Arts and Culture
By David Suzuki On on Wednesday Jul 15 2020
Diversity is strength. That’s true in nature and human affairs.
But recent painful events have shown society has yet to grasp this. The appalling deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Toronto’s Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Chantel Moore from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and many others — all at the hands of those tasked to serve and protect — have ignited awareness of the...
By Timothy Schafer On on Tuesday Jul 14 2020
A mural has been tentatively approved by the city for the iconic lane-facing wall of the Capitol Theatre where impromptu art has graced the alley for years.
City council approved a mural proposed by the Nelson and District Arts Council (NDAC) and designed by Spokane artist Ric Gendron, contingent on the Cultural Development Committee’s (CDC) approval of the proposed design.
The...
By The Conversation On on Wednesday Jul 08 2020
By Ian Lowe, from The Conversation
Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But...
By Jeff Sawyer On on Monday Jul 06 2020
Local filmmaker Jeremy Grant started filming his friends ride bikes when he was just 12 years old on his parent’s hi-8 camera. At first they took turns filming each other riding, it was a classic case of “hold the camera, watch this.”
But as the drops got bigger and the tricks started emerging and happening off the jumps, Jeremy would soon find himself offering to hold the camera more...
By Contributor On on Monday Jun 29 2020
Bouldering, a popular form of rock climbing, is trending in the West Kootenays like never before, partly thanks to the release of the area’s first Bouldering Guidebook.
Rossland-born and raised filmmaker Liam Barnes films Nelson rock climbers Tosh and Tula Sherkat as they navigate the area’s biggest and most difficult climbs, including several historic first ascents,...
By Contributor On on Monday Jun 29 2020
Many of my friends consider me a cosmopolitan guy, a world traveler, a literary connoisseur.
They’re very misguided.
I’ll admit that during our collective self-isolation I am enjoying a few classic books but I think their perception is based on the fact that I also enjoy critically acclaimed, international, and, yes, even Canadian film. Hardly proof of sophistication. I’m...
By Charles Jeanes On on Tuesday Jun 16 2020
Indigenes and Incomers
What freedom we possess! To live as an individual, with choice to create one’s own singular culture! Where else in the world can people do this? Canada, a land colonized by massive immigration from Europe, is lucky indeed to be one of the few. People like me are unlikely to live anywhere but...
By Charles Jeanes On on Tuesday Jun 09 2020
Part II
Cultural Revolutions and Wars, changing millions in swift strokes
Culture is a small word to cover a phenomenon encompassing just about everything humans do and think and express, all things about us that are not of “nature.” Change culture and you change humans, is pretty much the assumption.
Intellectuals and...
By Timothy Schafer On on Friday May 08 2020
The Covid-19 virus cannot stop art from taking place on bare City Hall walls.
A previously planned mural for the front of the municipal building — from late last year — is still moving forward after city council approved a Nelson & District Arts Council (NDAC) request to do so Monday night during its online regular monthly business meeting.
The mural — slated for the east...
By The Conversation On on Monday May 04 2020
Editor’s Note: This article is just over a year old, thus contains no mention of COVID-19; readers can add our...
