 The PCAC newsletter is published and emailed to members on a Monday every two weeks starting September to the end of May with a break during the Christmas season. It is normally published here on the weekend following its being emailed. NOTE: A reminder that you must be in HTML mode to have the underlined links work in this email. In Outlook under Format Text  Monday, September 30, 2024 Dear members: Today, on this Day of Truth and Reconciliation, we pay respect to those indigenous women who disappeared from the roads across our province and elsewhere and to the children who never made it home from residential schools. We commiserate with those who suffer the pain of memory. Let us stand in solidarity and respect for the survivors, their families, and their communities! Never again! Love and respect!!! Transitions, the current exhibition at the Peachland art gallery will be ending next Sunday, October 6. We hope you’ve visited the show; if not, be sure to do so because it has had excellent reviews and you can preview the paintings on our website at the underlined link. The coming exhibition, Coyote and Raven - snʼkʼlip and yútəlx - Drawings and Paintings celebrating Tricksters, will be opening Saturday, October 12 from 1 to 3 pm. It features artists Jim Elwood, Coralee Miller and Annabel Stanley. Elwood is the head of the fine arts department at Mount Boucherie Secondary School in West Kelowna. Coralee Miller is a past student of his. Stanley, who is on the board of the Okanagan Folk School, owns a vineyard in the Okanagan and uses the vines to weave baskets and sculptures. Celebrating tricksters, the theme, relates to the culture of the local Syilx people of the Okanagan nation. Lots of vibrant animal life in this exhibition - don’t miss it! Another Open MIC last Thursday proved to be an outstanding success - the calibre of performances rises each time. The venue of Our Space has excellent acoustics with the capacity for a crowd of a hundred. This Open MIC allowed all forms of talent to perform before the local audience including comedy, ukulele, guitar, piano solos and duets, and vocal solos (see images above). Mayor Patrick van Minsel amazed the audience with his solos from Les Miserables and Frank Sinatra's My Way. Thanks goes to Vince Boyko and Elliott Neumann for their expertly handled variety of sound systems. The next Open Mic will be during the pre-Christmas season. Word will be sent out as soon as a date is set. Lastly, Our Space has a high ceiling, and several light bulbs need replacing. If anyone has a tall ladder (a 10-foot orchard-type ladder will do), would they please contact the art gallery at 250-767-7422? Two weeks ago, the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) treated its volunteers to a special appreciation Okanagan Wine Country tour of three wineries – the Solvero and Lightning Rock wineries in Summerland and the Fitzpatrick (Greata Ranch) winery just south of Peachland. Husbands and wives were bused in two luxury mini-vans and served scrumptious lunch boxes of nuts, crackers and cheeses that matched the tastings so well! A very pleasant outing, indeed!!! The Lions will be dedicating a bench on Wednesday, October 9 at 5:30 pm in memory of Lynne Herrin. Herrin was past treasurer of the PCAC board and a valuable, humble contributor, admired by the community in so many ways. Please join us at her bench - it's off Beach Ave at Harolds Walk (by the bridge leading to Todds campground). We hope to see you there! The current show at the Summerland Art Gallery is Lured by the Local which displays the works of Galia Kwetny, a Canadian Israeli born in the former Soviet Union. Kwetny immerses herself into a symbiotic relationship with her surroundings as she works. She believes it is an interactive process, a reciprocal one where each (artist and nature) impacts the other. Kwetny is a master’s graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The exhibition runs Tuesdays to Fridays, 10 am to 4 pm until Saturday, November 9. In the gallery gift shop until Wednesday, October 16, glass blower Sean Kerrigan will be demonstrating his techniques and offering his glass works for sale. Now here’s a curtain call for all actors, singers, and dancers out there!!! The Kelowna Actors Studio is looking for you to perform for their next season of productions which includes such great shows as Waitress, Singin’ in the Rain, The Da Vinci Code, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sweeney Todd, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is your opportunity to finally get up there and reveal your talent and, if an actor, whatever OTHER self you can be!!! Audition now – the submission deadline is October 21. For more information contact [email protected] or call 250-862-2867. Creative Okanagan has announced that the next InTune gathering of local musical artists will be on October 7 from 6 to 8 pm at the Revelry, 1383 Ellis Street in Kelowna with street parking and parking in the Library parking lot. This will be an evening of networking where you will have the opportunity to connect and collaborate with music industry professionals so as to build a relationship with the community. They will be making announcements about members-only opportunities and there will be a sampling of food from Revelry’s menu which is included in the $15 ticket price. Beverages will be available for purchase. With Love and a Major Organ is the Kelowna Film Society’s film this Wednesday at the Orchard Plaza Cinema (4 and 7 pm). You’re going to find this a very different kind of movie – it opens with a man ripping his heart out!!! It’s kind of “an alternative world where hearts are objects, but they can still be broken. People suppress emotions and allow an app to tell them who to marry, who to be friends with, and what they like.” - A clever sci-fi comedy for anyone who feels we could all stand to live and love a little more. Nick Allen (Roger Ebert.com) I‘ll also announce the next film in advance because it’ll be during the week following the coming newsletter and you’ll need to book your tickets the prior Thursday. It is Sing Sing which relates to the lives of a group of inmates at the infamous Sing Sing prison in New York who were involved in a rehab theatre programme while they were incarcerated. The theatre programme was one means of finding peace amongst the violence that haunted the prison. Many of the cast were themselves actual prisoners in the programme. Be sure to book tickets the Thursday prior. If you’ve anything orange to wear, this would be the day to wear it. See you in a fortnight! (that’s 2 weeks time) Chris Christopher Byrd PCAC Director / Peachland Art Gallery Facebook Photographer: Fine Arts America NB: Should you wish to unsubscribe from the newsletter and bulletins please send an email to [email protected]t  |