Summerland Secondary School’s musical theatre program is presenting the musical Hairspray! at Centre Stage Theatre. Performances continue Thursday, Feb. 21 to Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Summerland Secondary School office. This play about an overweight teen who seeks a role on a television dance show addresses prejudices and is appropriately being performed just prior to Anti Bullying Day on Feb. 27.
Arts classes
Classes for adults are organized by the Summerland Community Arts Council.
The Don’t Hibernate Winter Workshop series is underway. Get your registration form online atsummerlandarts.com/ or visit the gallery Monday to Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please book early to secure your place on the course.
Okanagan Reads
Author George Bowering will be at the Summerland Library on Wharton Street on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. Okanagan Reads is the Valley-wide reading event featuring Shoot! by Bowering.
Museum meeting
Summerland Museum’s annual general meeting is Saturday, March 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. There will be an election for three new board members. If you would like more information, please contact the museum. The museum will also award honorary life memberships to volunteers who have been very active for many years.
Ballet Kelowna
No passport required as Ballet Kelowna wraps up its first decade of artistic excellence with a performance that takes us on a journey through Spain, Russia, England and then home to Canada. Our trip begins in Spain with the pas de trois from Paquita, a story of a beautiful gypsy girl who falls in love with a French nobleman, and then to England with Journey Out of Darkness, a performance that moves us from sorrow to hope, loss to salvation. Britain brings whimsy with Five for Frank, and we return home with a selection of Canadian works. Ballet Kelowna will be at Centre Stage Theatre, on March 16. Tickets are available online and at the Summerland Visitor Centre, 15600 Hwy. 97 in Summerland and at the Penticton Visitor Centre, 533 Railway Street in Penticton. www.balletkelowna.ca.
If you know of an event you feel should be included in the Arts Palette or on the Arts Council’s online calendar, please email dfinnis@telus.net or call 250-494-8994. summerlandarts.com/ and twitter.com/artspalette.
David Finnis is the president of the Summerland Community Arts Council.
