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Take A Hike
NATURE AS NARRATIVE
» Thursday 10 September 2009 | 5 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing ideas
and people in the Okanagan creative economy. Join us as writers Wayne Wilson and Deborah Greaves take us on a delightful journey through the wild and wonderful geographical and natural environment of the Okanagan valley.
» $2 at the door. Refreshments are available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Local Authors Invite Us to Explore the Natural Environment
Take a hike, folks! No, we're not trying to be rude, only encouraging. Living as we all do in one of Canada's, not to the say the world's, great natural locations, this timely event focuses on recent writing about easily accessed local attractions. The routine duties of daily life, subtle pressures of our automobile-borne fast life, and the semi-amnesia of familiarity all conspire to deaden our awareness of the local environment.
Nothing helps better than a few enthusiastic wake-up notices to pull us out of that daily errands frame of mind and open our eyes to the variety of alternatives surrounding us. Of course, in the Okanagan we are spoiled for choice with lakes, trails, wilderness areas, heritage buildings, and pioneer settlements primed to pull us away from the mall life.
On Thursday, September 10th at 5 pm the ongoing weekly Okanagan Institute Express series at the Bohemian Café presents Take A Hike: Nature As Narrative . Join us as writers Wayne Wilson and Deborah Greaves take us on a delightful journey through the wild and wonderful geographical and natural environment of the Okanagan valley.
The two well-respected local writers show the way off the speedway and toward personal Waldens which provide solitude, opportunity for healthy exercise, and time for personal reflection. They welcome you to come take a hike - even if only from the comfort of a Bohemian Café seat.
 Wayne Wilson is Executive Director of the Kelowna Museums Society. Since 1978 he has served variously as the Kelowna Museum's Exhibitions Co-ordinator, Museum Educator, and Assistant Director. In addition, Wayne has consulted to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada Lands Corporation and the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. He co-chaired two BC Museums Association conferences, delivered papers at provincial and international museums conferences, and currently serves on Kelowna's Community Heritage Commission. He is a published fiction writer, author of heritage-related articles and books, and has co-produced two award-winning television documentaries. Wayne holds a Master's Degree in Historical Geography from UBC and has taught courses on BC historical geography and the regional geography of Canada for Okanagan University College.
Wayne believes that the human landscape is a kind of language that speaks of the generations which overlay one another and give us the context we need to make sense of the places we live in and drive through each day. The community landscape we have inherited and will pass on is the result of deliberate actions - actions influenced by technology and by the values, attitudes and perceptions of those who went before us. Wayne's talk will explore some of these shared landscapes with a look through a recent local publication, The History of the KLO Benches: their tragedies and comedies.
 Deborah Greaves has been published in newspapers for twenty-five years and in magazines for over a decade. As an author and independent publisher, she writes regularly about the outdoors and the people who work in and enjoy beautiful BC's natural wonders. Deborah served several terms on the Advisory Planning Commission in Nanaimo and on the Environmental Advisory Commission of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. A longtime hiking, snowshoeing, canoeing and photography enthusiast, her writing reaches out to fellow enthusiasts, especially those new to the Okanagan.
Deborah is author of Guides to the Wild Side on the specific areas of Tellus Ridge in West Kelowna and Wilden in Kelowna, as well as a valley-wide guide for dog owners. Her newest book in the series is The Guide to the Wild Side of your Neighbourhood in the Okanagan Valley, complete with sections on snowshoeing and paddling. Not an extreme athlete but a dedicated tail walker, nature observer and photographer, Deborah will discuss her journey in bringing the Guide to the Wild Side books, which are written, designed, printed and bound in the Okanagan, to the local public. Join us and learn from our expert speakers on ways to break out of the ordinary and make personal use of the great resources available to us as residents of this beautiful location.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK HERE
Take A Hike: Nature As Narrative takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 106th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007.
Express has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, poet and professor John Lent, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, community activist Don Elzer, dancer David LaHay, architect Jim Meiklejohn, culinary artist and writer Heidi Noble, broadcaster Marion Barschel and others from a wide range of creative fields.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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