Tribute to Kamloops’ Olympian Jessica Hewitt z | Page 2
your neighbourhood. your newspaper.
The 5th Annual Family Day Festival
downtown
When:
February 13, 2017 ~ 10:00 am-2:00 pm Where:
Tournament Capital Centre (910 McGill Road)
Inauguration day blues and turtleneck tears
FREE!
Non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted for the Kamloops Food Bank.
z | Page 5
Join us for tea parties, theatre, live music, sports, and arts & crafts of all kinds!
Volume 16 Number 4 | 50¢
www.kamloops.ca/events/familyday
January 26, 2017
City of Kamloops
Political performance art meets circus act
Cast and playwright of Mockus.
Cornerstone Cornerstone
250-374-0080 250-374-0080 | 561 Seymour | 561St. Seymour | www.cornerstonerestaurant.biz St. | www.cornerstonerestaurant.biz
10%
10o%
10 %
Call us to Call caterusyour to cater event! your event!
ffO FL
FUL NuCn c
HOURS HOURS Mon-Thu:Mon-Thu: 11:30AM -11:30AM 2:30PM & - 2:30PM 4 - 8PM& 4 - 8PM Fri & Sat:Fri 11:30AM & Sat:-11:30AM 8:30PM - 8:30PM
eb rF t fo ffe
Sushi & Korean Sushi &BBQ Korean BBQ
!!
FE B!
(For Feb. only) (For Feb. only)
Bu
Spend $20 or Spend over on $20 a regular or overmeal on aand regular meal and get FREE Korean-style get FREE Korean-style fried chicken!fried chicken!
of mimes to poke fun at traffic vio- and created a sense of community lators. While there was opposition in a city with 5 to 6 million peoto the buffoonery, Mockus—who ple, that’s no small feat,” George was referred to by naysayers as a said. “It’s a real testament to the clown— did implement positive transformative power of art and change during his time in office, performance.” homicide and traffic fatality rates George thoroughly enjoyed the did drop dramatically. collaborative process, “It has been Mockus’ unique efforts truly exciting and exhilarating to bewitched George, who felt work with Chimera Theatre.” “possessed” by the story. “It was Mockus runs February 8 to 11, utterly fascinating, I thought, I at the Pavilion Theatre, 1025 can’t not write about this.” After Lorne Street. The show begins ample research, George blended at 7:30 pm, and there will be a the stranger-than-fiction factoids pay-what-you-can matinee on with a touch of South American Saturday, February 11 at 2:00 magic realism. “His efforts were pm. There will be a question and fun, accessible and participatory, answer talkback with the cast and he saw real positive change, - continued on page 2
ch
enced by Mary-Wynne Ashford, and included in her text Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War. In crime-riddled city teeming with corruption and violence, there seemed to be few options to cease the criminal behaviors. Mockus propelled positive change and resolution with a little levity. His efforts often involved large-scale spectacles that verged on the edge of political performance art: flashmobs, press conferences in water fountains, and walking the streets dressed as in superhero garb as “Supercitizen”. To reduce dangerous driving, Mockus replaced traffic attendants with hired hundreds
Hh B BuU ffe FtFfo OF ErTF FL eIN b!! un
Chimera Theatre is turning the Pavilion Theatre into a political three-ring circus act. Mockus is a colorful rendering of a true story about a politician with some quirky and clever ideas about bringing change to a city plagued with crime and crooked cops. The title character is a magical figure with a sleight of hand, who has an uncanny influence on the mayor by speaking in playful riddles that proves to be imaginative and inspirational. Upon first glimpse of Mockus, director Andrew Cooper was struck by the potential for clowning and physical comedy within the show. A dancer, as well as a performer, Andrew Cooper relishes in bringing acrobatics, aerial arts, music and dance to the Kamloops stage. The show promises to be a visual magical feast for the senses, with a powerful message at it’s core. “Arts have curative powers—and problem solving abilities” Andrew said. The man behind Mockus is a well-known figure in Kamloops. George M. Johnson, an awardwinning playwright, is also a professor and Chair of the English and Modern Language Department at Thompson Rivers University. He first heard of the decidedly wacky actions of Columbian politician Antanas Mockus during a speaking campus at TRU. The mayor of Bogotá was refer-
BUFFET HOURS: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm