Community events
TODAY
Wild neighbours
Learn more about bats and participate in the Citizen Science Bat Count at the Meet Your Wild Neighbours pop-up program from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Shannon Lake Regional Park. This free drop-in program is for all ages. Regional Parks will provide sanitized equipment and will be practicing safe physical distancing.
Juggling lessons
School age kids can learn to juggle online from 4 to 4:30 p.m. as part of the Okanagan Regional Library’s Summer Reading Club program. Learn about different juggling props such as balls, clubs and rings and then try juggling with a lesson and pointers. Get wowed by the grand finale with a juggling knife act that should not be tried at home. Register online for the Zoom link information at orl.bc.ca/srcevents. School-age kids can join the free Summer Reading Club and earn a medal by registering at orl.bc.ca/src.
Vision casting
West Kelowna is creating a community vision. With physical distancing guidelines in place to protect the community from COVID19, the city is offering online workshops to help stimulate discussions and share ideas.
Today’s workshop is on Our Transportation and Our Operations.
Register online at forms.westkelownacity.ca/OnlineCommunity-Workshop
Virtual stories
Check out Virtual Family Story Time from the Okanagan Regional Library online at 11 a.m. Participants will need a computer, smartphone or tablet and WIFI connection to participate. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register.
Close encounters
Enjoy close encounters with mammals from the Kelowna Museum’s Biodiversity Gallery and discover five fun facts about five amazing animals at the Wacky Wildlife program online from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on the Kelowna Museum’s Instagram Live channel at instagram.com/kelowna_museums/.
THURSDAY
What’s below?
Discover unique features of water invertebrates as Regional parks dips into the water to discover what’s swimming beneath the surface at the Wild Water Critters pop-up program from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park. The free drop-in program is for all ages. Regional Parks will provide sanitized equipment and will be practicing safe physical distancing.
Stretchy seminar
Come out to stretch and improve your health with Tai Chi. Classes take place Mondays and Thursdays at the Gellatly Nut
Farm Regional Park with daytime classes at 9 a.m. and evening classes at 6:30 p.m. Physical distancing of six feet will be in effect. For more information, go online to winecountrytaichi. Ca.
Sci-fi learning
School-aged kids can join Tech Assistant Chris from the Okanagan Regional Library online from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for a free creative drawing exercise at the Space Toaster program. Participants will re-imagine everyday object such as office supplies or containers as stylish sci-fi spacecraft. This program is for all levels of drawing ability. Register online at orl.bc.ca/src-events for the Zoom link.
Insta-park
See what Regional Parks has to offer live on their Instagram channel at 1 p.m.
Regional Parks will be using Instagram Live, a feature on Instagram stories that allows users to stream video to their followers and engage with them in real time, as they broadcast from various parks. This program is for all ages. Past online programs can be viewed on the Regional District’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/regionaldistrict. Toddler Time
The Okanagan Regional Library’s weekly Virtual Toddler Time takes place online at 10 a.m. Participants will need a computer, smartphone or tablet and WIFI connection to participate. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register.
Story Time
Check out Virtual Family Story Time from the Okanagan Regional Library online at 11 a.m. Participants will need a computer, smartphone or tablet and WIFI connection to participate. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register.
Signing stories
Families can enjoy story time while learning American Sign Language at the Okanagan Regional Library’s ASL Story
Time. Join in online for stories, songs, rhymes and games presented in both American Sign Language and English. Register online at orl.bc.ca/src-events for the Zoom link.
FRIDAY
Seated Tai Chi
The seated class of Tai Chi will be held indoors at the Sarafanov Ballet Studio, 2035A Louie Drive Fridays at 9 a.m. for beginners and 10:15 a.m. for the ongoing class. Pull up a chair and join Wine Country Tai Chi as they work on balance, coordination, energy, flexibility and circulation to optimize your health. The class can be adapted according to your mobility or health challenges. It can be started at any time and is by donation only. Physical distancing of 6 feet will be observed and masks will be required at this time. For more information, go online to winecountrytaichi.ca.
