Tag Archives: Arts
Kamloops artists adapt acts for pandemic, hope for return to live events
KAMLOOPS - There's no business like show business. But, since the start of the pandemic, that business has been struggling. It's been nearly 14 months since most theatre and music performances were ca...
May 11, 2021
Kamloops Film Society, Western Canada Theatre receive grants from B.C. government
KAMLOOPS - Numerous arts and culture organizations, as well as artists in Kamloops and area received funding from the B.C. Government.Kamloops Film Society and Western Canada Theatre each received $50...
May 2, 2021
Kamloops Symphony puts archived concerts on Thompson-Nicola Regional Library's website
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Symphony has announced a partnership with the Thompson-Nicola Regional Library to make its virtual concerts available to the community. Access to archived recordings of earlier...
Apr 27, 2021
First ever virtual 'Remergence Festival' aims to fill springtime performing arts void in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Two theatre groups in Kamloops are going to a virtual format for a performing arts festival.Western Canada Theatre and Chimera Theatre are holding the first "Remergence Festival" at Pavilio...
Apr 14, 2021
Viola Davis, 'Schitt's Creek' among SAG Awards winners
List of winners for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday in a virtual ceremony: MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Female actor: Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Blac...
Apr 5, 2021
Juniper Ridge student’s British Home Children design wins Heritage Stamp contest
KAMLOOPS - The story of 100,000 British children being sent to Canada, through the art and words of a Grade 7 student, was recognized with the 2021 Heritage Stamp.Juniper Ridge Elementary's Ava Crabtr...
Mar 22, 2021
Boogie the Bridge organizers plan for another COVID-safe event in 2021
KAMLOOPS - About a year ago, the annual run-up to Boogie the Bridge had just begun. A week later, the COVID-19 pandemic shrouded the future of the 2020 event in uncertainty."It's been a tough couple o...
Mar 2, 2021
Kamloops heritage spaces get cash infusion from province
KAMLOOPS - On Monday, the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR), found out that it was one of 68 recipients of Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP) funds that the province allocated fo...
Feb 25, 2021
Kamloops arts organizations pivot, look ahead to the end of the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - We've now surpassed the ten-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C. While there is hope that a vaccine could bring life back to some sort of normalcy within the calendar year, it will b...
Jan 14, 2021
Kamloops Symphony offering free Christmas Variety Show throughout the holidays
KAMLOOPS - In the spirit of the season, the Kamloops Symphony (KSO) will be streaming a free performance throughout December into the new year. The online KSO Christmas Variety Show features a mix of ...
Dec 7, 2020
