Seeking visual artists works for upcoming arts and culture week displays
The Boundary District Arts Council and the Grand Forks Art Gallery are once again participating in BC’s Arts and Culture Week, Apr. 19 -24, with exhibits on display until May 1. For the past ten years they have invited Boundary residents and adjoining American neighbours to bring in their art and craft creations for everyone...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: An Education
Be transported back to swinging London, 1961, complete with a fabulous soundtrack as Spotlight Films shows the Oscar nominated film, An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig on Tuesday, March 30th, 7:30 p.m. at the Gem Theatre. A suburban London teen finds her traditional education replaced by something slightly more sinister...
Grand Forks Art Gallery hosts Kevin Kane performance
Grand Forks Art Gallery is the place to be entertained on Thursday, March 25 at 7 pm, as Kevin Kane appears in concert.Kane’s songs, voice, and guitar playing are very familiar to any Canadian to have turned on a radio or TV between the mid-1980s and early ’90s. At the time his band The Grapes of Wrath was one of the country’s...
World film festival to run this weekend
With 19 films in 72 hours, the fifth annual Traveling World Community Film Festival starts this Friday in Grand Forks. The opening film is Praying the Devil Back to Hell, the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. The documentary...
Sanders triple threat show hits the stage
John Lee Sanders and Trio transport you from the everyday to a smoky New Orleans Cajun bar, then on to a blues club in Austin, and still further on to an uptown Jazz Club in Manhattan – all from your seat at the Grand Forks Secondary School Auditorium. This is the third in the Boundary District Arts Council’s four-concert...
Choral group shines at the Winter's Warm Embrace shows
Simply defined a choir or choral group is an ensemble that sings together. In the case of the performances this weekend by the Grand Forks Choral Society, they went well beyond the definition to bring their unique blending of musical and vocal talent to the ears of the city.Under the direction of Joan Thompson, the ensembles...
Preparing for winter's warm embrace
The community is invited to a “Winter’s Warm Embrace” this weekend in Grand Forks. The Grand Forks Choral Society (GFCS) and Sopranos & Co. invite the community to their concerts on Saturday evening, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and the matinee Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. Joan Thompson, resident of Christina Lake, is new this year ...
College celebrates with music
Ed. note: this press release was provided by Selkirk CollegeThe faculty of the Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology program has released its first album in its 20 year history - Souvenir.Produced by Don Macdonald and recorded by Steven Parish, the album celebrates 20 years of music instruction at Selkirk College....
Regional arts exhibition goes digital
The Kootenay Boundary Regional Art Exhibition has moved into the 21st century by going digital for their 30th annual exhibit. Traditionally, the Kootenay Boundary Regional exhibition has been an annual themed art exhibition, hosted by a different community in the West Kootenay each year.The exhibition is an open call show...
Dance extravaganza a hit
The Hip Sisters belly dance troupe hosted another successful Dance Extravaganza on Thursday Nov. 19. The show featured seven different troupes with various dance styles. Along with the Hip Sisters were Les Folles Jambettes cancan troupe, Rara Avis, Shekinah, Spirit of the Dance Irish dancers, Bibblesqueak the clown, and Granby...
