COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TUESDAY, AUG. 10
• Shooting Star Amusements midway, daily at Rotary Park through until Sunday, 5-10 p.m. on weekdays; noon - 10 p.m. on weekends, all-day ride passes available for $35/day
• Brexit Pub presents “649 Tuesday” with live music from Aidan Mayes, 7-9 p.m., $9 cover charge
• Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre at 2965 South Main Street, improv. line dancing, 1-3 p.m., pool, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., partner bridge, 12:45 p.m., crafts, 1 p.m.
• Now on display at Penticton Museum & Archives: “Penticton: The Shaping of Place,” “The Hands-On Heritage Lab,” “Bill Pickerill Military Gallery.”
• Exhibit: Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Pathfinder: A retrospective exhibition by an innovator of digital art,” Penticton Art Gallery, daily, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., by donation; Also on display: Brian Fisher, “Event Horizon” and “Mythic Visions: Huichol Wixarika Yarn Painting.”
• Now playing at Landmark Cinemas 7: “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” “Black Widow,” “Jungle Cruise,” “The Green Knight,” “Stillwater,” “The Suicide Squad,” “Don’t Breath 2,” “Free Guy.’ For tickets: landmarkcinemas.com/showtimes/penticton
• Now showing at The Oliver Theatre, “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” for showtimes visit: olivertheatre.ca
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
• Naramata Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m. at Manitou Park
• Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, chair yoga, 9-10 a.m., new line dancing levels 3&4, 1-3 p.m., pool, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., 12:30-3:30 p.m., cribbage, 1-3 p.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
• DJ Spill plays at the Backyard at the Cannery Brewing Co., 6-8 p.m.
• Ride the historic Kettle Valley Railroad, Thursdays through Mondays, trains at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., to book tickets, kettlevalleyrail.org
• Live@Time, live entertainment at Time Winery, featuring Brent Tyler, 6:30 p.m., $60 for table of four, to purchase tickets: timewines.ca
• Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, improve line dance, 1-3 p.m., pool, 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., table tennis, 4-6:30 p.m., crafts, 1-3 p.m.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
• Royal Canadian Legion, 257 Brunswick Street, fish and chips, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., karaoke, with host “Candie,” 7:30 p.m.
• Blue City Trio performs on The Barking Parrot patio at the Penticton Lakeside Resort, 5-8 p.m.
• Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, mat yoga, 9-10 a.m., outdoor tai chi, 9-10 a.m., French talk-out, 9:3010:30 a.m., Mah Jong intermediate, 1-3 p.m., pool, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, dinner, 5-7 p.m., proceeds to local charity
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
• Lobster on the Run, presented by Rotary Club of Penticton, purchase your dinners in advance at: eatlobster.ca, then arrange for pickup at Bogner’s of Penticton, $65, plus tax (chicken and plant-based options available); silent auction online
• Blue City Trio performs on The Barking Parrot patio, 5-8 p.m., no cover
• Ryga Arts Festival begins, Saturday events: “Memoir in Multiple Mediums” with Mark LeirenYoung, online workshop, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., $30; “Driving the Doctor” by Karla Hennig, 1-2 p.m. and 4- 5 p.m., at Sage Hills Winery, $15; “How We Tell Stories,” a community conversation, online, pay what you choose, 3-5 p.m.; Aaron Loewen’s BC Gypsy Jazz All-Stars, 7-9 p.m. at Lunessence Winery, $25 in person, $12 online, for tickets visit: rygafest.ca
• Penticton Farmers Market, 100 block of Main Street, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., also: Interior Health will be on site for COVID vaccinations• Live music at Slackwater Brewing Co., 8:30 p.m., no cover
• Local music by BC Fresh Talent, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. outside Blenz Coffee in downtown Penticton, this week: Payton Bischoff and T. Maximo
• Elks Lodge meat draw and dice game at 1 p.m.. dinner, 5 p.m. (beef dip and caesar salad), music with BC Buds to follow
• Oliver Museum presents 100 x 100 celebration, a week-long series of events offered by the Oliver & District Museum marking Oliver’s 100 years as a community and the Sylix Okanagan Nation’s 10,000 years in the area, for a schedule: oliverheritage.ca
• Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre chair yoga, 9-10 a.m.
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, burgers and fries, noon - 4 p.m.
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40, meat draws, 2 p.m., live music to follow
SUNDAY, AUG. 15
• Ryga Arts Festival, today’s events: Dance Like No One is Watching with Meagan O’Shea, 10 a.m. - noon, $15 online; “Travis Lupick - Fighting For Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction,” 12:30-2:30 p.m., online reading, pay as you choose; Theatre: “Camp-ing by Ahmad Meree,” 3:30-5:30 p.m., pay as you choose, for tickets: rygafest.ca
• District Wine Village, 100 Enterprise Way in Oliver presents Okanagan Art Exhibit, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. with Penticton artist: Karla Avendano, Ron Gladish, Bibiana Hooper, Georgia Krebs, Graham McKenzie, Diana Skelhorne, Dorothy Tinning, Deb Tougas, visit: districtwinevillage.com
• Summerland Farmers Market, Main Street, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., also: Interior Health will be on site for COVID vaccinations
• Osoyoos Desert Centre Nature Talks, “To BEE or not to BEE: Pollinators: the wingmen or wing women of nature); 11 a.m., free with admission (250-495-2470)
• BC-SPCA Flea Market, 1550 Main Street, 7 a.m. 2 p.m. in front of Great Canadian Wholesale
• Survivorship Dragonboat team flea market, 1397 Fairview Road (at Duncan Avenue), 8 a,m. - 2 p.m.,
• Live music at The Cannery Brewing Co., featuring Bianca Berkland, 5 - 7 p.m., no cover charge
• Elks Lodge No. 51 breakfast, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Grimms meat draw/dog races, 2 p.m.
• Penticton Stamp Club sales, noon - 5 p.m. at Penticton Seniors’ Drop-In Centre
• Fraternal Order of Eagles, meat draw, 4 p.m., all proceeds to local charity