Thousands drop everything and read on Canadian National School Library Day
By Jeff Yasinchuk, BC Teacher-Librarians’ Assoc. Over 65,000 students and nearly 19,000 teachers, parents, and school volunteers participated in the Drop Everything and Read event on Oct. 25, including hundreds of readers in Nelson. In conjunction with Canadian National School Library Day on Oct. 25, the British Columbia...
Selkirk College fundraises for Studio 80 upgrade
Selkirk College is counting on the support of the community, foundations and organizations as it launches its campaign to raise $150,000 for the upgrade of Studio 80— the practice, recital and concert space for faculty, guest artists and students of the Contemporary Music and Technology program.The college is in the midst of...
November is membership month at Kootenay Co-op Radio
The goal has been set and operators are standing by.Now the listening community of Kootenay Co-op Radio has to answer the call when the November membership month drive amps it up on air Nov. 12-22. Bear witness to the outstanding efforts by volunteers and local talent during this time as they attempt to raise $18,000 by the...
Colombian kidnapping novel has Creston roots
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),...
A Remembrance Day special presentation
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....
A Halloween primer ...
Get your best mask on, and dust off those vampire fangs, it’s Halloween and there are a couple of things that can satisfy your ghoulish fancy this weekend: Terror: Oxygen Art Centre cabaretOct. 29 at Oxygen Art Centre, 320 Vernon (alley) Arriving in Canada in a shipping container with 497 other refugees, Yakov Libidovitch has...
New manager, new season at KCR
There is a new sheriff in town at the Kootenay Co-op Radio shop. As of Oct. 12 Jay Hannley has taken over in the newly created position of station manager at KCR (93.5 FM) while the administrative manager position was dissolved. Leah Wilson held the position of administrative manager for the last two years but will be leaving...
Take Back Our BC townhall tour with Rafe Mair
The West Kootenay EcoSociety and Common Sense Canadians founders Damien Gillis and Rafe Mair present a provincial townhall tour for common sense Canadians. Salmon, rivers, oil tankers, democracy. These will be the subjects of a tour of BC this fall and spring, led by Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis, founders of the popular new...
Mark Hummel and The Blues Survivors with Rusty Zinn
Combine great West Coast blues harmonica with blues guitar and you have the makings of one great show.That great show will be at The Royal on Monday, Oct. 25 as Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors (with Rusty Zinn) take the stage (7:30 p.m.) — a Legendary Blues Promotions and Kootenay Co-op Radio presentation. Hummel is...
Shane Koyczan: spoken word and in concert
In a world where poets rarely intersect with stardom, the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics introduced us to Shane Koyczan.With a collective “wow” across Canada, the poet of our generation was found, and we weren’t even looking for one. He will be found this Saturday night at the Capitol Theatre (8 p.m.) as the...
