News Items tag as: Vernon Performing Arts Centre

Canadian hip-hop artist Classified brings RETROSPECTED Tour to Okanagan
October 16, 2022 - 6:02 PM

Canadian hip-hop artist Luke Boyd, better known by his stage name Classified, is performing in Vernon later this month.
Members of prog-rock giants Jethro Tull heading to Vernon
January 09, 2020 - 6:00 PM

Over 50 years since they originally formed members of British prog-rock band Jethro Tull are set to take to the stage in Vernon.
Red dresses to fill Vernon stage to honour missing Indigenous women
January 17, 2019 - 1:55 PM

VERNON - Tanya Laing Gahr has directed the Vagina Monologues three times, but her fourth production of the world-famous play, which goes onstage in Vernon next month, will hold a special significance for her.
Theatres in Vernon and Kamloops to host intimate Barenaked Ladies concerts
March 10, 2017 - 9:41 AM

VERNON - The Barenaked Ladies are skipping the Okanagan’s big arenas to play in smaller venues in Kamloops and Vernon on their upcoming tour.
Country music star Gord Bamford to play Vernon
September 24, 2016 - 2:30 PM

VERNON - Alberta-raised country music artist Gord Bamford is slotted to play an "intimate and exclusive" show in Vernon.
Jann Arden tour includes stops in Kamloops and the Okanagan
November 23, 2015 - 10:30 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An award-winning Canadian singer will be making stops in two local cities this coming spring.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Canadian hip-hop artist Classified brings RETROSPECTED Tour to Okanagan