Spring Fling returns May 2
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Spring Fling Festival is coming back to downtown Castlegar May 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be an array of fun activities for all ages including three-on-three hockey, community vendors at Kinsmen Park, a classic car show, kids games from 12 to 3 p.m., and local music and entertainment...
Youth Film Fest on May 2 -- Come Pick Your Favorite!
2015 marks the 8th year that the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture hosts the West Kootenay Under19 Film Festival (U19 Film Fest). This year's event will be held at the Rossland Miners Hall and will be on Saturday, May 2, kicking off the Rossland activities for National Youth Week, May 1-7. This year the theme of the...
RUSTY STAYS IN ROSSLAND
Rossland Council for Arts & Culture (RCAC) is pleased to announce that Rusty the horse is going to become a permanent resident of Columbia Avenue. A fundraising campaign launched this month raised the additional $3000 RCAC needed to finalize the purchase of the metal horse sculpture- in under a week! “We were overwhelmed...
Digging up dirt on Bike Park plan
The organizers of an incredibly ambitious plan to bring recreation and tourism to Castlegar are asking you to throw dirt at them. Well, not at them, per se, but they do want your dirt, to help build up what they intend will become one of the largest bike parks in the West Kootenay region. “The proposed Bike Park in Castlegar...
Local artist makes short list in CBC music contest
Big news! You may know her as Christina Amelio, vocal coach at SuperCat Studios here in town, but soon you’ll know her like the rest of the country, as singing sensation Nina Amelio. Amelio, 25, has now made it past the first round in CBC’s Searchlight competition, billed as a venue to find Canada’s next greatest musical...
'Sphere of Influence' Has Arrived in Rossland
Rossland's latest sculpture-on-loan was installed on April 10 in a chilly breeze, attracting the interest of many passing "supervisors." The airy bubble of re-purposed bicycle parts now rests on the Sourdough Holdings lot between Revolution Cycles and Laundry Dog Laundromat. Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) has...
KOOTENAY MEN’S CHOIR COMES TO THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM!
JOE HILL COFFEE HOUSE – SUNDAY, APRIL 19 Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s community venue for talent from near and far, invites you to hear another fine set of performers on Sunday April 19. We are pleased to present: · The Wind River Quartet – melodic flutes, a Joe Hill debut · The Kootenay Men’s Choir – ...
Authors to visit Rossland Public Library
The Kootenay Library Federation presents MARK FORSYTHE and GREG DICKSON, authors of FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE WESTERN FRONT:BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE GREAT WAR Author and broadcaster Mark Forsythe and journalist Greg Dickson will be on tour in the Kootenays giving presentations about their most recent book, From the West Coast...
Columbia Basin Culture Tour: Registration unil April 13
Registration Deadline Approaching Columbia Basin Culture Tour– August 8-9, 2015 a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance Columbia Basin– Call for entry: registration closes Monday April 13 for artists/venues in the Columbia Basin to participate in the 7th annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT), a celebration ...
Can Rusty Stay in Rossland?
Rusty the Horse has been earning his oats in downtown Rossland for the past year. As a favourite backdrop for photos, Rusty has brought many smiles to the faces of locals and visitors alike. But Rossland isn’t Rusty’s forever home and the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture hopes to change that. Along with a group of local...
