Zaynab Mohammed winner of Richard Carver Award 2021
The Nelson and District Arts Council and Elephant Mountain Literary Festival are thrilled to announce this year’s recipient of the Richard Carver Award for emerging writers. Writer Zaynab Mohammed has been chosen by an arms-length jury to receive the award this year. Mohammed’s multiple letters of nomination highlighted the...
Get ready for ArtWalk 2022
The Nelson & District Arts Council (NDAC) is very excited to be bringing ArtWalk back to the streets of Nelson and apparently so were the artists. Applications were rolling in and this year ArtWalk is bigger than ever with 27 venues all throughout town and down to the waterfront and over 60 artists showing their work,...
Kootenay Pride Parade is back
After two quiet years and minimal celebrations Kootenay PRIDE is gearing up for the 27th Annual weekend festivities. During the past two years Baker Street has been subdued on Labour Day weekend, but that is all about to end this year. The PRIDE Parade is coming back. The Parade has been such a celebratory event for the queer...
Daily Dose — Nelson Filmmaker continues to make his mark Internationally
Like many, the pandemic affected Jeremy Grant’s career, and he spent much time at home with his three kids. "I did a year, almost two of stay-at-home dad, homeschooling," says Grant. "The pandemic was so particularly slow that filmmaking in general, especially adventure travel filmmaking, was the furthest...
The Stampeders — In Concert at Charles Bailey Theatre
They're on their way, to the city lights’ ... and, the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail for a Saturday night performance on June 18 that will everyone attending singing along after the first chorus. The predominant Canadian Rock ‘n’ Roll band of the 1970s – The Stampeders – are bringing along all their classic hits — Wild Eyes,...
Mount Sentinel Film Fest Showcases Local Talent
Mount Sentinel Secondary Performance and Media Academy (Academy PM) students have been hard this past year getting ready to show their work to their peers, their teachers, and their community. Now it’s show time. On June 8 and 9 at 7 p.m., the Civic Theatre in Nelson is hosting Mount Sentinel’s Academy PM Fourth Annual Film...
Generous Community Donation to Nelson Ukrainian Refugee Family
The Taghum Hall "Perogies for Peace” generously donated over $1,000 to the Ukraine Refugee Family that has arrived in Nelson. The Taghum Hall board and community members met in early May to make over 74 dozen Perogies as a fund raiser. This was a community effort as donations of the food items came from: Kootenay Coop, Save...
Ron James — Back Where I Belong
Canada's stand-out amongst ‘stand-ups', award-winning comedian Ron James is making two stops in the West Kootenay as part of a tour of BC in June. James, who has been selling out theatres for over 20 years with his marathon, side-splitting performances, will perform in Trail on June 11 at the Charles Bailey Theatre and in...
VIFF launches Pop-Up festival in Nelson
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is delighted to announce the launch of the VIFF Pop-Up Festival. This new initiative delivers festival favorites to audiences across British Columbia, with the inaugural events taking place in partnership with the Kamloops Film Society at the Paramount Theatre (May 20-21) and...
Decade of Delight: A Broadway Cabaret comes to Capitol Theatre
On May 27th and 28th, at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, Black Productions celebrates a decade of theatre-making in Nelson with Decade of Delight: A Broadway Cabaret. The show features a selection of songs from past Black Productions shows and other pieces from Broadway’s most adored musicals. Sydney Black, Artistic Director...
