Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Rotary Centre for the Arts
Rotary Centre for the Arts
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Town or city Kelowna, British Columbia
CountryCanada
Coordinates 49°53′29″N119°29′42″W / 49.8915°N 119.4950°W / 49.8915; -119.4950
Website
http://www.rotarycentreforthearts.com/

The Rotary Centre for the Arts is a visual and performing arts centre in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It is very close to the Kelowna Art Gallery, both of which are located on Cawston Avenue. [1] The building houses the Mary Irwin Theatre, [2] the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, [3] Potters Addict Ceramic Art Centre, several other studios and a bistro that serves sandwiches and soups. [4] Colleen Fitzpatrick is the centre's Executive Director. [5] In September 2012, the centre hosted the kick-off of the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival, [6] the annual general meeting of the Okanagan Basin Water Board, [7] and the Kelowna Student Film Festival. [8] In October of that year, UBC Okanagan students published a typewriter-produced zine called The Heartbreak at one of the centre's studios. [9]

The Mary Irwin Theatre is part of the building. It hosts a portion of the annual Life and Arts Festival, which also takes place at the Kelowna Art Gallery and Laurel Building. [10] In 2005, the theatre hosted a screening of untitled part 4: terra incognita, a documentary film by Jackie Salloum about the destruction of the culture of the Okanagan people. [11] In 2006, the theatre hosted a March performance of Here on the Flight Path, [12] and a May performance of thriller play Quarry. [13] The Downtown Revitalization Initiative held an event at the theatre in 2008. [14] In 2009, the theatre hosted the Central Okanagan Foundation's official release of a report that graded the Regional District of Central Okanagan on various community attributes, such as housing, safety, and transportation. [15] Later that year, the theatre hosted the play Miss Muffet's Christmas Party. [16] The Sunshine Theatre Society performed more than twenty productions at the theatre between January and April 2011. [17] In September 2011, Sheryl MacKay taped Why Music Works at the theatre. [18] In 2012, the theatre hosted performances of She Has a Name , a play by Andrew Kooman about human trafficking. [19]

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