hump Day, horse races, 6:30 - 8 p.m., drop-in darts, 7 p.m.
• Bocce, Multicultural Society of Penticton, 2 - 6 p.m., 135 Winnipeg Street, for details call 250-493-9124
• Oliver Elks Lodge meat draw, 4 p.m., call 250-498-3808 for additional details
• Fraternal Order of Eagles presents canasta, 10 a.m., general meeting, 7 p.m.
• South Main Drop In Centre, beginner line dance, 9 a.m., medical qi gong, 10 a.m., line dance intermediate, 1 p.m., cribbage, 1 p.m., computer drop-in, 1 - 3 p.m., belly dance, 3:30 p.m., ukulele strumalong, 6:30 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, Pentciton, ladies auxiliary bingo, 1 p.m., doors open at noon, lunch is available
• Wing Night at Clancy’s Pub, Grill and Pizza, 5 - 9 p.m., 333 Martin Street (behind the liquor store)
• Social dance lessons, Oasis United Church, 2964 Skaha Lake Road, 6:30 p.m., bring a water bottle and non-gripping shoes, by donation to church, no partner necessary, all welcomed
• Said So Toastmasters meet, 6 p.m., for location phone 250-488-3702
Thursday, March 9
• Today is World Kidney Day • Special sneak preview at Landmark Cinemas 7: “Kong: Skull Island,” shows at 7:10 and 9:45 p.m.
• Pecha Kucha at The Cannery Brewing, presenters include bat biologist Tanya Luszcz and Naramata organic farmer and food forager Sid Vereeken, 6:30 p.m., $10, available from The Cannery Brewing Co. and CoWork Penticton
• Penticton Friendship Force meets, noon, The Days Inn, call 250-493-1649 for details
• TOPS B.C. 1640 meets, Bethel Church basement, 945 Main Street, weigh-in, 8 - 8:45 a.m., meeting begins at 9 a.m., call Beverley at 250-493-5968 or Liz at 250-493-7997
• Osoyoos Elks Bingo, doors open at 6 p.m., early bird at 7 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 97, Oliver, cribbage, 1:30 p.m., darts, 7 p.m.
• South Okanagan Secondary School presents, “Grease,” 7 p.m., Frank Venables Auditorium in Oliver, $15 (adults) and $10 (students), available at the SOSS library and at the door
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, music trivia with Russ, 7 p.m.
• Toasties meet, 4:45 p.m., Penticton Community Centre, call 250-490-2720
• South Main Drop In Centre, Spanish conversations, 10 a.m., carpet bowl, 10 a.m., bingo 1 p.m. (doors open at noon), improver line dance, 1 p.m., crafters meeting, 1 p.m., intro to ballroom dance, 7 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, Friends and Fitness, 10 a.m., It’s Your Birthday!, 6 p.m., cribbage, 7 p.m., Thursday Night Live with: Rebel Luv
• Penticton Duplicate Bridge Club meets, 1 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, for details call Birgitta at 250-770-1154
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, appy hour, 3 - 6 p.m.
Friday, March 10
• “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler, fundraiser for SOWINS and VDay, directed by Naomi Shore, produced by Laurel Burnham, The Nest and Nectar/Cannery Stage, $60, includes hot appetizers and one drink, doors open at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m., for tickets call 250-493-7275 or 250-493-4366
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, appy hour, 3-6 p.m., karaoke, 7 p.m.
• South Okanagan Secondary School presents, “Grease,” 7 p.m., Frank Venables Auditorium in Oliver, $15 (adults) and $10 (students), available at the SOSS library and at the door
• Discovery House Recovery Lent Lunch, soup, Cobb’s bun and hot drink, $5 ($2 for refills), every Friday in March, St. John Vianney, 361 Wade Ave. W., Penticton, to donate soup, call 250-462-1388
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, dinner, 5 - 7 p.m., music with Boom Chicken, 7 - 11 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, tai chi, 9:30 a.m., dinner special, $8, 5-7 p.m.
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, happy hour, 3 - 6 p.m., drop-in fun darts and pool, 7 p.m.
• Dance Penticton meets at Penticton Elks Lodge (upstairs), 7 p.m.
• South Main Drop-In Centre presents yoga, 9 a.m., Tai Chi Chuan, 10:30 a.m., Mah Jong intermediate, 12:30 p.m., beginner plus line dance, 1 p.m., novice line dance, 3:15 p.m., Heidelberg Club, 6 p.m., evening dance featuring live music by Mike Carter, 7:30 p.m.
• Oliver Library presents storytime for children ages 3-5, 10 a.m.
• Bob Kittle, Ch.t, free hypnosis relaxation session, South Main Drop In Centre, all welcomed, 11:45 a.m. and/or 2:30 p.m.
• Oliver Seniors Centre presents bingo with a loonie pot, 1 p.m., hotdogs, sweets, coffee, 50/50, for details phone 250-498-2242
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, fish and chips, 11:30 a.m., Friday night dinner, 5:30 p.m.
