Company Jump, a musical tribute showcasing the 1940s swing-music styles of the Andrews sisters (Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy, Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree, etc.), is delighted to be back to the area and touring the East Kootenays for the first time.  A hop, skip and a jump down memory lane, Company Jump brings the swinging […]

An impressive group of young Rosslanders came before Rossland Council as a delegation this week from the Rossland Rotary Interact Club to notify City Hall that they plan to donate up to $5,000 to the city for the construction and installation of a picnic table in the park next door to the Rossland Municipal Pool. The interact...

How often have we seen great rock stars come to an untimely demise and wished we could have heard just a few more new songs from them? We’ve all discussed, blogged about, or just sat back in a natural hot spring staring into the stars, dancing to the tune of whatever Kootenay alchemic concoction was […]

As the Telegraph's new cultural critic at large, I attended last Wednesday's end of the year “Summer Frolics” performance by the students of Maclean Elementary with high hopes. I looked forward to covering my first event for this newspaper. You see, I'm new to Rossland and this was to be my first introduction to small town ...

Make sure to mark Saturday June 6th on your calendar folks because the 13th annual Rossland Spring Wing Ding is back! Filled with more fun for the whole family and great deals, steals and sales to boot! The great thing about Spring Wing Ding? We have something for everyone!For the kids we have a sidewalk/ rummage sale of...

Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck team up to offer star billing for what amounts to a marketing ploy for the struggling newspaper industry. Paper papers are in a state of crisis. A Pew Research Survey has confirmed that over the last year, readers who use the internet as their sole source of news has gone from 24% last year, to...

April 15 marks the grand opening of the RSS Drama class’s newest comedy/action play, the Clumsy Custard Horror Show and Ice Cream Clone Review. “It is appropriate for all ages so parents don’t hesitate to bring the kids,” declares cast-member Brogan Pastro. The play is set in the land of Zob. The action begins when the Princess...

The Vancouver-based Theatre Sports League is known for staging some of the most daring and innovative improv shows in the world. And when their Instant Improv team takes the stage at the Miner's Hall this Friday, audiences should be prepared for a family-oriented evening of 'participatory hilarity'. Instant Improv is 90 minutes...

When the average person out there (and I’m one of them) thinks of ways to green up the world they tend to think of driving less, windmills, planting trees, picking up garbage, replacing lightbulbs and such. One area that never crossed my mind until now was greening our planet through art. This past year, Rossland artist Andy...

The arts provide a creative process for inspiring the people of the Columbia Basin to understand and express their connections with the history, ecology, resources and cultures of their home, so as to take care of it wisely for the future . This is central vision of the Columbia-Kootenay Cultural Alliance, which each year...