Central Kootenay Committee back to tackle invasive plants
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee will be back on the Nelson waterfront early next week for another round of removing invasive plants. The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) is a non-profit society comprised of concerned local citizens, land managers, government and non-government agencies who are...
Dear Diary: social history examined at the Nelson Library
The diaries of famous people are popular reading, but it’s the diaries of ordinary folk—sometimes living in extraordinary times—that historians look to for elusive details of our past. Social historians Patricia and Bob Malcolmson offer a glimpse into the role of personal journals in our understanding of history in a special...
The news just keeps getting brighter for Civic Theatre Society
It might be a record for Annual General Meeting attendance in Nelson. The Nelson Civic Theatre Society’s first AGM drew 290 members to the Theatre on Sunday, September 22 to enjoy a pre-meeting social followed by the meeting and a free movie. “There were some who didn’t think we could do it,” said outgoing president Anne...
Grub helps celebrate the harvest season in style Thursday at Anglican Church Hall
For people in love of good food and great music, the invitation has been extended to celebrate the harvest season in style at Grub, a fun and exciting locavore mixer. This event will highlight many delicious appetizers and treats from some of Nelson's finest restaurants and café’s such as the All Seasons Café, Bibo and Cantina...
Highly lauded novelist to speak at Oxygen Art Centre
Kelowna author Corinna Chong, whose highly praised debut novel Belinda’s Rings has been called “a vital vibrant gem” by Canadian fiction writer Mark Anthony Jarman, will give a reading at Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance). The reading,...
Help for the computer-baffled at the Nelson Public Library
For some of us, our computer-based world can seem baffling. Google is now a verb. Tweeting is no longer for the birds. Your favourite novel might live in a cloud. And trapping won’t solve your mouse problems. What’s a digitally baffled person to do? The answer lies in the Community Access Program at the Nelson Public Library....
Artist in Residence at Oxygen Art Centre
During the month of September the Oxygen Art Centre is hosting German artist Inken Hemsen Friday (September 27 from 7-9 p.m.) and Saturday (September 28 from 1-5 p.m.) Her artistic practice is concerned with a phenomenological sense of place, in this case Nelson and the surrounding environment. Hemsen calls the project she...
Circles, Signs and Symmetry at the Library
Things come full circle at the Library in September and October with an exhibition of works by accomplished artist and printmaker Natasha Smith. Circles, Signs, and Symmetry is a body of work that combines collage elements, including natural and collected materials. “Many of these works were inspired by time spent by the...
The Accidental Zionist with Dylan Hanley
Dylan Hanley is an expert on Jewish affairs. Sunday (September 29) Hanley will be at the Baker Street Best Western in Nelson as part of the Jewish Federations of Canada 2013 Speaker Series, the Accidental Zionist. Hanley, of the Centre of Israel and Jewish Affairs, discusses how he moved from an anti-Israel stance to one of...
Go Green my friend at Nelson Green Home and Energy Show
No matter what you live in, there’s no denying it…winter is coming. And for locals looking to save some household cash, and be a whole lot friendlier to both Old Man Winter and Mother Nature, there’s a first-ever event being held Tuesday, September 24. Called the Nelson Green Home and Energy Show, the event will feature over...
