Los Angeles has designated June 20 as "Cheech Marin Day" to honor the comedian and advocate for Chicano art, coinciding with The Cheech Marin Center's anniversary in Riverside.

Osoyoos' Art Therapy Corp has a new tattoo apprentice eager to make people's visions in wearable art a reality. Abby Lee was raised in Keremeos, but has lived all over the Okanagan-Similkameen.