Arts and Culture
By CBT On on Tuesday Feb 09 2021
There are no more reasons to get active are coming to the Basin this spring with Columbia Basin Trust providing $500,000 for 80 projects to keep youth moving.
The Trust is supporting sport organizations, schools and active recreation programs to create safe, inclusive and quality programs for youth to build the motivation, physical competence and confidence to participate in sport and...
By Contributor On on Monday Jan 25 2021
Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts and culture organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts and Culture Program on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust.
The Trust has a longstanding partnership with CKCA for the delivery of arts and culture programming, as well as representing the interests of the arts...
By The Conversation On on Tuesday Dec 29 2020
By Jennifer Crane, in The Conversation
In Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, we see young orphan Beth Harmon discover her...
By Charles Jeanes On on Monday Dec 28 2020
The Duel
“... I’m abandoned and destitute, an absolute simpleton, this mind of mine so muddled and blank. Others are bright, clear. I’m dark, murky. Others are competent and effective: I’m pensive and withdrawn.” -- Tao Te Ching, 20 [David Hinton translation]
“Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt...
By Sara Golling On on Monday Dec 14 2020
“Albatross – Contact” is a gripping science fiction novel of the warring-aliens variety. It introduces a variety of well-developed characters, both human and alien, some of whom interact peacefully, and others whose attacks result in full-on, rip-roaring, seriously tech-enhanced battles.
The principal male character is outstanding in physical strength,...
By The Conversation On on Wednesday Dec 09 2020
By Anna Augusto Rodrigues, for The Conversation
If you missed the Netflix debut of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, there are reasons to watch it now that go beyond being inspired to keep up fashionable appearances through a ...
By Charles Jeanes On on Wednesday Nov 18 2020
We impede evolution and the development of the human species if we neglect the aged.” -- James Hillman, Force of Character
“Ve gett too soon oldt undt too late schmartt! -- sign seen in a joke shop
The value of Elders: obsolete, replaced, or persisting?
I had begun a column on Elders in March this year, but the pandemic came...
By Sara Golling On on Wednesday Nov 11 2020
Rossland author Rosa Jordan’s latest novel is a rich, varied and gripping read. Its characters deal with life’s profound issues, including ambition, love, loyalty, illness and death – and Jordan handles them deftly, with generous compassion and a touch of humour.
A list of suggestions from Kurt Vonnegut to writers included one advising authors to “give the reader least one character he...
By Contributor On on Tuesday Nov 10 2020
The Kootenay Gallery of Art is offering Christmas at the Gallery, the annual exhibition and sale of creations by local artisans. But with the current health circumstances, the gallery has set up new events and protocol to offer safe and healthy shopping options.
“We will be limiting the number of visitors in the gallery to 20 people at a time. As a result, we are expanding our usual...
By Contributor On on Thursday Nov 05 2020
For many, the Doukhobor story is a sensational one: arson, nudity and civil disobedience once made headlines. But it isn’t the whole story. In Our Backs Warmed by the Sun: Memories of a Doukhobor Life (Caitlin Press, 2020), author Vera Maloff, through the stories of her mother, Elizabeth, shares her family’s history, the struggles of living a pacifist, agrarian life in a world with opposing...
