Spring break art immersion
Oxygen Art Centre’s third annual Kids Spring Break Art Camps are open for registration. For two consecutive weeks, from March 14–18 and March 21–25, creative kids will be immersed in the artistic process through the exploration of several artistic disciplines. Taught by six professional artists, the camp will introduce kids...
MIR Centre for Peace lecture series receives CBT contribution
To help support the Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series for years to come, Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) has contributed $25,000 to its Endowment Fund. The endowment investment will help offset the costs incurred to bring diverse and inspiring local and international speakers to the region. Located at Selkirk College in Castlegar,...
Wolf biologist offers presentation at the Nelson Library
Wolves have found their place in folklore and fairy tale, mythology and mysticism. Finding their place in the landscape has been more challenging. Biologist Bob Hayes (now retired) served as the Yukon’s wolf biologist for nearly 20 years, and in that time developed a first-hand understanding of the wolf’s place in the North,...
Comment: The King’s Speech Strikes a Chord
By Glyn HumphriesAgonyI watched the movie, “The King’s Speech” with more trepidation and fluttering heartbeats than I expected. While actor Colin Firth ably portrayed the pitiable nascent King George V1, I experienced aching echoes of images and agonies, reverberating back sixty years.Transmitting shattered words in pained ...
Exotic traveler, author, and environmental scientist Jon Turk presents The Raven’s Gift
The Raven's Gift@ Oxygen Art Centre, Friday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.By Fiona BrownJon Turk received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1971 and co-authored the first environmental science textbook in North America.Even as he continued a successful academic career, he wandered through some of the most exotic and remote landscapes of the...
16th annual Big Lip Sync Spectacular
16th annual Big Lip Sync Spectacular @ The Capitol Theatre, Saturday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. Get your lips flapping and your hips shaking for the 16th Annual Big Lip-Sync Spectacular this Saturday night.From rock to hip-hop, ballet to jive, country to Broadway musicals, all have been strutted upon the lip-sync stage. All ages ...
Mir Centre for Peace presents Sharon Butala
Never in history has there been such a large cohort of women living beyond their 70s, still in good health, who, combined, are often trapped by poverty and the loss of meaningful roles in our individualistic culture.Selkirk College's Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture Series invites you to gain insight on the role of...
Flyin' Bob: One Man Three Ring Circus at the Capitol
Flyin' Bob: One Man Three Ring Circus @ The Capitol Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 p.m. An exploration of the three ring circus in Flyin’ Bob’s mind, and all the silliness that entails . . . From the simple balance of a peacock feather, through the Flying Boom Box, to the giant chair stack, stopping for a little Vertical Bowling...
FLIKS presents Wasteland at Capitol Theatre
FLIKS presents Wasteland at the Capitol Theatre, Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Academy Award nominated Cinderella story is about celebrated Brooklyn artist Vic Munitz’ travels to the largest landfill in the world, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janerio where he created his next exhibit. To his...
Funding levels still down for Nelson arts groups
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyEven though the BC Arts Council board approved $5.7 million in grants to 280 artists and arts organizations in communities across BC this week, funding to several major Nelson arts organizations is still below 2008 levels. Five Nelson arts organizations are well below the amount they received...