Paula McLaughlin We are a few weeks past the excitement of the holiday season, and the local merchants have exchanged red and green decorations for red and pink – that means Valentine’s Day and February are the next celebration on ...
HeARTS Festival a success despite COVID restrictions
The Peachland Community Arts Council has succeeded in hosting a second virtual HeARTS festival this year, as COVID restrictions limited our indoor capacity again. But the response from the community has been very heart-warming. We were happy to connect again ...
HeARTS Festival celebrates family connection
Paula McLaughlin Peachland Community Arts Council We are family. The definition of “family” is very broad, with labels such as relatives, kinfolk, ancestors, households, broods, and many more. But the common thread in every “family” is connection, that which unites ...
HeARTS Festival a success, despite COVID-19
On behalf of the Peachland Community Arts Council and HeARTS committee, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who participated in our 2021 HeARTS festival this past week. We were unable to host an in-person ...
HeARTS Festival kicks off with history quiz
With the coming of the new year, the Peachland Visitor Centre is launching a new program called Be a Tourist in your Town. One of the segments of this program is A Peek at the Past. Peachland has a rich ...
Peachland Community Arts Council seeks submissions for HeARTS Festival
Peachland View It’s almost February and in Peachland that means the HeARTS Festival is around the corner. The Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) has been celebrating local artists with this week-long multi-disciplinary event since 2002. The theme of the inaugural ...
HeARTS Festival goes mostly virtual this year
Paula McLaughlin Peachland Community Arts Council The Peachland Community Arts Council is pleased to present our annual HeARTS festival again this year, from Feb. 8 – 13. Due to restrictions, the location will be limited to the visitor centre, with ...
An Evening with Lynda Brown to feature hammer dulcimer
Attendees of the Peachland Art Gallery’s Music Series are in for a real treat later this month, when Lynda Brown will entertain a local audience with her hammer dulcimer. This hammer dulcimer instrument has strings stretched across a resonant sound ...
Variety singers “love in” concert kicks off PCAC’s HeArts Festival
Love was in the air – a love of art that is – when the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) kicked off their annual HeArts Festival on Feb. 8, with a performance by the Peachland Variety Singers at the 50+ ...
ARTS SCENE: Spice up your life and drop by the HeARTS Festival next weekend
Come to a “Love In” and enjoy the Peachland Variety Singers concert on Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 50+ Activity Centre. They will be singing a selection of love songs such as Young At ...
HeARTS Festival inspires generations
The 2015 HeARTS Festival has come and gone and by all accounts it succeeded in adding colour to the gray days of February. Many people and organizations are to be thanked for the hundreds of hours required to run an ...
HeARTS Festival 2015
HeARTS Festival will showcase plenty of Peachland talent
It’s HeARTS Festival time! Deborah Livingstone, president of the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC), would personally like to invite you to Peachland’s annual HeARTS Festival, which kicks off on Monday, February 9 and runs until Sunday, February 15. There’s a ...
Over 180 quilts to be displayed at Quilting on Beach show
The Pincushion Quilt Guild has, once again, made community quilts for the Kelowna Women’s Shelter. Some of these are being delivered now, together with an assortment of toiletries and personal items, which are sorely needed. The remainder of the quilts ...