Arts and Culture
By Anonymous On on Wednesday Feb 22 2017
The Charles Bailey Theatre is set to pull back the curtains and welcome to the stage the Youth Arts Festival Third Annual Talent Slam, a display of talent chosen in auditions by youth ranging in age from 15-29, according to Miriam Needoba, director of the Oxygen Arts Centre.
She said there will be two shows – one in Nelson Feb. 23 and...
By Contributor On on Tuesday Nov 08 2016
“Imagine the Stories” by Winlaw artists Rabi’a and Carl Schlichting, was the big winner at the 2016 Castlegar Sculpturewalk Awards, taking home the coveted People’s Choice Award. This sculpture will now stay in the City’s permanent collection.
The full Awards List is as follows:
People’s Choice Awards:
1) $15,000 (sculpture purchase) + $3000...
By Shara JJ Cooper On on Tuesday Aug 30 2016
Greetings to all Spotlight Films members, sponsors, and friends:
Our committee is thrilled to have made a $400 donation to the Grand Forks and District Public Library which has allowed them to purchase a film licensing agreement for the year. This donation will greatly enhance the library's opportunities to engage with our...
By Contributor On on Tuesday May 17 2016
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 – and we’ve also...
By Contributor On on Monday Feb 22 2016
Friday, February 26th – 7 to 9:30 pm
Saturday, February 27th – 9 am to 9:30 pm
Sunday, February 28th – 9 am to 5:00 pm
Grand Forks Secondary School Auditorium
Welcome to the...
By Contributor On on Monday Feb 22 2016
Festival founders Kris Hargrave and Kia Zahrabi confirmed today that while BC’s largest interface fire of 2015 caused the cancellation of their third installment, Ponderosa Arts & Music
Festival will return in 2016, August 19 to 21, in Rock Creek, BC. The festival, called off due to safety concerns just two days before it was set to begin, was hit hard by the...
By Larry Hudema On on Monday Feb 22 2016
It was a dark period in the forging of the United States, one of many for a nation aspiring to greatness. The fostering of paranoia in order to expunge enemies, imagined or real, is an unfortunate device employed by those with distorted dreams. The victims, in this case, included folk musician Pete Seeger,...
By Shara JJ Cooper On on Friday Jan 22 2016
Just want to give you a heads up that the date of our upcoming Spotlight Films presentation of Brooklyn has been pushed back a week. It will be screening on Tuesday, February 2nd and not...
By Contributor On on Friday Jan 22 2016
Gallery 2 is excited to be presenting the first two exhibitions of 2016. Local(i)ty 2, curated by Carin Covin, presents the work of artists Nora Curiston, Laura Widmer and Brenda Feist in the Reid and West Galleries. This ambitious exhibition includes work in diverse media from all three artists that explore connection to place, with particular emphasis on artists working in...
By Contributor On on Thursday Dec 31 2015
The Shatford Centre/Okanagan School of the Arts is preparing to host a stimulating weekend for writers and aspiring authors with the first annual Okanagan Valley Writer's Festival, April 8 to 9. Offerings include workshops and panel discussions on various aspects of writing, selling and marketing fiction and nonfiction in a range of genres—plus poetry, songs, and screenplays.
“We...
