Strengthening Our Relations - Regional Aboriginal Youth & Educators Conference
In May 2012, the Selkirk College community celebrated the unveiling of an Aboriginal Gathering Place at the school’s Castlegar campus. The opening represented a significant milestone in Selkirk’s commitment to developing positive and inclusive educational opportunities for Aboriginal learners, and created opportunities to ...
Nelson installs sculpture gallery downtown
The City of Nelson has installed six sculptures in the downtown core as part of its efforts to increase the presence of public art. The city purchased QR, created by Winlaw’s Carl Schlichting and now situated permanently in the Railtown area, from the artist for $10,000. The other five sculptures have been leased from the...
Selkirk Fine Woodworking Year End Show
The students of Fine Woodworking at Selkirk College invite the public to their 2013 Year End Show, May 24th – 26th. They will be showing their work at the Nelson Trading Company building at 402 Baker Street in Nelson. The show will include student projects made over the past year including unique and innovative examples of...
Time to book those tickets to Starbelly Jam
The Starbelly Jam Music Festival continues to attract the best of local, national and international music to Crawford Bay. And according to artistic director Lea Belcourt, this year is no different as organizer set for fill out the acts for the July 19-21 event. “It’s always an exciting time when people see the line-up and ...
Dance Umbrella Experience — a part of time these dancers will remember for a lifetime
Sarah Jane-Hicks remembers walking in the Dance Umbrella studio when she was eight years of age. The now senior dancer had travelled with family for most of her young life before the Jane-Hicks clan settled in Nelson. Ditto for Kate Harvey-Vieira. Another Dance Umbrella grad, who also started young. The same for Dana Dickinson...
Volunteers needed for Starbelly Jam Music Festival 2013
Once again Crawford Bay, B.C.’s Starbelly Jam Music Festival (July 19-21) is just around the corner and we are looking for dedicated volunteers to help put together the best family festival around. In exchange for your wonderful presence and hard (fun) work volunteers receive a weekend pass for 10 hours of volunteer time....
Back from successful tour, Corazón plays United Church May 25
Sixty-three young Nelson singers have just returned from an inspired weekend at a major music festival and will be performing for local audiences on (Saturday) May 25 at the Nelson United Church. Even those who know Corazón might be startled by the group’s dramatic Bollywood song-and-dance rendition of Balleilakka, which...
Anwa Teixeira plays Winlaw's Cedar Creek Cafe
Portuguese-Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anwa Teixeira is making a stop in Winlaw at the Cedar Creek Cafe Thursday, May 23. Teixeira has toured the world since 2001, mainly as co-leader of the indie-roots sensation, Po'Girl. Awna is now on tour supporting her 2012 solo release, "Where The Darkness...
Arts Beat: Down the Rabbit Hole with NYT; Get the grad goods; Meet the Supreme Leader and more
By Colin Payne, The Nelson Daily Join Nelson Youth Theatre at the Capitol this Friday, April 26th for a trip down the rabbit hole, with their latest performance, Alice: Adventures in Wonderland. Adapted for the stage by Kyla Hurst and Zooey Bingham from Lewis Carrol’s famous book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this story...
Come one, come all to Alice: Adventures in Wonderland
Alice is making a stop at the Capitol Theatre Friday as Nelson Youth Theatre brings “Alice: Adventures in Wonderland” to the stage. The production goes at 7:30 p.m. The audience will be amazed to watch how Alice deals with nonsensical flowers, animals, royalty, croquet matches and more! NYT’s script adaptation of “Alice:...