Tour the universe
School age kids can Tour the Universe from 9:30 to 10 a.m. online with the Royal Astronomical Society as part of the Okanagan Regional Library’s Summer Reading Club program. Hop on a spaceship and travel the universe from Earth to edge, stopping along the way to take a closer look at some of astronomy’s newest observations. Register online for the Zoom link information at orl.bc.ca/src-events. Schoolage kids can join the free Summer Reading Club and earn a medal by registering at orl.bc.ca/src. Drive-in movie
Hankering for the nostalgia of packing up the family and heading to a drive-in movie? Outside Cinema, an outdoor movie theatre rental company, will be showing Captain Marvel in support of the Central Okanagan Food Bank at Trinity Church at 1905 Springfield Rd. in Kelowna at 9 p.m. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. For more information and to buy tickets go online to outsidecinema.ca.
Story Time
Check out Virtual Family Story Time from the Okanagan Regional Library online at 11 a.m. Participants will need a computer, smartphone or tablet and WIFI connection to participate. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register.
See Sharp
DoubleSharp, a two-piece professional duet, will perform blues, jazz, Latin and contemporary music in Grizzli Winery’s Happy Hour in their licensed outdoor vineyard courtyard from 5 to 7 p.m. Do a wine tasting, enjoy some wine and purchase items from the food truck on site. General admission is free. For tickets, go online to Eventbrite.ca. Social distancing and safety protocols are in place.
SATURDAY
Farmers’ Market
The Westbank Farmers Market takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Sept. 19 at the Westridge Shopping Centre.
Food Truck Fest
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival rolls into Kelowna B.C. Day Long Weekend for a Drive-Thru Food Truck Fest at Prospera Place from noon to 8 p.m. All vendors and staff will be using full personal protection equipment. Local vendors include Surf Side California, Lemon Heaven, REEL Mac and Cheese and mini donut, fried chicken and burger joint concessions.
For those who aren’t driving, there will be a takeout zone limited to 50 people at a time where people can order food to be delivered to them.
Messenger performs
Kelowna musician Jeremy Messenger will perform at Grizzli Winery’s Happy Hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Bring your own picnic or buy local items in the wine shop and lounge in the winery’s grassy vineyard pavilion while sipping wine and enjoying live music. Go online to Eventbrite.ca for tickets. Social distancing and safety protocols are in place.
SUNDAY
Food Truck Festival
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival rolls into Kelowna B.C. Day Long Weekend for a Drive-Thru Food Truck Fest at Prospera Place from noon to 8 p.m. All vendors and staff will be using full personal protection equipment. Local vendors include Surf Side California, Lemon Heaven, REEL Mac and Cheese and mini donut, fried chicken and burger joint concessions.
For those who aren’t driving, there will be a takeout zone limited to 50 people at a time where people can order food to be delivered to them.
TUESDAY
Story Time
Check out Virtual Family Story Time from the Okanagan Regional Library online at 11 a.m. Participants will need a computer, smartphone or tablet and WIFI connection to participate. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register. Insta-parks
See what Regional Parks has to offer live on their Instagram channel at 10:30 a.m.
Regional Parks will be using Instagram Live, a feature on Instagram stories that allows users to stream video to their followers and engage with them in real time, as they broadcast from various parks. This program is for all ages. Past online programs can be viewed on the Regional District’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/regionaldistrict.
PJ stories
Virtual Pajama Story Time from 6:30 to 7 p.m. is recommended for children three to six years old but the whole family is invited to join the fun.
Participants will need a computer, smart phone or tablet plus a WIFI connection. Pajama Story Time features longer books, songs and rhymes. Don’t forget your stuffie. Go online to orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar to register.
Tour the universe
School age kids can Tour the Universe from 10:30 to 11 a.m. online with the Royal Astronomical Society as part of the Okanagan Regional Library’s Summer Reading Club program. Hop on a spaceship and travel the universe from Earth to edge, stopping along the way to take a closer look at some of astronomy’s newest observations. Register online for the Zoom link information at orl.bc.ca/srcevents. School-age kids can join the free Summer Reading Club and earn a medal by registering at orl.bc.ca/src.
Lunchbox lectures
Coralee Miller is a museum assistant for the Sncewips Heritage Museum by day and a student at UBCO working toward her BFA by night. Miller will be the speaker at the online Lunchbox Lectures, Cultural Food for Thought at noon. Miller will share how her work as an informational guide within the museum and how her job in educating and preserving syilx/Okanagan history and culture has helped her navigate her own identity as a syilx/Okanagan woman and as an artist. The lunchbox lectures are a partnership of Kelowna Museums, Sncewips Heritage Museum and the Kelowna Art Gallery. Go online to KelownaMuseums.ca to register for the Zoom link.