Arts and Culture

Keri Lynn Zwicker…a 'Harpchick' who sings like an angel but plays like the devil

by Contributor on 25 Oct 2011

With crystalline vocals, feisty carbon-fibre harp playing and an unfettered sense of fun Keri Lynn Zwicker has been a bright addition the Western Canadian folk music scene. Her eclectic epertoire and quick wit delight listeners who are surprised at how truly entertaining a harp show can be.

Rich & Rare is more than just a harp album. Keri Lynn sings with that tangy traditional edge– there's no "Celtic mists" here. John Leeder, Canadian Society for Traditional music.

Free CPR courses available in Castlegar, Trail Nov. 19

by Castlegar Source on 20 Oct 2011

Instructor/paramedic Billie Padavell demonstrates CPR

Would you know what to do if someone collapsed right in front of you?

Of course, call 9-1-1, but what about those critical moments spent waiting for the ambulance? Performing CPR and defibrillation within one to two minutes of a cardiac arrest helps to increase survival rates to 90 per cent, but that rate plummets to 30 per cent after just seven minutes.

This is why staff and instructors at St. John Ambulance are volunteering their time to host Community CPR Days in Castlegar and Trail Nov. 19, offering free CPR courses and certification to anyone within the region who pre-registers.

A sociable literary event...centred around solitary adventures

by Contributor on 19 Oct 2011

The CBC's Grant Lawrence will be doing a reading and slide show next Saturday, October 29, at Cafe Books. His new, award-winning book is titled Adventures In Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound. In Adventures in Solitude, Lawrence shares how Desolation Sound shaped his life in music and the history of Canada.

Duffer hockey, quilting, Sk8 parking and...Pickle Ball? Ah, fall in the Golden City...

by Rossland Recreation on 18 Oct 2011

The Recreation Department has had a request to hunt down an Instructor and start a Pickle Ball recreation program. Pickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court.

Joe Hill to serve up an evening of radical pleasures

by Adrian Barnes on 12 Oct 2011

It looks as though this Sunday evening's Joe Hill Coffee House is shaping up to be a real old school hootenanny: very Woodie Guthrie and very in keeping with the rebellious, populist tone of recent weeks with the advent of Occupy Wall Street. In short, the evening promises a melding of music and politics, the like of which hasn't graced the Miners' Hall since...it was a miners' union hall.

Rossland Radio Co-op tower move denied by council

by Andrew Bennett on 12 Oct 2011

The radio tower donated to the RRC by Bert Jones is currently on 2nd Ave.

Council unanimously denied the Rossland Radio Co-op's (RRC) request to move the radio tower from 2096 2nd Ave. to 1807 Columbia Ave. at yesterday's regular meeting.

Funky, shout-y music coming to RMFF this fall

by Contributor on 11 Oct 2011

It’s that time of year again – the 12th annual Rossland Mountain Film Festival!

A big thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, the members of the Nelson & District Credit Union, for once again making this happen.

There are some changes this year with the format. Typically having Friday and Saturday late night events, we’ve condensed our films and entertainment and will be having one exciting show on Saturday, November 26th being held at Rossland Secondary School.

Reel Youth Film Festival coming to town

by Contributor on 11 Oct 2011

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture and the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology will be presenting the 2011 Reel Youth Film Festival (RYFF) on Saturday, November 26.

This event will form part of the Rossland Mountain Film Festival.

The program of short films will showcase a selection of locally-made videos from local youth film producers mixed with some of the best youth film making from around the world. Funds raised at this screening will go towards the bigger U19 film festival event in April 2012 at the Royal Theatre in Trail.

The trials of Johnny Winter: reclaiming a legacy

by Contributor on 05 Oct 2011

By Sean McDevitt

It's sometime after midnight on a warm August weekend, and Johnny Winter sits in contemplative silence as the road passes beneath the wheels of his tour bus.

Closed mine adit still raining on the museum's parade

by Andrew Bennett on 05 Oct 2011

While negotiations between the city and Teck to reopen the museum's mining adit plod on with no external signs of progress, the museum has now closed its doors after a second consecutive season without their biggest attraction.

"Visitation was down for sure," said Libby Martin, the president of the Rossland Historical Museum and Archives Association that operates the museum and maintains the city's collection of archives and artefacts.