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...

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 Touchstones Nelson. Inspired by the drawings of her young son, Smith has created...

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 Colombian kidnapping of diamond driller and Creston native Ed Leonard (through Leonard’s wife, Trollee),...

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...

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 Fiction, creative non-fiction and...

Saturday, Nov 27, 9 a.m. at Michael Smith's farm (directions below)By Chris Morasky, Pathways SchoolOur 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 artistic expression. In this workshop,...

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...

Rachel Yoder and Natasha Smith exhibition Touchstones Nelson Opening: Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m.   Touchstones has divided their large Gallery A space between two local artists: Natasha Smith and Rachel Yoder.  The artists are friends and are at similar points in their art careers, but the two exhibits could not be more different in...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The flooding of a section of the Kootenay River in the 1970s was considered an “unforgettable” moment. It was during the construction of the Libby Dam in Montana that Nelson born Stanley G. Triggs — who later became the curator of the McCord Museum of Photography at McGill University,...

Nelson Daily staff "The Armed Man must be feared; Everywhere it has been decreed That everyman should arm himself With an Iron coat of mail"— Anon, c1450-1463The Armed Man The Capitol Theatre, Nov. 11-13 Directed by Allison Girvan Residents of the West Kootenay will have a memorable way to honour Remembrance Day this November....