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Gold Fever Follies 2016: Come Early, Seating Will be Limited

The Gold Fever Follies will be an attraction again this summer of 2016, even though the MIners Uniion Hall is not available as a venue while renovations are under way.   The new location will have limited seating, so come to a show during July when attendance has historically been a bit lighter.   The show will go on at the...

Find Out More About Rossland's Facinating, Action-packed Past on June 9.

Have you ever wondered about Rossland history?  Unlike what too many of us older people didn't enjoy in school,  Rossland history is lively and fascinating.  A gold-mining boom-town whose population and building construction exploded between 1895 and 1900, Rossland attracted the riches needed for hard-rock mining and produced...

SUMMER READING CLUB AT ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY!

The Rossland Public Library invites kids to join the fun and games at the 2016 BC Summer Reading Club. This year’s theme is Book a Trip!  Registration is free and starts at the library on 1 June. Kids receive a reading record to keep track of their reading. If they read, or are read to, for 20 minutes each day for 49 days, ...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Oxygen Art Centre in downtown Nelson is an artist-run venue that provides space and programming for artists and the public to engage in the creation, study, exhibition and performance of contemporary art in all disciplines.   Oxygen Art Centre is currently accepting submissions for its Exhibition and Residency program.  ...

'V-Formation' -- A New Sculpture Graces Rossland

On Friday morning, Nelson artist Nathan Smith's interactive sculpture, "V-Formation" came to Rossland and settled into the courtyard beside Mountain Nugget.  The artist accompanied the  flock on its journey.  The interactive aspect of this sculpture becomes evident when a person turns the bicycle pedal at the front of the...

La Cafamore: Classical Music From The Movies (And Other Internet Lies)

Now in its eighth season of performances in the Kootenays, La Cafamore presents: Music from the Movies (and other internet lies).  The trio consisting of Angela Snyder (violin), Alexis More (viola) and Carolyn Cameron (piano) will plays works of Felix Mendelssohn, Dimitri Shostakovich and Joe Hisaishi. When:  Thursday June ...

Castlegar's new sculptures are almost here!

Thirty-one new sculptures will be landing in Castlegar’s downtown this Saturday, marking the sixth year of the internationally-renowned Castlegar Sculpturewalk. “2016 has a few firsts for us,” says Executive Director Joy Barrett. “We’re featuring the largest piece we’ve ever shown – a huge steel sculpture weighing over 25,000 pounds from Iranian artist Zohreh Vahidifard – […]

Don't Miss the Joe Hill Coffeehouse on May 15

SUNDAY, MAY 15, IN THE ROSSLAND LEGION HALL, DOORS AT 6:00 PM, SHOW AT 7:00. Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s community venue for talent from near and far, has a great show for you on May 15: The Band Formerly Known as The String Section – Five excellent young local musicians.  Not to be missed! Steve Rathwell – our itinerant...

MELT, THE MOVIE -- BEING CREATED.

Three high school boys from Vancouver are making a movie.  Correction:  three young men who have graduated.  They've been allowed to graduate early to work on this project, and they're busy raising funds for the work.  The introduction video (above) tells a bit about why they're doing it.  It's an ambitious and exciting idea; ...

Getting to Silverton and Taking Personal Action Against Climate Change

            Some West Kootenay environmentalists have decided to join the audience converging on Silverton, B.C. to attend the Convergence Writers’ Weekend May 13 to 14 without using a fleet of greenhouse-gas-emitting internal combustion-driven vehicles.             Members and supporters of Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free B.C....