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Friday, September 21, 2012 Capital News
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Catch your culture next week in a real or virtual cache of fun Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER
You can love New York all you want, but if you want to play in this
neck of the woods come the end of September it might be worth simply loving The Big Apple’s cultural ambiance. Next week, Canadians
celebrate the third annual Culture Days. Bannered under an “I love culture” theme— in the vein of the famous “I heart New York” pro-
motion—cities across the country will pull out all the stops to help cultural organizations promote what they offer. For Kelowna, it means
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a city-wide geo-caching adventure dubbed “culture caching” and a string of events designed to get everyone into the Cultural District. “We’re trying to set up a mixture of spontaneous and planned events so you can bump into the spontaneous events as you’re working through your planned ideas,” said Caroline Ivey, City of Kelowna culture coordinator. Stuart Park, for example, will have a mixture of dance sessions ranging from Latin to square to Ukrainian dancing. Should a cache wind up in the area, those trying out the treasure hunt teaser might notice the dancing and take in the show.
In a traditional sense, caches are treasures which are generally found by hikers using a global position systems and are left by other geocachers. In this case, the City of Kelowna will leave caches that are either traditional or virtual. You might find a prize or be asked to log into a website and answer a question about a site in the Cultural District. “It’s like a giant treasure hunt,” said Ivey, noting everything included will be family friendly and suitable for all ages. Culture Days officially runs from Sept. 28-30, but the main events will be Saturday, Sept. 29. Culture Caching will be available to those using
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either a GPS or smartphone but can also be accessed by printing out instructions for those without access to the technology. The Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna Museums, Okanagan Regional Library, Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Community Theatre will all have events for the promotions, but so too will some organizations outside the downtown cultural hub, such as Ballet Kelowna. Information can be found at www.culturedays.ca. Culture Caching GPS coordinates will be available at www.kelowna.ca/culture anytime after Wednesday, Sept. 26.
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