Arts/ Entertainment

EDITORIAL – Getting behind better seating at performing arts venues

March 14, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I MAY BE GETTING AHEAD of myself on this one but I have an early request for the new performing arts centre — if it ever gets off the [Continue]

ENTERTAINMENT – Buddy Holly died 60 years ago but his music lives on

February 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

TO QUOTE DON McLEAN’s song American Pie, Feb. 3 marked the 60th anniversary of the day the music died. The reference, of course, is to the 1959 plane crash that killed [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Shutdown of Sagebrush Theatre raises the PAC issue again

February 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WESTERN CANADA THEATRE is trying to put the best possible face on the shutdown of Sagebrush Theatre for roof repairs, characterizing the [Continue]

ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT – Cracked roof truss forces Sagebrush Theatre to close

February 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

Western Canada Theatre is scrambling to fine new venues for upcoming productions after news on Friday (Feb. 15, 2019) that the Sagebrush Theatre will have to be closed for [Continue]

MUSIC – Kamloops Community Band presents ‘Play Like The Dickens’

February 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Kamloops Community Band will present Play Like The Dickens, its annual fundraiser for the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship, on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the [Continue]

THE ARTS – Mayor’s Awards for the Arts winners announced for 2019

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Mayor’s Awards for the Arts winners announced Saturday, Jan. 19: Emerging Artist, which recognizes an emerging Kamloops artist working in the visual and/or performing arts [Continue]