COVID changes B.C. Culture Days
BC Culture Days returns next month.
This will be a scaled down version since its inception 11 years ago. The annual monthlong campaign from Sept. 25 to Oct. 25,celebrates all things arts and culture in B.C.
This year it will be more interactive with events and activities and will be hosted at socially distanced venues through a growing digital hub.
I will be elaborating more about interesting things I find but for those who are curious visit the website at culturedays.ca/bc
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Bambi, a French Canadian artist and graphic designer, will host a two-day mural workshop in Kelowna Aug. 28 from 5-8 p.m.
Behind the Wall: The Making of a Collective Mural invites the public to create images for the mural, one person will close their eyes and draw a scribble, passing it on to the next person, who will turn the scribble into something more tangible.
Those pieces will be attached to a 3x10 rolled canvas, that has been decorated with bright colours.
The process will be filmed and when the mural is displayed a video will play alongside it so viewers have a better understanding of how it was created.
This workshop will be held at Centre Culturel francophone de l’Okanagan, 702 Bernard Ave.
Volunteers are invited to contribute to this mural by contacting CCFO at 250.860.4074 or by email at info@leccfo.org.
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For live music The Vibrant Vines (3240 Pooley Rd) continues to create a place for musicians to thrive in front of audiences that are place safely distanced and in an out door atmosphere.
Tomorrow night, Duo Gail and Karl will be on stage from 6-8 p.m. These seasoned performers and songwriters will be covering styles as diverse as blues, folk, rock, and
Celtic music.
There is a cover-charge of $10 with the request to purchase tickets in advance through thevibrantvine.com, where you can also find the season lineup of cool and interesting things to do.
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New Vintage Theatre have booked the Black Box Theatre (1375 Water St) Aug. 28-29 to reveal their new theatrical venture, Dead Serious, a mystery play promising thrills and suspense.
The play, written by Canadian author Doug Greenall, is set at a lakeside resort, and I’ve be told it’s not for faint hearted. Tickets cost between $30-$50 through showpass.com/deadserious. The play begins at 7:30 p.m.
The play will move to the Rotary Centre for the Arts Sept. 17-19.
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DunnEnzies Pizza Company at 4638 Lakeshore Rd. is another great venue that have worked hard to create outdoor space for live music enthusiasts.
Saturday night is a wonderful opportunity to hear guitar duo Stringers.
Two very talented musicians make up this band to include; Gary Smyth and Sean Bray. Book your table through (236) 420-5722. 7 p.m.
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I’d like to take this time to thank all of you who have welcomed my column back to the paper.
Meeting you and saying hello really means a lot and I appreciate your kind words of encouragement.
I look forward to continue my research to find interesting ways to encourage creative beauty.
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As the Autumn months creep into our calendar dates I am finding a sense of urgency for structure and order enhancing inside of my psyche as my summer tan fades.
This ebb and flow or to be blunter, the start and stop of the composition of normal life’s responsibilities is still a guessing game.
This hurry up to wait for normal gets me down and I know firsthand the feelings of anticipation only to be cancelled because of C)VID.
It’s disappointing to constantly book musicians for gigs only to have them cancelled a week before. No one's fault, it’s just deflating. I like to think that these trying times mean an exercise in what civilization actually means.
To quote Websters dictionary: “the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.”
To me, it means the practice of kindness and patience and still reach inside seeking the motivation to try something new or just continue to learn.
I met with a friend yesterday who, upon learning that I spent many years in England, shared the last of her bottle of elderflower cordial, mixing it with fresh mint and soda.
This touched my kindness bone and my heart grew bigger from a simple but generous gesture.
While she showed me her knitting, the new stitches for a top she is making for her daughter in London.
I felt inspired by these gestures of creativity and am now on the look out for a painting class or a craft workshop of sorts.
Anna Jacyszyn is an award-winning jazz singer. Email: artafactevent@gmail.com.