Trail Rotary donates $10,000 for Riverfront Centre
The Rotary Club of Trail has made a generous donation of $10,000 to the Trail Riverfront Centre, the City’s soon-to-be new constructed integrated library and museum. Rotary’s donation to the City of Trail will help offset the capital cost of construction for the building and will be acknowledged with a designated “Rotary...
JOE HILL COFFEE-HOUSE TO BRIGHTEN A NOVEMBER EVENING
Joe Hill Coffee House invites you to yet another evening of relaxed, family-friendly entertainment by the talented performers in your community. This entirely volunteer-run event, on the third Sunday of every month except July and August, been going strong in Rossland for over eight years. It’s in the Rossland Legion at ...
Deconstructing the US Election
A quick glance over current headlines: madness and dread “You spread your paranoia, all over this land – Creating situations you don’t understand… You’ve got to stop flashing pictures of the People. Stop! Flashing pictures of the Power!” -- Tom Fogarty, Goodbye Media Man [1968] “In times of apparent madness, the insane person...
Films, Films, Films
Updated: Jeff Holden has had to cancel his appearance on Sunday afternoon due to unforeseen circumstances. Text corrected accordingingly below. With afternoons getting darker, a sobering election result in our neighbouring nation, and not much snow in sight yet, we need a bit of distraction. Fortunately, there's a lot of ...
LOCAL AUTHOR'S TALE OF SEA-GOING ADVENTURE
Champagne corks popped and locals raised their glasses of fizz to toast Captain Skip Rowland and his recently published book No Return Ticket, "A True Yarn of 20th Century Adventure at Sea." The Rossland Writers' Group hosted a small gathering at the Seniors' Hall to celebrate the author and hear him read from the book on ...
Calling All Local Sculptors -- Design a New Public Sculpture for Rossland
The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture wants to commission a new sculpture to be installed in front of the newly renovated Miners Union Hall, and has issued a call for submissions to all local artists. Public sculptures have been a popular feature of downtown Columbia Avenue since 2008. RCAC has already commissioned and...
Rossland Museum Director to serve on BC Museum Association Council
Joelle Hodgins, Director of the Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre, has been elected to serve on the British Columbia Museums Association Council. She is one of six new members of the Council, along with Jodi Simpkin, executive director of Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre; Catherine Ouellet-Martin, administrative manager of ...
Calvin Vollrath, internationally acclaimed fiddler, to perform in Castlegar
World-class fiddler Calvin Vollrath will be playing at the Old Castle Theatre in Castlegar on October 24 at 7 PM. If you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you’ve heard his music. He was commissioned to write, arrange and play five fiddle tunes to share the richness and variety of Canadian...
Kootenay Gallery Call to Artists
To celebrate Canada’s birthday, the Kootenay Gallery is hosting a two-part program to promote community creativity and engagement. One part is an exhibition by professional artists from June 15 – July 28 at the Kootenay Gallery. The other part is a community-based series of activities, engaging as many Castlegar and area...
RSEA Taking a More Active Role; Come to the AGM on Tuesday, October 25
Are you interested to learn about environmental activities and projects happening in Rossland and how you can get involved? Come to the Annual General Meeting for the Rossland Society for Environmental Action (RSEA) on Tuesday, October 25, to hear about RSEA’s recent successes, plans for the future and to provide input on...