• The Okanagan Falls Ladies No. 227 will be offering supper during the branch meat draw of chicken alfredo with garlic toast, $7
Saturday, March 11
• Okanagan Symphony Orchestra with Rosemary Thomson, music director, presents “Colours of Russia,” with guest artist Minsoo Sohn, 7:30 p.m., The Cleland Theatre, for tickets phone 888-974-9170 or visit www.okanagansymphony.com
• The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, fundraiser for SOWINS and VDay, directed by Naomi Shore, produced by Laurel Burnham, The Nest and Nectar/Cannery Stage, $35, includes candy buffet, doors open at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m., for tickets call 250-4983-7275 or 250-493-4366
• Okanagan Falls Seniors’ Activity Centre annual spring flea market, Okanagan Falls Seniors Activity Centre, 1128 Willow Street, OK Falls, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., late breakfast/early lunch available, for more details phone Joan at 250-497-5695
• South Okanagan Secondary School presents, “Grease,” 7 p.m., Frank Venables Auditorium in Oliver, $15 (adults) and $10 (students), available at the SOSS library and at the door
• Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Fair, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, visit: www.healthylivingfair.com
• Hip Hop Night with Evil Ebenezer Mule Nightclub, doors open at 9 p.m.
• The Dream Cafe presents The Blue Hearts featuring Big Hank Lionhart and Mark Westcoast Comerford, blues, www.thebluehearts.ca, $39 (premium) and $24 (wings), www.thedreamcafe.ca or phone 250-490-9012 at The
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, cribbage, 10 a.m., meat draw and LA 50/50 draw, 2 p.m., buffet dinner, 6 p.m., music with Cosmic Brew, 8 p.m. ($10 cover charge)
• Go Green: St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance at Oliver Seniors Centre, 5:30 p.m., call 250-498-6142 for information
• Summerland Business and Community Excellence Awards, Centre Stage Theatre, 7 p.m. featuring jazz music by Allan Crossley, Stefan Bienz and Larry Crawford, Kinshira’s glow dancers, cocktails, unique bites and awards, $30, phone 250-494-2686
• Super Super Mega Meat Draw, biggest in the valley, 2:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 97, Oliver, visit: oliverlegion97.ca
• The Great Gatsby Party, 1920s themed fundraiser on the SS Sicamous, 7:30 p.m., $45 (includes first drink and appies), visit Cannery Brewing, 1099 Lakeshore Drive W. or Eventbrite.com
• South Main Drop In Centre, social dinner, featuring pork loin, 5:30 p.m.
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, member appreciation day, burgers, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., eagle races, 4 p.m., tap TV trivia, 6 p.m.
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, breakfast, 10 a.m. - noon, fun pool, noon, dinner, 5:30 p.m., music with Three Piece, 7 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, meat draw, 4 - 6 p.m.
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, cribbage, 10 a.m., early bird meat draw, 4 p.m., regular meat draw, 4:30 p.m., dinner, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 12
• Penticton Children’s Showcase, “A Twist in the Tale,” Dufflebag Theatre brings improvisational mayhem to the story of Rumpelstiltskin, 2 p.m.150 Moves, presented by Ballet Kelowna, sharing the joy of classical and modern dance, The Cleland Theatre, $12, available from Tumbleweed Gallery, Oliver Veterinary Hospital, The Beanery Coffee Co., Penticton Community Centre, for more information phone Jacinta Ferrari at 250-493-0475
• Pints 4 Pawz, fundraiser for BC-SPCA of South Okanagan Similkameen, 4 - 8 p.m., The Barking Parrot, with your host Jon Sekeres, music by Steve Jones, $20 includes deluxe hamburger and one beer
• Public skating at Oliver Arena, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
• The Cannery Brewing Co., 198 Ellis Street, presents live music with The Darylectones, 6 - 8 p.m., no cover charge
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40 ladies auxiliary “famous” pancake breakfast, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., $5 for full breakfast
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, curlers breakfast, 8 - 11 a.m., pool tournament, 12:30 p.m., finger food, noon - 4 p.m., meat draw, 2 p.m.
• South Main Drop In Centre R&R Rounders; social dance with your host Emil Sajna, a DJ who has been playing the great dance songs for nearly 50 years, all levels and ages of dancers are invited to dance on Penticton’s largest floor, 7 p.m.
• Oliver Elks Lodge breakfast, 8 a.m., $7 donation, bingo, 1 p.m. (doors open at noon), meat draw, 4 p.m., call 250-498-3808 for additional details
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40,LA breakfast, 8 a.m., meat draw and 50/50 draws, 2 p.m.
• Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, executive meeting, 10 a.m., horse races and meat draw, 50/50, hot dogs and smokies, 2 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, Summerland, meat draw, 4 - 6 p.m.
• Penticton Elks Lodge No. 51, dog races, food draw, door prizes, last man standing, pool/darts, 2 p.m.