Your guide to this week’s South Okanagan events

• Brown Bag Lunch Series presented by Penticton Museum and Archives, Penticton Public Library auditorium, noon-1 p.m., Homesteading in Northeast B.C. with Merle Hein

• Kootenay International Junior Hockey, Osoyoos Coyotes at Summerland Steam, Summerland Arena, 7:30 p.m.

• B.C. Bike Race Gravel Explorer XLT in Penticton continues, daily through Thursday

• Penticton Tuneagers choir rehearsals, under the direction of Nick Kelly, Penticton United Church, 696 Main Street, ages 50 and over, 9:30-11:30 a.m., call Sarah at 778-622-0762 for additional details

• Teen Studio Art at Penticton Art Gallery, 5:30-7:30 p.m., ages 1318, for details email: reception@pentictonartgallery.com or phone 250-493-2928

• Now playing at Landmark Cinemas in Penticton: Avatar (ReRelease 2022), 3D, 14A, 165 minutes; Don’t Worry Darling, 14A, 123 minutes; Moonage Daydream, PG, 140 minutes; Pearl, 18A, 102 minutes; Scoob! G, 93 minutes; See How They Run, PG, 98 minutes; The Woman King, PG, 134 minutes; Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, PG, 103 minutes; Minions: The Rise of Gru, G, 87 minutes; Top Gun: Maverick, PG, 134 minutes.

• Showing on Wednesday and Thursday at Oliver Theatre: Fall, PG-13, 107 minutes.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28

• Cirque Alfonse “Animal,” slightly surreal farm fables with irreverence, virtuosity and comic touch, Frank Venables Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $40 (adults) and $30 (19 and under), visit: venablestheatre.ca

• Canadian Blood Services presents Penticton Blood Donation Event, South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main Street, 1 p.m.5:45 p.m., register at: blood.ca or phone 1-888-236-6283

• The Office Trivia night at Slackwater Brewing Co., 7 p.m., $14, tickets available from Eventbrite

• Topics & Tea speakers series at Penticton Art Gallery, From Script to Screen with filmmaker Sam Oliver (“Scintilla”), 1 p.m.

• Preschool Art program, a parented class for preschoolers at the Penticton Art Gallery, 10:30-11:30 a.m., $5 fee, pre-register in advance at 250-493-2928

THURSDAY, SEPT. 29

• Candidate forum presented by Downtown Penticton BIA, Neighbourhood Brewing, 5-7 p.m., each candidate will introduce themselves starting at 5 p.m. followed by setting up their own tables from 6-7 p.m. where people may visit one-on-one

• Live @ Time presents Chayce Kennedy, Time Winery, 6:30 p.m., no cover charge

• Penticton Tuneagers orchestra rehearsals, under the direction of Nick Kelly, Oasis United Church, 2964 Skaha Lake Road, ages 50 and over, 9:45-11:15 a.m., call Nick at 250-462-7052 for additional details

• Young @ Art, free self-directed program at the Penticton Art Gallery, 3:15-4:30 p.m., ages 10-16

• “The Jam” at Clancy’s Pub, Grill and Pizza, 7 p.m., bring an instrument and plug in, vocalists welcome, ages 19 and over

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30

• National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

• Walk for the Children, hosted by Okanagan Nation Alliance, five-km walk departs from The Peach, 10 a.m. and concludes at the Sylic Indian Residential School monument on En’owkin Trail

• Four Seasons Cultural Society hosts Celebration of Indigenous Culture and Resiliency, Penticton Gyro Park, 1-6 p.m.

• Thrash Wrestling presents “Enraged,” featuring Jordie Taylor, Braydon Goss, Cope, Danni Deeds, Scarlett Black and Jayce D’Arcy, introducing Beef Boy, The Strays and Judas Icarus, Luso Canadian Multicultural Society, 135 Winnipeg Street, 7:30 p.m., $25 at the door or $20 from ticketseller.ca

• Grandmothers for Africa fundraising lunch, Theo’s Restaurant, 11:30 a.m., registration required, call Lynn 250-328-9035

• Kootenay International Junior Hockey, Golden at Summerland, Summerland Arena, 7:30 p.m. puck drop.