Silver City Days planning committee cancels 2022 festival
The City of Trail’s Silver City Days planning committee has made the decision to cancel the 2022 festival due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. “The decision did not come easy to the committee,” said Mayor Lisa Pasin. “Silver City Days is a multi-day event with many moving parts. Although there are some outdoor events that ...
Not Extinct - A Sinixt Virtual Exhibit: keepingthesinixtway.ca
2022 brings the launch of Not Extinct - A Sinixt Virtual Exhibit, an interactive website based on the book, Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way by Marilyn James and Taress Alexis that features traditional and contemporary Sinixt stories. Each story illuminates the Sinixt relationship with the upper Columbia River watershed ...
New children’s book titled ORCA RESCUE! Illustrated by former Rossland artist
Published by Kids Can press on October 5, 2021 Orca Rescue! is Donna Sandstrom's fascinating up-close-and-personal depiction of an orca rescue mission, with new behind-the-scenes details, uses an innovative mix of narrative storytelling interspersed with spreads of factual information about orcas and the history of their...
Selkirk College Mir Lecture Presents Vision for Way Through Climate Crisis
Selkirk College will be (virtually) welcoming Canadian author and activist Seth Klein to a Mir Lecture Series event on November 30. The Vancouver-based climate academic and author of the recently released A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency takes an approach that is not doom-and-gloom. Says Mir Centre for...
God is a Scottish Drag Queen is back with a Christmas Special!
Trail and District Arts Council is thrilled to bring back this epic performer to the Kootenays! As The Bailey Theatre continues renovations, Rossland Miners’ Hall welcomes critically acclaimed and award-winning Canadian comedian Mike Delamont to the stage. He brings you God, dressed in an all-new holiday power suit, come down...
Community Gaming Grants coming to local not-for-profits
Katrine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay West, says the New Democrat government’s grants for local not-for-profit organizations will support arts and culture and sports organizations, enriching the lives of community members. “Sports, arts and culture are what make our cities and towns into vibrant communities,” said Conroy. “These...
Come celebrate Halloween at the Rossland Museum
On Saturday, Oct. 30, check out our spooky scavenger hunt, go trick-or-treating around the exhibits, or try some Halloween crafts! Show us your costume to be entered into the best-dressed contest and maybe win a Museum prize pack, including a membership for the whole family! This is an all-ages event and we've stocked up on...
Award-winning acoustic guitarist, Marc Atkinson, brings Trio to Rossland
The Trail & District Arts Council brings the award-winning, acoustic Marc Atkinson Trio to the Rossland Miners’ Hall on October 20 and 21 for two evenings of jazz, folk, and roots music. Marc Atkinson is an expert acoustic guitarist described as “…a remarkable guitar player...innovative and dazzling.” A founding member ...
Award-winning show about iconic burlesque performer Josephine Baker comes to Rossland
While renovations continue at The Bailey Theatre, the Trail & District Arts Council wants to keep people entertained with the burlesque, cabaret, dream play “Josephine” at the Rossland Miners’ Hall on Oct. 11 - 12. “Josephine” is a one-woman biographical musical that combines cabaret, theatre, and dance to tell the...
Rossland dancer headed to National Ballet School
Sophie Hargreaves has been accepted into Canada’s National Ballet School and will be moving to Toronto this fall. At 15 years old, (turning 16 in October) Sophie is pretty excited about this opportunity. If you’ve been lucky enough to catch Sophie performing locally, you won’t be surprised at her acceptance. Sophie has long...