Gold Fever Follies 2011: The Race, The Voice, and the Gentlewomen
It’s that time of year again: the Gold Fever Follies starts up it’s 25th season on Canada Day and this year promises to bring a smile to your face get your toes tapping as usual. Directed by Iron Mountain Theatre’s RJ Peters and written by local RSS aluma and Follies veteran Brian Turner, this year’s cast are all new to...
Artists Among Us: Martine Bedard
This week, Andrew Zwicker sat down with local artist Martine Bedard for a conversation about art, polka dots, and this Friday's Art for People event. Check out this gallery to see some of the art that will be on display. How did art first get introduced into your life? I was really drawing a lot as a teenager, and then I was...
Joe Hill Coffee House: Talent incubator, performing arts farm team and a multi-generational good time
Rossland’s performing arts scene is bursting at the seams with an incredibly diverse talent base: jugglers, percussionist poets, aria singers, jazz cats, and more. At the heart of that scene, acting as an incubator, is the Joe Hill Coffee House. Later this month Joe Hill will be wrapping up its season with its 26th show in...
Museum event explores the big role played by a little fort in our nation's history
Often when we look at the history of the Rossland-Trail area, we start with the discovery of gold. If we’re talking about Rossland and Trail the cities, that’s largely correct. Earlier on, however, this area played a key role in the establishment of the current Canadian/American border being situated on the 49th parallel. ...
GALLERY: Kootenay Dance Works holds impressive recital
Kootenay Dance Works, held a dazzling recital in the Charles Bailey Theatre on Saturday May 14th. The Rossland studio, under the atistic direction of Renee Salsiccioli teaches young dacers ballet, jazz and modern dance.Photos courtey the Derosa family....
INTERVIEW: Coco Love Alcorn on life, music and infant producers
It’s been two years since Coco Love Alcorn last spread her love in Rossland, playing at the Old Fire Hall. This week she’s making her long awaited return with a stop in the Golden City to play a show in the Rouge Art Gallery. This Tuesday night Coco Love Alcorn will bring her joyful sounds, new songs and her new family in ...
Library hosts author Caroline Woodward at upcoming reading
The Rossland Public Library is the place to be this Monday May 16 when acclaimed BC author Caroline Woodward comes to town as part of her book tour of the Kootenays. She’ll be reading from her latest novel, Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny, which was published last fall by Fernie’s Oolichan Books. The story is described as...
Out There: A gouda time on the way to Kamloops
One of the advantages of having a retired dad who is into guns is that he enjoys road-tripping hither and yon to all kinds of gun shows. This works well for me because I enjoy the benefits of getting free trips hither and yon where I can do things not associated with gun shows. Take for instance, this past weekend: the biggest...
Rossland Glee Club ready for inaugural gig
Strip away the mega-star cameos, the high school love stories and slushy attacks and what you’ve got left of Glee the TV show is a bunch of everyday folks with a penchant for song and dance that, when put together with proper direction, has spawned a hit TV show and seemingly weekly appearances on the iTunes charts. Consequently...
RSS grade seven's art "egg"xactly what the holiday ordered
Just in time for Easter the Grade 7's at RSS have been working on their own egg-cellent works of fragile art. Finishing up their Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter eggs the group dabbled in the festive style. The Ukrainian Easter egg art form involves drawing on raw eggs with hot wax before dying the eggs in vibrant colours. When...
