Entertainment briefs

Salmon Arm gears up

Early-bird passes for the annual Roots and Blues Festival, Aug. 13 to Aug. 15, 2010, go on sale for members Dec. 1 at rootsandblues.ca.

Weekend passes are $90 for adults, $68 for seniors and $55 for students. The membership fee is $10.

Ready for Office Hours?

The Kamloops players will present Office Hours by Norm Foster on Nov. 19 to Nov. 21 at the Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.

The doors open at 6:30 p.m., there is a buffet dinner at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Foster’s play involves six short acts that are inter-related. Each act will be directed by a different person.

Tickets are $30 and are available at Long and McQuade, 1370 Summit Dr., Avalon Books, 417 Tranquille Rd., and at the church.

Not a tea party

The Kamloops Women’s Resource Group Society is holding an event to launch the book Not Just a Tea Party: Celebrating Women’s Contribution to Community Life on Nov. 16 at the Rivers Room in Interior Savings Centre.

The book, edited by Trish Archibald and Julie Drolet, takes a look at the participation of women in the Kamloops area from 1915 to the present.

The event will include an art show by Ila Crawford, who visited the women and has used their images

as inspiration for her art.

A reception starts at 6:30 p.m., with speakers at 7 p.m. and the show and book signing at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free however donations for the agency’s bags for ladies project are encouraged.

Santa’s coming

to town

The elves are getting ready for the 29th annual Kamloops Santa Clause Parade on Nov. 28, starting at 11 a.m.

There are still some openings for floats; to participate, call the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association at 250-372-3242 or at christmastown.ca.

The day gets started at 10:30 a.m. with the annual Santa Claus wakeup at the Kamloops Square (Second Avenue and Seymour Street) and the parade will head out from Second Avenue down to Victoria Street and then east to Sixth Avenue.

Rangers on display

The Rocky Mountain Rangers Museum and Archives, along with its Kamloops counterpart, are presenting an exhibit of Ranger artifacts at the Kamloops Museum and Archives from now to Dec. 11.

Included are 31 B.C. Horse uniforms from the turn of the centre, as well as a camouflage uniform from Afghanistan.

As part of the display, children are allowed to write a letter to a soldier and leave it in a mailbox that is part of the exhibit to be sent out.

TRU celebrates Africa

The Thompson Rivers University Pan African Club holds its annual African Day on Nov. 7 in the Clock Tower, room T200) from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Tickets are $1 for children, $4 for adults in advance (call 250-374-6620 or 250-574-5243) or $ 3 for children and $6 for adults at the door.

Children under five get in free.

Shredders sought

The Pogue Mahone’ Irish Alehouse is still accepting entries to its So You Think You Can Shred contest on Nov. 12.

Registration can be done at the pub, 843 Desmond St., or at Sonic Sound and Light, 388 Tranquille Rd.

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