Second bite at 'Appetite for Art' a success
What a great idea — combining food with art. The Nelson and District Arts Council's Second Annual Appetite for Art on March 11th was a complete success . The event is a fundraiser pairing art and food in a gallery style setting. Appetite for Art showcases Nelson artists and local restaurants and wineries. The pairing of art...
Rock Clubs host Kootenay Gem Mineral & Fossil Show
The Kokanee and Selkirk Rock Clubs are once again hosting the annual Kootenay Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show in Castlegar. The dates for this year’s show are June 3-4 during Sunfest Weekend at the Castlegar and District Community Complex in the Sunflower City. Organizers are anticipating a great show with even more vendors...
Selkirk College Grads Embody Homegrown Philosophy at LÅkel Hair Studio
The owners of Nelson’s chic LÅkel Hair Studio personify their namesake. It doesn’t get much more local than the duo Ashely Simon and Michelle Devine. They were locally born and raised, locally schooled and are now local business owners. “We’re local to Nelson. Our families are local to Nelson. Our learning is local to Nelson,”...
Deadline for artist and venue application Friday April 28th
Opening night for 2017 ArtWalk is Friday June 23rd. So for visual artist wanting to have an opening night complete with music, dancing and crowds of people admiring your talent and skill, then ArtWalk is for you. Let the Nelson District Arts Council do all the heavy lifting. If this is your first show we take care of the...
Coming to the Capitol Theatre — Sultans of String
Canada’s revved up roots string slingers Sultans of String are set to raise the rafters with their genre-hopping Subcontinental Drift CD Release and 2017 JUNO nomination Tour at The Capitol Theatre Monday (April 3) at 7:30 p.m. Joining them on disc ‘n’ stage for a feast of raucous reels, ragas ‘n’ rumbas is special guest/sitar...
Steel Magnolias comes to Capitol Theatre
Black Productions is back with our fifth offering to the Kootenays! Robert Harling’s comedy-drama Steel Magnolias, will run May 25th-28th, 2017 at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson BC. Steel Magnolias focuses on the camaraderie of six Southern women who talk, gossip, needle and harangue each other through the best of times- and...
Eye-popping documentary Merchants of Doubt comes to Nelson
The Nelson community has the opportunity to view the eye-opening and entertaining documentary film Merchants of Doubt. The film will be shown on Thursday March 30, 7:00 pm at the Expressions Theatre Café in Nelson (554 Ward St). Admission by donation. Merchants of Doubt exposes the campaign to confuse the public and discredit...
Assisted Suicide play at the Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre is stepping out to host a hard-hitting, sentimental and funny one-person play about dying – based mostly on a true story. Friday (March 24) at 8 p.m. Capitol presents “Getting To Room Temperature”. At 93-and-a-half, playwright Arthur Milner’s healthy and active mother Rose took a turn for the worse. He...
SROAMazing Race is Back and Better Than Ever
It’s time to gather your friends and pick your teams wisely as there’s a competition coming to town, and you’re going to want to win. Bring your gear and head up the hill so you can shred your way to victory and win some of the most SROAMazing prizes available. The SROAMazing Race is back, and it’s better than ever. Selkirk...
West Kootenay EcoSociety Winter Market is Back
The West Kootenay EcoSociety is hosting a Winter Market Saturday, March 25 at Hart Hall in Nelson. The event includes more than 25 vendors with wonderful flavors, smells and artistry of locally grown, baked and hand-made goods. There will be winter produce, body care, canned goods, crafts and much more. Admission is $2 at the...
