Pop Star Kiesza Helps Raise Money for Selkirk College Scholarship
With her career exploding across the world, Selkirk College alumna Kiesza will take part in a special event to help future students reach their goals in the music industry. The international pop star will be returning to Nelson at the end of November to visit her old strumming grounds on the Tenth Street Campus where she began...
Kootenay Gallery seeking funds to relocate
The Kootenay Gallery of Art is moving forward with relocation plans and has asked the City of Castlegar to kick in $8,000 to that purpose. At its regular meeting Monday night, council heard from a gallery delegation, including board chair Audrey Maxwell Polovnikoff. “At the March 2014 Strategic Planning session, the Board of...
Selkirk College Presents Canadian Jazz Innovator Elizabeth Shepherd
Montreal-based jazz musician Elizabeth Shepherd will be kicking off her latest tour at Nelson’s Shambhala Music & Performance Hall where she will be joined on stage by Selkirk College students. The velvety-voiced pianist arrived on the international scene in 2006 when her debut album Start To Move was voted one of the top...
Cedar Street is Back with Eric Wilsonʼs Canadian Mystery Classic
Lisel and Jeffrey Forstʼs theatre company Cedar Street presents the worldwide premiere of Murder on the Canadian by Eric Wilson, based on his novel, at the Capitol Theatre from October 22-24. Murder on the Canadian is a comedic thriller for all-ages that follows young detective Tom Austen as he travels cross-Canada via rail...
Three-time Juno Nominated Soul- Jazz Virtuoso Elizabeth Shepherd Announces Nelson Concert
Fresh off the heels of headlining tours in Mexico and Eastern Canada, three-time Juno nominee, and two-time Polaris long list artist Elizabeth Shepherd is bringing her progressive soul-jazz sound to Canada’s west coast, including stops in Nelson and Trail November 16 and 19. Performing songs from her acclaimed new album The...
Turn Off the Lights For — James & Jamesy in the Dark
From two multi-award winning, masterful comedians comes the elegant, hilarious, and visually exquisite James & Jamesy in the Dark on stage October 14 & 15 at the Capitol Theatre. It’s raw, poignant, and performed… in the dark. In James & Jamesy in the Dark, the dynamic duo courageously step onstage as performers...
Selkirk College Music Faculty Prepare Set of African-Infused Songs for Annual Show
A new relationship with a music school in Rwanda will be celebrated at the Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program’s annual faculty concert that invites the community to come together for a night of African-inspired selections. The annual fundraising evening features the immensely talented program faculty...
Harmony Choir seeks new members for exciting year
Trail & District Harmony Choir welcomes new members to sing with us as we begin our 2015-2016 season on Sept. 9. We are a non- auditioned, mixed comm, we enjoy an atmosphere of fun and friendship, while also focussing on the music in order to perform to the best of our abilities in concerts several times a year. We practice...
TNT Playhouse presents double bill — Salt Water Moon, the Passage
It's a double bill of theatre at the TNT Playhouse, 501 Carbonate street as The Passage is hooked up with Saltwater Moon Friday to Sunday. The evening opens with Sarah Jane Hicks and Gabriel Macdonald starring in Salt Water Moon at 7 p.m. The Passage then takes over with Jen Viens as the star at 9 p.m. Double bill tickets are...
CBT offers more than $2 mill in grants
Are you planning a project that will help social well-being, the environment or youth? Columbia Basin Trust may be able to help. Intakes for three granting programs are now open. Find forms and guidelines online. Application deadlines are: · Monday, October 5: Social Grants: cbt.org/applysocial. · Monday,...
