Cheryl Hodge nominated for 2010 HMMA Awards
Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology Instructor Cheryl Hodgehas been nominated for the 2010 Hollywood Music and Media Awards (HMMA) for Best Jazz Song-Indigo. She will be heading to Hollywood, California, to participate in the Awards that takes place on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the world famous Kodak Theater Complex. This is Hodge’s first major award nomination. “I’m […]
From racing grocery carts to the longest ski descent ever, the biggest little film festival is back!
Get psyched. The annual pre-ski-season stoke-up that is the “Rossland Mountain Film Fest Proudly Supported By The Members Of Rossland's Community Branch Of The Nelson & District Credit Union” gears up for three days of mountain culture. While the name has gotten exponentially longer this year thanks to a generous sponsorship...
INTERVIEW: Harry Manx - Mysticippi blues man comes to town
If you’ve ever wanted to hear soulful music based in the blues with Indian influences all throughout it, Harry Manx is your man. The long time musician and only more recently in the last decade or more a solo artist has been inspiring audiences with his deep storytelling lyrical content and worldly grooves. In a few weeks, ...
The Radiant Child on the radiant silver screen at the Capitol
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildThe Capitol TheatreWednesday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist.
In the crime-ridden New York City of the 1970s, he covers the city […]
Praise For The White Star Lady
Written By Brogan Pastro and Maddie Taylor-Greg White Star Lady from Rossland's Iron Mountain Theatre, written by Mark Pollard and Jane Gaudet, music by Nadine Tremblay and directed by R.J. Peters, came to Rossland's St. Andrews United Church on the weekend of October 22nd and 23rd. Jane Gaudet's one-woman...
Ode to ole Olaus: Rossland soon to have an iconic structure all its own
If Rossland could pick one iconic person to represent the town who that would it be? If you could pick one scene to become the iconic image of Rossland on postcards, marketing material and people’s impressions going forward into the future what would it be? All great cities have one. San Francisco’s got the Golden Gate Bridge,...
Blacklisted bands and noise complaints - RMFF clears last minute hurdles
Just how late should parties be allowed to go at the Miners' Hall and how hard should bands in the venue be allowed to rock? The question arose this week and briefly put a hurdle in the way of the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, which has hired BC/DC to rock out at their Saturday night gala event. Unbeknownst to the Film...
Rossland Reads round one
Rossland Reads kicked off its reading and debating extravaganza this past Wednesday at Café Books West with a lively panel and near full house in attendance. Taking a note from CBC’s popular Canada Reads program, Rossland Reads, organized by Carey Rudisil and the Rossland Library Board, has brought together three fine folks...
BUSINESS PROFILE: A new Perspective on tattooing
Housed in our Columbia Avenue landmark The Velvet Building, Perspective Tattoo is currently on the cusp of undergoing a cosmetic and structural makeover similar to that undertaken on The Velvet’s exterior; while Velveteen landlord Andy Talbot tinkers with the burgundy frontage, Perspective Tattoo’s resident artist and...
Overwhelming "no" in recreation expansion referendum
The official results are not yet in, but the preliminary ballots show such a resounding “no” vote that no other finale is a possibility in today’s $25-million recreation referendum in Castlegar. The Regional District of Central Kootenay posted the unoffical results on the district website Saturday night. With just under 40-per-cent voter turn-out, the […]
