Arts and Culture
By Nelson Daily Staff On on Thursday Dec 02 2010
It’s a showdown at the Hoedown as the Capitol Theatre presents the 23rd annual Christmas Pantomime starting tonight.
Directed by Laurie Jarvis, the much anticipated event draws in some of the best and up-and-coming acting and singing talents from the community.
The play runs tonight until Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and...
By Kyra Hoggan On on Wednesday Dec 01 2010
So, next Saturday, Dec. 11, you'll be out shopping, getting gifts for loved ones, buying cards, stocking up on staple holiday fare ... what could be more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas than to share a little bit of the season's bounty with those less fortunate?
Mountain FM and The Bridge are making it easy for you to do just that with the fifth annual Miracle Marathon on...
By Nelson Daily Staff On on Tuesday Nov 30 2010
Landscape comes alive under the brush of Evelyn Kirkaldy, whose luminous oil paintings are currently on display at the Nelson Library.
Many of Kirkaldy’s pieces are created en plein air—on site— the better to harness spontaneity and energetic colour play in portrayals of vibrant mountain meadows, lively flower gardens and lush rainforests.
Her influences include Jackson...
By Nelson Daily Staff On on Tuesday Nov 30 2010
Programming at Touchstones
Artist Talks: Rachel Yoder and Natasha Smith
Tuesday, November 30 at 7pm
$2 for general public / FREE for members
Join artist and printmaker, Natasha Smith and painter Rachel Yoder for talks about their new exhibitions at...
By Nelson Daily Editor On on Monday Nov 29 2010
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily
The highest ranking Japanese officer on Canadian soil will be visiting several areas of Slocan Valley, the Kyowakai Society in New Denver announced.
Kyowakai Society president Gail Swanson said the consul general will come in March to pay homage to the thousands of Japanese Canadians that...
By Nelson Daily Staff On on Sunday Nov 28 2010
Author reading at Nelson Library
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.
It’s a story any writer would love to wrap their keyboard around.
And although Creston author Tanna Patterson-Z had a personal connection with the story of the...
By Nelson Daily Staff On on Friday Nov 26 2010
Awareness and silence are urged in support of the Sinixt Nation.
Friends of the beleaguered First Nation and now the Perry Ridge Wilderness Preserve Initiative are invited to an awareness raising benefit concert and silent auction on Sunday, Nov. 28 at The Royal on Baker (1 p.m. to midnight).
The Sinixt are currently preparing for a...
By Nelson Daily Editor On on Tuesday Nov 23 2010
Nelson Choral Society presents Voices of Winter
Saturday, Dec. 11 (7 p.m.), Capitol Theatre
Musical director Kathleen Neudorf has chosen a variety of choral pieces on a winter theme for the show, ranging from traditional to contemporary, religious to secular, warm Yule-tide fires to hushed winter landscapes where snow “falls down scarce...
By Nelson Daily Editor On on Monday Nov 22 2010
Get your words on.
The Kootenay Literary Competition — presented by the Kootenay Literary Competition Committee — is now open to any residents of the Kootenay region.
Kootenay Literary Competition 2010 theme: isolation. Contestants should explore this theme in their original work.
Prizes
... By Nelson Daily Staff On on Monday Nov 22 2010
Saturday, Nov 27, 9 a.m. at Michael Smith's farm (directions below)
By Chris Morasky, Pathways School
Our ancestors made many tools from bones, and more projectile points were probably made from bone than stone.
Bone is a beautiful material to work with and lends itself well to functional and...
