Jazi Azi teaching kids to dance
By Jean Ann Berkenpas Jasmine Hoetjes is bringing her passion for the arts to the Robson Valley through her new Jazi Azi Dance School. This fall she offered dance classes in McBride. On Friday November […]
Arts
Another call for public art
By Andru McCracken The Columbia Basin Trust has opened their next call for public art. This is the same grant stream that caused two uproars in Valemount just a few months ago. One, when a […]
Dance extravaganza!
Time to shine! The Roundhouse Theatre was alive with laughter, dance, music and even a few tears on Friday night as a talented group of locals treated the full house to an old-fashioned variety show. […]
Smoke Risin’
By Lisa Hennigar My teenager’s characteristic lateness afforded me some advantage in scoring front row seats to Ashley MacIsaac last week. We rushed in as he took the stage, not believing our good luck that […]
Maternal monologues: a window on rural fertility
By Laura Keil Prejudice, hostility, fear, loneliness and geographical barriers… those were just some of the inner and outer conflicts in a Wishbone Theatre production last week that tackled the issues of rural birthing and […]
The Regiment: Farley Mowat on war
By Laura Keil If you’re looking for a Canadian soldier’s view of World War II you probably won’t think of one written by a Canadian Naturalist. But in the case of Farley Mowat’s The Regiment […]
Womb with a view: Women lift curtain on rural fertility
By Laura Keil It’s a question you sometimes hear newcomers ask – a question they didn’t think to ask before they moved: “Where do people go to give birth?” But as anyone who has been […]
Roundtable aimed at kickstarting rural artists
By Laura Keil A dance company with a global mission is bringing an artist roundtable to Valemount Oct 5th to share knowledge to ultimately inspire more rural art. SQxDance is a Kootenay-based dance company that […]
Robson Valley Music Festival 2019
By Goat Staff This year’s festival may have been muddy and wet due to rainball but the music and artistry was razor sharp. “RedPath performances and empowerment programs powerfully blend Indigenous culture and modern […]
Public art project boasts copper toenails
By Andru McCracken It’s a really big foot, but if you’re thinking of legendary fur-covered beasts, think again. Valemount is getting a big foot entirely unrelated to a Yeti or the abominable snowman; instead it […]