What do you get when you combine soft guitar chords, beautiful pottery mugs, decadent desserts, fancy coffee and Oraniensteiner wine? Cafe Noir.
What an evening. The Summerland Bakers created the most amazing and delicious desserts. Once again the Summerland Pottery Guild supplied beautiful handcrafted pottery mugs that we all got to take home as a reminder of a wonderful evening. Many people didn’t wait until the following morning to try out their new coffee mugs, they took advantage of being able to indulge in a fancy coffee created by Darin Fair of Lone Tree Coffee Company who was there with his special coffee maker. Sonoran Estate Winery had an array of wonderful wines including the only Oraniensteiner table wine in Canada and their Happy Dragon fortified red wine. How well that port went with the delectable chocolate desserts. All of which was enjoyed while listening to the guitar music of Sean Perdue and Dean Hanenberg of Almost a Few.
For photos of this event check out the Facebook pages of both the Summerland Bakers and the Summerland Community Art Council as well as the Summerland Baker’s blog at summerlandbakers.wordpress.com.
There is still an opportunity to see the musical Beauty and the Beast at Centre Stage. But don’t delay as this Summerland Secondary production finishes Saturday evening. As always, these high school drama productions are incredible.
Love and laughter hit the stage, when a meddling aunt tries her best at getting Sara married in the Many Hats Theatre production of the Sam Bobrick comedy. Getting Sara Married is at the Cannery Stage in Penticton, but only until March 7. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursdays, Friday and Saturday with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. For tickets call 250-276-2170. You can find more information about the play on their website: www.manyhatstheatre.com.
The Summerland Community Arts Council is holding its annual general meeting this Saturday at 1 p.m. and everyone is invited to attend and hear about all the different programs ahead in 2015 (including Wednesdays on the Water, and the annual Street Banner project which gets underway on March 16.) As with all volunteer based organization the Arts Council is always looking for new people to assist with various special events and/or join the board. And as I’ve mentioned before you don’t have to be an artist to get involved and help promote the arts in Summerland.
David Finnis is the publicity chair and president of the Summerland Community Arts Council, P.O. Box 1217, 9908 Main St., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0.
Sean Perdue of Almost A Few performs during Cafe Noir, the Summerland Community Arts Council’s fundraiser, on Saturday evening.