The Greater Vernon Museum and Archives is honoured to partner with School District 22 to bring a Legacy of Hope traveling exhibit to Vernon.

The exhibit is titled "Remembering, Honouring, & The Way Forward: 10 Years After the Residential School Apology." It was created to remember the Survivors who made it out of the schools, to honour those who did not, and to provide all Canadians with a unique opportunity to reflect on what Reconciliation means to them.

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The Greater Vernon Museum and Archives is honoured to partner with School District 22 to bring a Legacy of Hope traveling exhibit to Vernon.

The exhibit is titled "Remembering, Honouring, & The Way Forward: 10 Years After the Residential School Apology." It was created to remember the Survivors who made it out of the schools, to honour those who did not, and to provide all Canadians with a unique opportunity to reflect on what Reconciliation means to them.

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As a peaceful protest against the racist propaganda which was distributed around schools in the community in the fall of 2020, École Beairsto and the Vernon Public Art Gallery are excited to present a collaborative social justice project as a way to speak up against hate. Students created 715 self-portraits that form a rainbow mosaic of diversity that highlights the differences that make each one of us special.
Exhibition runs from July 29 – Oct 19, 2021. Click on event for more details.

As a peaceful protest against the racist propaganda which was distributed around schools in the community in the fall of 2020, École Beairsto and the Vernon Public Art Gallery are excited to present a collaborative social justice project as a way to speak up against hate. Students created 715 self-portraits that form a rainbow mosaic of diversity that highlights the differences that make each one of us special.
Exhibition runs from July 29 – Oct 19, 2021. Click on event for more details.

Gallery Vertigo is proud to present Chromatopia by the Fibre Art Network (FAN), a co-operative of Western Canadian artists committed to promoting fibre as an art form and each other as artists. The exhibit runs from August 10 – September 4, 2021. An open house will be held Saturday, August 14 from noon to 4:00 p.m.  

Chromatopia is inspired by Picasso’s monochromatic works in his blue period. Each artist was challenged to explore their own individual theme through the creation of two monochromatic textile artworks using two assigned colour hues.

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Gallery Vertigo is proud to present Chromatopia by the Fibre Art Network (FAN), a co-operative of Western Canadian artists committed to promoting fibre as an art form and each other as artists. The exhibit runs from August 10 – September 4, 2021. An open house will be held Saturday, August 14 from noon to 4:00 p.m.  

Chromatopia is inspired by Picasso’s monochromatic works in his blue period. Each artist was challenged to explore their own individual theme through the creation of two monochromatic textile artworks using two assigned colour hues.

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In this stripped down two person version of the show, members from the cast shed their characters, keep their shirts on and the laughs going. Designed for more intimate settings and smaller venues, this is your chance to get to know the real comedians underneath the bow ties. Some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians take on your suggestions and create spontaneous comedy sketches right before your eyes. The show is a fun, variety filled, high energy comedy experience where these comedic 10's are dressed to the nines!

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In this stripped down two person version of the show, members from the cast shed their characters, keep their shirts on and the laughs going. Designed for more intimate settings and smaller venues, this is your chance to get to know the real comedians underneath the bow ties. Some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians take on your suggestions and create spontaneous comedy sketches right before your eyes. The show is a fun, variety filled, high energy comedy experience where these comedic 10's are dressed to the nines!

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Travel back in time to when sternwheelers plied the waters of Okanagan Lake with the Okanagan Landing Stationhouse Museum!

This satellite of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives celebrates the history of the area, and houses an amazing 21'x4' scale model depicting the Okanagan Landing in 1914, when sternwheelers provided the only transportation from Vernon to Penticton.

The museum at Paddlewheel Park is open for the summer Fridays to Sundays from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission is by donation. For off season or out-of-hours guided group tours, please call 250-542-2500.

Enjoy live music and great company in one of the most beautiful outdoor concert settings the Okanagan has to offer. Pack up your favorite picnic supper and a lawn chair to enjoy live music while you dine al fresco on the lawns overlooking Kalamalka Lake at historic Mackie Lake House or if you prefer, just come listen to the music—the choice is yours! Beer and wine are available at our cash bar. You’ll love this event for a summertime date night

Event line-up includes: Amy Bishop (July 9th), Kailee McGuire Music (July 23rd), Andrew Allen (Aug 6th) ,Cabaret on the Lake (Aug 20th), Legendary Lake Monsters (Sept 10th).

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The medieval repertoire offered in this programme by Duo Laude (Elizabeth MacIsaac, soprano, Pat Unruh, viola da gamba) includes works selected for their diversity and beauty, a mix of sacred and secular melodies including the soaring sequence O Viridissima Virga (O greenest branch) by the 12th. Century mystic Hildegard von Bingen, voluptuous dance songs by the French poet Guillaume de Machaut, hymns to the Virgin from the South of France and a 13th. Century motet in the voice of a young coquette who knows her lover is watching her.

The pilgrim songs from the Llibre Vermell reveal that, for simple folk, the spiritual and the profane joined together, this is how the faithful to Notre Dame de Montserrat sang their prayers in Catalan and in Latin to the sound of engaging melodies.

The programming also draws upon some of the more ancient medieval sources, from which the Cunctipotens Genitor is selected. It is based upon a Kyrie trope originating in Aquitania.

Tickets: $25/$30, children 12 and younger free

The medieval repertoire offered in this programme by Duo Laude (Elizabeth MacIsaac, soprano, Pat Unruh, viola da gamba) includes works selected for their diversity and beauty, a mix of sacred and secular melodies including the soaring sequence O Viridissima Virga (O greenest branch) by the 12th. Century mystic Hildegard von Bingen, voluptuous dance songs by the French poet Guillaume de Machaut, hymns to the Virgin from the South of France and a 13th. Century motet in the voice of a young coquette who knows her lover is watching her.

The pilgrim songs from the Llibre Vermell reveal that, for simple folk, the spiritual and the profane joined together, this is how the faithful to Notre Dame de Montserrat sang their prayers in Catalan and in Latin to the sound of engaging melodies.

The programming also draws upon some of the more ancient medieval sources, from which the Cunctipotens Genitor is selected. It is based upon a Kyrie trope originating in Aquitania.

Tickets: $25/$30, children 12 and younger free