A tradition has been established at Selkirk College. Each year, on the evening prior to the annual graduation ceremony, the Board of Governors gathers to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in various walks of life. The recipients of these Board Awards are in very good company with past award winners...

Expressions is Nelson’s newest performance venue. It is an intimate venue and meeting space located in the downtown area of Nelson, BC in the historic Green Building at 554 Ward Street, located a half a block from the center and hub of Nelson. For 25 years it operated as the old Express Newspaper office and has now been...

The Royal is proud to present the trimphant Nelson debut of Skydiggers. For two decades the Skydiggers have been integral members of Canada's vibrant folk-rock scene. Following the band's inception in the late '80's they rapidly became darlings of the Toronto club scene. And now, over 20 years later they're still creating and...

Nelson City Council spent three arduous hours Monday night dividing dollars among community organizations that had applied for this year’s Community Initiatives Funding. Fifty-two organizations applied, and 27 were successful although many of those did not get the amount they requested. “The most difficult part of this is...

News website grioo.com reports that on April 15, 2012, Swedish Culture Minister, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, attended a exhibition preview at Museum of Modern Art of Stockholm to celebrate ‘World Art Day'. The highlight of the show seems to have been the tasting of the ‘Painful Cake' representing the body of an African woman, ...

Soul Crush, Selkirk  College's Contemporary Music Program, headlines the the night Thursday at the Hume Hotel Spirit Bar. Soul Crush Features the 10th St. Collective/ DJ's Rolf and Leif are also on the music card. Admission is $5 and free for all Selkirk students.  ...

The award-winning Australian four-piece The Jezabels is coming to The Royal on Saturday, April 28. The band released their debut album Prisoner earlier this year on Dine Alone Records in Canada. Since its release, the band has sold out every show down under, debuted #2 on the Aussie charts, won a pair of AIR awards (Australian...

Columbia Power has provided $1000 in support of the 8th Annual Under 19 (U19) Film Festival, a showcase for youth filmmakers aged 10 through 18 years. The event occurs this Saturday at the Royal Theatre in Trail which will see prizes handed out in six categories for best short film in the genres of drama, documentary, animation,...

What’s not to wear at a nude potluck? CBC host and award-winning author Grant Lawrence knows. The Nelson Library hosts a reading and slide show featuring Lawrence’s bestselling book Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound (Harbour Publishing, 2011) on Thursday, April...

Get your tickets early for 67/360 (67 singers, 360 degrees) at the Touchstones Gallery on April 21. Corazón, Nelson’s celebrated youth choir (age range 12 to 21) will encircle the interior of Gallery A and perform four songs. You, the listener, will not be seated like an audience but will stand or wander in the middle as...