The far right is rising at an alarming rate – and it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. Billionaire tech barons, ethno-nationalists and religious fundamentalists are uniting in their belief that some kind of cleansing cataclysm is coming. They welcome a future of catastrophe, and they are convinced they’ll be among the saved on the other side. But Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor reveal that these new survivalists are far from impregnable.

Guardian journalist and host of Today in Focus podcast Nosheen Iqbal hosts them to discuss their blistering and hopeful new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World. They’ll take us deep into this man-made Armageddon complex and show us how to resist it. This is your chance to hear firsthand from Klein and Taylor on how we can help each other counter this apocalyptic narrative with a far better story. A story not of end times, but of better times; not of separation and supremacy, but of belonging and interdependence. This is a livestream event from London, England. Feel free to bring your lunch.

After 25 years of providing space for aspiring artists of this region to study at home alongside peers from across the country and around the world, Thompson Rivers University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program officially closed this spring. In recognition, this exhibition celebrates a few of the many artists who graduated from this program and continue to create and exhibit work on regional, national, and international stages.

Since 1943, BC Livestock has been selling cattle throughout the province.  Kamloops is one of 4 auction sites run by rancher-owned and operated businesses.  All sales are open to the public, but KALS has an opportunity to meet the auctioneer and have a brief tour before the auction begins.

Charlotte Higgins never imagined she would report on a war. But in the autumn of 2022, seven months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she travelled there to cover a literary festival. The experience would change her life. In her searing new book, Ukranian Lessons: Art in a Time of War, she details her first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine. Drawing on two decades of cultural journalism at the Guardian, three years of reporting trips to Ukraine and her training as a classicist, she explores what artists are prepared to risk – and why culture remains worth fighting for. She will be in conversation with three exceptional Ukrainian writers, Olia Hercules, Sasha Dovzhyk and Olesya Khromeychuk. Chaired by Shaun Walker, the Guardian’s central and eastern European correspondent, join them as they reflect on how art and literature give voice to the often unspoken truths, horrors and emotions of the conflict. This is a livestream event from London, England. Please feel free to bring your lunch.

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is universally famous for his Abstract Expressionist drip paintings. Two women in his life made major contributions to his success in the Ab Ex movement. The CIA also played a role in promoting Abstract Expressionism. This presentation will consider his well known Ab Ex works as well as the paintings of Janet Sobel and Lee Krasner, and other women of the Ab Ex movement.

Listen and learn about bees and the variety of honeys in a presentation at this farm near Vernon. Watch the bees make honeycombs. Experience working bees up close. Taste the honey and mead, honey wine made from the farm’s honey. Take a bee friendly garden walk suitable for all abilities. Davidson Orchard is nearby and has a cafe and two gazebos for a lunch break. Bring $3 if you would like to participate in the mead tasting. Meet at Shopper’s Drug Mart in the Valleyview Parking lot to carpool. Departure at 10:00 am.

This class is an opportunity to tour, learn the history of, and enjoy a visit with the cats who have been rescued by Sammy’s Forgotten Felines, and who are awaiting adoption through the Catloops Cat Cafe.

The course will cover the ins and outs of printing on a 3D printer, where to find already made 3D files to print and will also introduce how to design your own 3D item to print.  You will be able to print a small item on the day.

The History of the Middle East helps explain its current situation, and provides a foundation for thinking about how it may develop. This lecture proposes a framework for understanding today’s region, by reviewing geography, colonial legacies, oil wealth, individual leaders, and other factors. It identifies recurring regional patterns that play out differently across individual countries. Particular topics include a discussion of why democracy has proven weaker in the Middle East than the state of economic development might suggest, and how the various waves of colonisers have contributed to the mosaic of ethnicities and religions. The lecture concludes by using Iran as an illustrative case study of how all these factors can play out at a local level, inviting discussion of how the same factors have played out differently in other countries. This is a Zoom class, so you may enjoy it along with others in the Sports Council classroom, or in the comfort of your home if you wish.

Every day we are faced with persuasive messages. Some of these persuasive messages are misinformation (or disinformation). If we understand why misinformation can persuade us, then we can inoculate ourselves. We will examine the psychological processes involved in the persuasion of misinformation and propaganda. We will also discuss and practice strategies that can be applied to evaluate the validity of information and to prevent the psychological effects of misinformation.

Let’s explore the underlying reasons for the deep pleasure we find in reading fiction. On one level, the answer is as simple as what Roman poet Horace required of poetry —that it “instruct and delight.”  We learn and we enjoy.  But there are other levels.  What reading fiction does for us and to us is really quite remarkable.  Look at this two-hour session as skimming the surface of answering the title questions and setting the stage for a lengthier exploration in a winter, 2027 multi-session course.

Birken is a Canadian Theravada Buddhist Monastery surrounded by forests and marsh lands.  It operates almost entirely off-grid with a high level of energy efficiency.  For over 2,500 years the monastic tradition has survived solely on the generous support of the lay community.  In return, monastics provide dhamma teachings and spiritual mentorship.  Guests are welcome to stay for a retreat or to experience the monastery on a day visit.  Guests are also welcome to contribute and partake in the lunchtime meal at 11:30 am.  The Abbot, Ajahn Sona is deeply interested in ecological movements at both practical and philosophical levels.  While Ajahn Sona gives Dhamma talks on his YouTube channel and he guides the green design technologies and principles of the monastery

On our visit, our guide will be a monastic who will familarize us with the outside space as well as the beautiful meditation sala.  We will also partake in the lunchtime meal at 11:30 am. There will be time for participants to spend time in quiet reflection both in the meditation sala or the walking paths.