Kristin Froneman

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Nick Adams and Taes Leavitt, otherwise known as Splash’N Boots, bring their beloved Treehouse TV show on the road with them for The Big Yellow Boot tour. The show arrives at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sept. 18.

Splash’N Boots are ready to dance

Hey kids! Treehouse faves Splash’N Boots are boarding The Big Yellow Boot bus with all their friends and arrive in Vernon Sept. 18.

Nick Adams and Taes Leavitt, otherwise known as Splash’N Boots, bring their beloved Treehouse TV show on the road with them for The Big Yellow Boot tour. The show arrives at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sept. 18.

AT RANDOM: Smile for the camera

A job involved making a fool of myself, babbling and holding up stuffed animals

Celebrated Canadian children’s entertainer Charlotte Diamond and her son Matt open the new TD First Stages series at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Oct. 2.

There’s more for kids to love at the theatre

Vernon Performing Arts Centre Society starts its new TD First Stages series with a performance by Charlotte Diamond.

Celebrated Canadian children’s entertainer Charlotte Diamond and her son Matt open the new TD First Stages series at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Oct. 2.
Lana Schuster paints en plein air around the Okanagan.

Vernon artist adds and subtracts

For those students who scoffed that math would never help them in an artistic field, meet Vernon artist Lana Schuster.

Lana Schuster paints en plein air around the Okanagan.
Sherri Anne, whose parents live in Vernon, is bringing her band Sister Speak back to the North Okanagan for shows Aug. 25 to 28.

Sister speaks from the field to the stage

Okanagan-born field hockey player Sherri Anne has made a successful transition to music with her band Sister Speak.

Sherri Anne, whose parents live in Vernon, is bringing her band Sister Speak back to the North Okanagan for shows Aug. 25 to 28.
A Splash of Red co-founder Judy Rose holds a scarf showing a painting of Sveva Caetani, created by Michelle Loughery. Five of the scarves were auctioned off.

Splash brings infusion of cash

The spirit of the celebrated artist Sveva Caetani was felt Thursday at the fifth annual A Splash of Red fundraiser in Vernon.

A Splash of Red co-founder Judy Rose holds a scarf showing a painting of Sveva Caetani, created by Michelle Loughery. Five of the scarves were auctioned off.
A street artist paints a wall at the Vernon parkade as part of last year’s Riot on the Roof. This year’s event, hosted by the Vernon Public Art Gallery, will see interactive art, music performances, dancing, a fashion show and more, Aug. 20.

Party on high as Vernon parkade opens to art

Vernon Public Art Gallery moves on up for its eighth annual Riot on the Roof.

A street artist paints a wall at the Vernon parkade as part of last year’s Riot on the Roof. This year’s event, hosted by the Vernon Public Art Gallery, will see interactive art, music performances, dancing, a fashion show and more, Aug. 20.
The Fish on Five Brass Quintet performs at the Ladies and Lace fundraising event at the Mackie Lake House Aug. 28.

Travel back in time for OSO fundraiser Ladies and Lace

Ladies and Lace takes place at the Mackie Lake House Sunday, Aug. 28 from 2 to 5 p.m.

The Fish on Five Brass Quintet performs at the Ladies and Lace fundraising event at the Mackie Lake House Aug. 28.
Young artists-in-residence Amy Hanfstingl (left) and Maria Durfeld show some of the work in their upcoming art exhibition, opening Aug. 26 at the Vernon Community Arts Centre.

Youth engaged in art

Youth artists-in-residence Maria Durfeld and Amy Hanfstingl prepare for exhibition at Vernon Community Arts Centre.

Young artists-in-residence Amy Hanfstingl (left) and Maria Durfeld show some of the work in their upcoming art exhibition, opening Aug. 26 at the Vernon Community Arts Centre.
Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip performed in Vernon at the then named Multiplex (now Kal Tire Place) Sept. 21, 2002. Below, Downie performs at the MuchMusic Great Canadian party to celebrate Canada Day at Barrie’s Molson Park in 1992.

Vernon shows its love for Downie and The Hip

The Tragically Hip’s concert from its hometown of Kingston will be shown live at the Vernon Curling Club Aug. 20

Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip performed in Vernon at the then named Multiplex (now Kal Tire Place) Sept. 21, 2002. Below, Downie performs at the MuchMusic Great Canadian party to celebrate Canada Day at Barrie’s Molson Park in 1992.
Mother and daughter Heidi (left) and Carmen Thompson deliver their artworks to A Splash of Red coordinator Julie Melanson (right) for the annual Italian evening and art auction Aug. 18 in support of the Caetani Cultural Centre.

Artists splash on the red for Caetani

A Splash of Red fundraiser pays ode to the legacy left behind by the daughter of Vernon’s own Italian royal family.

Mother and daughter Heidi (left) and Carmen Thompson deliver their artworks to A Splash of Red coordinator Julie Melanson (right) for the annual Italian evening and art auction Aug. 18 in support of the Caetani Cultural Centre.
The Trips' Jessie Padgett and Graham Ord will have the audience grinning at their picking at the Bluegrass on the Grass event at the Caetani Cultural Centre July 22.

Banjos and mandolins served up at Bluegrass on the Grass

Music lovers are about to get a whole lot of twang and fast-picking when the second Caetani Summer Music Series takes place July 22.

The Trips' Jessie Padgett and Graham Ord will have the audience grinning at their picking at the Bluegrass on the Grass event at the Caetani Cultural Centre July 22.
“Old guy” Neil Erickson and “young guy” Josh Wallace draw paint brushes for their 30-day paint-off, with the results being exhibited at Ericklson’s Pottery Road studio, starting July 21.  

Art Wars: Old Guy vs: Young Guy hold paint-off in Vernon

Neil Erickson and Joshua Wallace try to out-paint one another in this epic battle being staged at Ericsson's Pottery Road studio.

“Old guy” Neil Erickson and “young guy” Josh Wallace draw paint brushes for their 30-day paint-off, with the results being exhibited at Ericklson’s Pottery Road studio, starting July 21.  
Emerging artist Wren shows the height of Byron Johnson’s A Chair for a Town Councillor at Headbones Gallery’s Skulpture Yard for the Shhh Good Art Up and Down the Okanagan show.

Shhh, there’s good art from up and down the Valley at Headbones

The magazine Canadian Art recently ran an article on a new place to keep an eye open for art – the Okanagan.

Emerging artist Wren shows the height of Byron Johnson’s A Chair for a Town Councillor at Headbones Gallery’s Skulpture Yard for the Shhh Good Art Up and Down the Okanagan show.
Vernon’s Ariel Klim and Penticton’s Nikolas Filipovic act out a scene from Crimsom and Blue, an independently produced film being shot in Vernon this week.

Vernon filmmaker shows love with new independent film

A crew has set up around Vernon this week to film true-to-life love story, Crimsom and Blue.

Vernon’s Ariel Klim and Penticton’s Nikolas Filipovic act out a scene from Crimsom and Blue, an independently produced film being shot in Vernon this week.
Destiny MacWatters, left, Dan Toolsie, Pattie Mallett and Sheila Mandreck star in Infant Mortality, one of four short plays in Parental Guidance, staging at Powerhouse Theatre July 16 and 17 and at Salmon Arm’s Theatre on the Edge Festival July 22 to 24.

Powerhouse enters Theatre on the Edge

Powerhouse Theatre's Parental Guidance previews in Vernon before going to the short-play festival in Salmon Arm.

Destiny MacWatters, left, Dan Toolsie, Pattie Mallett and Sheila Mandreck star in Infant Mortality, one of four short plays in Parental Guidance, staging at Powerhouse Theatre July 16 and 17 and at Salmon Arm’s Theatre on the Edge Festival July 22 to 24.
Prairie songstress Raine Hamilton is bringing her guitar, violin and songs off her new album, Past Your Past, to Record City in Vernon Tuesday.

Violinist quits her day job to tour her new music

Singer-songwriter Raine Hamilton embarks on a new adventure that brings her to Vernon's Record City Tuesday, July 12.

Prairie songstress Raine Hamilton is bringing her guitar, violin and songs off her new album, Past Your Past, to Record City in Vernon Tuesday.
Vernon Public Art Gallery executive director Dauna Kennedy Grant teases the new Gift of Culture raffle prize with some of the paintings up for auction at this year’s 30th anniversary of Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, taking place at Turtle Mountain Winery July 20 from 6 to 11 p.m.

Vernon art gallery celebrates a milestone this Midsummer’s Eve

A surprise is in store at this year’s 30th anniversary of the Vernon Public Art Gallery’s art auction/garden party.

Vernon Public Art Gallery executive director Dauna Kennedy Grant teases the new Gift of Culture raffle prize with some of the paintings up for auction at this year’s 30th anniversary of Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, taking place at Turtle Mountain Winery July 20 from 6 to 11 p.m.
Country artist Michael Painchaud kicks off the Downtown Vernon Association's Jammin’ in Justice music series Wednesday, July 6.

Live music returns to downtown Vernon for summer

Downtown Vernon is about to go live once again, with the return of Civic Sounds and Jammin’ in Justice for the months of July and August.

Country artist Michael Painchaud kicks off the Downtown Vernon Association's Jammin’ in Justice music series Wednesday, July 6.
Gordie Johnson and Kelly Hoppe join the other members of Big Sugar as the headliners of the A&W Funtastic Music Festival at Vernon's DND Army Camp grounds, Saturday, July 2.

Big Sugar puts the years in front of them

The lights are still on for Canada’s blues-rock-reggae legends, who headline the Funtastic Music Festival in Vernon July 2.

Gordie Johnson and Kelly Hoppe join the other members of Big Sugar as the headliners of the A&W Funtastic Music Festival at Vernon's DND Army Camp grounds, Saturday, July 2.