Above the front entrance to Hume Elementary School the year “1923” is emblazoned in concrete along with the school’s name. This year marks the hundredth anniversary since the building was first opened and students filed into classrooms to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic at their wooden desks. On June 1, students will...

Part memoir, part art instructional, part art history book, Luminous: An Artist’s Story as a Guide to Radical Creativity, a gorgeous new book by Canadian artist Linda Dayan Frimer, would be equally at home on a coffee table or in an art classroom. Frimer is currently touring Luminous and will be at the Nelson Museum, Archives...

The Nelson Interfaith Collaborative is hosting a Songs for the Earth — An Earth Day Celebration Saturday at the Nelson United Church. Local Choirs and Musical Ensembles along with a sing-along is being organized to celebrate Earth Day 2023. The event, set to begin at 2 p.m., is being held at the Nelson United Church — the...

A writer and educator reflects on the idealistic, tumultuous, and eye-opening time Ellen Schwartz spent as a back-to-the-land hippie homesteader in the Kootenays in the 1970s. What compelled a nice Jewish girl from the suburbs of New York to spend a decade of her life as a hippie homesteader in the BC wilderness? Galena Bay...

Volunteers were out in full force Sunday to ready the track for the 2023 Streetcar #23 season on the Nelson waterfront. Sunday was a great day for the workforce to clean the track in the Chalko Mika Mall parking lot. The Nelson Electric Tramway Society operates Streetcar #23 beginning daily operation in mid-May through to...

Former reporter for the Nelson Daily News print newspaper, Colin Payne, has put together a collection of photography during the past decade. Payne, who recently moved with his family to Atlantic Canada, decided to release his best pictures during his time living in the West Kootenay. “A piece of my heart is still with you...

The Nelson Choral Singers present their spring concert Wednesday April 19th, 7 p.m. at the Nelson United Church. The theme is “The Wonders of Childhood” — from lullabies to pure imagination to the sadness of adult children leaving home.  Kathleen Neudorf directs the choir; Christoph Martens is the accompanist. Noemi Kiss is...

The City of Nelson and its Cultural Development Committee are pleased to announce the Call for Artists for 2023's Art Rental Program. This program displays art by local and regional artists within the City’s indoor public spaces, promoting and reflecting the creative nature of Nelson. “This program is a wonderful way to both...

The Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to welcome Kathy Friedman and Erin Robinsong to the Author Reading Series on Wednesday April 19th at 4 p.m. PST on Zoom. Kathy Friedman is a writer and professor, joining us from Toronto, Canada. Her recent collection of stories, All the Shining People, is published by House of Anasi Press ...

New Democrat MLA Brittny Anderson says local organizations will be able to protect local ecosystems and keep people safe thanks to $354,200 from the Community Gaming Grants program for environmental and public safety initiatives. "Protecting the environment and keeping people safe are among our top priorities as a government,...