Arts and Culture
By Contributor On on Tuesday Jun 05 2018
Have you noticed an increase of people humming in the grocery store line up or singing in their car? Maybe you have overheard your neighbour belting out Coldplay’s “Fix You” while mowing the lawn?
There’s a reason, and you’re invited to see what it’s all about!
The Capitol Theatre has teamed up with Allison Girvan to produce FIREWORKS, an incredible choir experience for singers...
By Contributor On on Tuesday May 22 2018
Kootenay Mountain Culture...
By Contributor On on Wednesday May 02 2018
New goings-on in the Kootenay music world: a local group is putting a new spin on the resurgence of vinyl with a brand-new project. It’s called The VinylCast, and it aims to deliver music on vinyl to music lovers – right to their doors. (Or post offices, as the case may be.) It launches globally this month, and will also put Rossland on the map as a must-...
By Contributor On on Tuesday May 01 2018
Get your Sculpturewalking shoes ready! On Saturday, 35 sculptures will be landing in Castlegar’s downtown, marking the biggest year ever of the internationally-renowned Castlegar Sculpturewalk.
2018 also marks some exciting new changes: a new sponsorship program offering tiered levels of support, a revamped and expanded brochure with a print run of 10,000, and a new Sculpture Garden...
By Contributor On on Monday Apr 30 2018
In celebration of BC’s moratorium on the grizzly bear hunt, Grizzly Bear Foundation is embracing the shift from triggers to tripods by holding a photo contest to find and recognize the Canadian Amateur Grizzly Photographer of the Year. And the Grizzly Bear Foundation is promising prizes; see below.
Grizzly Bear Foundation is seeking photos of grizzly bears looking their best in their...
By CBT On on Tuesday Apr 24 2018
Communities in the Columbia Basin already benefit from spectacular natural surroundings. Now they have the opportunity to enhance their aesthetic values by increasing the presence of public art. This is thanks to a new three-year, $750,000 program from Columbia Basin Trust, called Public Art Grants.
With support from these grants, Basin communities can purchase and install original...
By Contributor On on Monday Apr 16 2018
By Roland Imhoff, Professor of Social and Legal Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. From Aeon, a registered charity committed to the spread of knowledge and a cosmopolitan worldview. Edited by Sam Dresser.
The internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually accidental. A few powerful people have...
By Letters to the ... On on Saturday Apr 07 2018
To the Editor,
The Kootenay Gallery of Art hosted an event called Snow Longer to coincide with two exhibitions that have been on in the Gallery since March 2. Both the exhibitions and event talk about climate change. Thanks to everyone who helped out at Snow Longer, including Laura Sacks of the Citizens Climate Lobby, Erin Thompson of the West Kootenay Eco Society and...
By Trail Champion On on Tuesday Apr 03 2018
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary East End Services Committee is sponsoring a screening of the documentary US AND THEM to bring attention to the issues of homelessness and addiction. The screening is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Royal Theatre in Trail.
The RDKB is joining US AND THEM's national efforts to raise awareness about housing and caring...
By Charles Jeanes On on Wednesday Mar 28 2018
There is a war between the rich and poor,
A war between the man and the woman.
There is a war between the ones who say there is a war
And the ones who say there isn't.
Why don't you come on back to the war, that's right, get in it,
Why don't you come on back to the war, it's just beginning.
Why don't you come on back to the war...
