Life

The next offering of the Vernon Film Society, Tamara Drewe, is based on a graphic novel written by Posy Simmonds, which was serialized in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.

It has been a year since the Haiti earthquake and the B.C. Earthquake Alliance continues its efforts to organize an annual, province-wide earthquake drill to be held Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.

The Annual Vernon and District Heritage Fair is entering its fourth year providing opportunities for local students to gain a deeper understanding of their history, culture and identity.

Vernon’s Celtic Maritime dance band, Cod Gone Wild, is releasing its debut CD Friday.

SALMON ARM — The passionate voice and pulsating guitar solos of blues musician Jonny Lang will heard at the 19th annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival this summer.

Picture a group of strangers, bonded not through the invisibility of computer networking, but through the telling of their stories over dinner.

If you love a tune delivered with heart and soul, don’t miss jazzy songstress Flora Ware at the Vernon Jazz Club Saturday.

Local youth are being asked to get their video cameras, computers and imaginations ready for a new media arts festival in the Okanagan.