Articles related to "Kootenay"

The Slow Food Movement works together with Community Supported Agriculture. Creston CSA grain growers are throwing a huge party to celebrate their 1st year CSA success.

Thriving visual arts communities and a vibrant history make for interesting museum and gallery tours during a visit to the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.

Painter, conceptual artist, rebel & teacher, John Cooper's distinct modern & postmodern style--balancing humanity & elements--influenced Western artists for 4 decades.

3 Ceramics instructors and 9 graduate professional artists from the Kootenay School of Art present a landmark group exhibition of pottery, clay paintings and sculpture.

South eastern British Columbia's Kootenay Mountains offer resort vacations, backcountry/alpine skiing and the Girl Ski Program in the Canadian Rockies.

Touchstones Museum unites Robert Sanford, Julie Castonguay & Eileen Delehanty Pearkes for a Public Forum & Expert Panel on Water Issues in the Columbia Basin, BC.

Comprehensive radio program teaches emerging artisans how to start and maintain successful careers, and creates a supportive dialogue about craftsmanship in Canada.

Pamela Nagley Stevenson, a ceramics artist based in the Slocan Valley, BC, Canada, creates pots & ceramic paintings as rich as her own life & inner spiritual experience.

"ROW: Reflections on Water" uses a fresh curatorial style to convey historical & present context, varied art installations & film narratives with subtlety & complexity.

Attractions in Nelson include heritage buildings, man-made waterfalls, a local summer market and the lake front.

From 1807-1812, Charlotte Small travelled with her husband David Thompson or remained behind at a fur trade forts with their children while he explored the Rockies.

Experience the great outdoors in southern British Columbia by camping and hiking along the newly established Spirit of 2010 Trail.

From its picturesque snow covered mountains to its copious wildlife, British Columbia is considered one of the most spectacular areas in the western world.

Will global warming, rampant development, and decades of resource extraction and exploitation make a tabla rasa of the landscapes BC artists paint & draw? (Part 3 of 3)

Alf Crossley's paintings & drawings traverse 4 decades in the Kootenays of British Columbia. His style transmutes landscapes into iconic archetypes (a 3-Part Series.)

Crossley's paintings incorporate, not only Modernism or elements of natural settings, but advancement of 2-dimensional landscape art into the 21st century (Part 2 of 3).

Latest edition of Lonely Planet guidebook to Banff, Jasper and Glacier National Parks has 20 itineraries, 52 hikes and trips to Waterton Lakes and Icefields Parkway.

Brent Bukowski's latest mixed media sculptural installation, 'Flow', in his 3-part series tracking human impact with the planet's ecology, details the water cycle.

Reynolds paints the city of Nelson's homes from alleyways & backlanes, with clean lines & perspectives, bold colours and meticulous draughting skills.

Cottonwood Falls Market is a fun place for tourists during a holiday in the West Kootenays, but it offers more than good food, fine craftsmanship & lively entertainment.

Former Memorial Cup champion players include Guy Lafleur, Scotty Bowman, Harry Howell, Frank Selke, Ted Lindsay, Bernie Parent, Toe Blake, Father David Bauer, Glen Sather

The Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League make up the Canadian Hockey League.

Nelson and New Denver, BC, attracted massive backlashes when they tried to erect statues commemorating historic social events and injustices some preferred to forget.

When Nicola Harwood, Oxygen Art Centre's artist-in-residence, found that rapid urban expansion divided the community of Nelson, BC, she put together a special exhibition.

RVwest Magazine's third annual Reader's Choice Awards list favorite RV Provincial Parks in British Columbia. Golden Ears, Goldstream, Champion Lakes, Moyie Lake are tops.

Artisans, organic farmers, musicians, 2nd-hand booksellers & chefs gather from 100s of miles to sell wares, perform, meet friends & travelers and celebrate the harvest.

The 2010 Winter Games Torch Relay claims to set records for distance traveled, number of torch bearers, and number of communities through which the torch passes.

D'Arcy Jenish's biography brings David Thompson alive as an intelligent, determined young trader who thirsted for new discoveries.

The historical mining ghost-town of Sandon, in south central BC, western Canada, shone awhile as a popular tourist attraction. Now it's a dump. Literally. What happened?

Exhibition at Nelson's Touchstones Gallery presents multimedia, ephemeral, & installation work of Canadian artists, Julie Castonguay, Haruko Okano, & Nicole Dextras.

The presence of the NHL's Flames hasn't prevented the Calgary Hitmen from enjoying their own measure of success in the hockey-mad city.

Fair trade, organic, freshly roasted coffee is easier to find in Nelson, BC, than cheeseburgers & fries. Distilled, brewed or flavoured, here's where to find the best.