By Leslie Savage Sub-titled A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture, the White Planet (paperback, Greystone Books, $21.95) answers the question raised by Olympic freestyle gold medallist skier Sarah Burke’s recent death while training for freestyle ski competition: why do they do it? If you’ve already joined the revolution in extreme skiing, you’ll rejoice [...]

The North Columbia Environmental Society has issued a call for submissions for an art exhibition entitled climArt change: Film, Art, Words to be opened at the Visual Arts Centre on Thursday February 23. This is the first art show sponsored by the NCES and organizer Hailey Ross said she hopes for a wide variety of [...]

By David F. Rooney An earthquake and fire in Mexico last month sent months of hard work by the Revelstoke Theatre Society up in smoke forcing the production team to cancel this Year’s Community Musical. “It is with great regret that we announce that we will be unable to produce The Sound of Music this [...]

The Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier are happy to present the second annual Mountain Roots Film Festival, February 11-12. The festival will bring filmmakers from around Canada to showcase their films about mountain culture, adventure and life.  The festival will provide local and national filmmakers of all ages a chance to see their film [...]

By David F. Rooney In a move that shocked her staff at the Community Centre, Parks, Recreation and Culture Director Kerry Dawson has resigned her position and will be moving back to Alberta in the New Year. “I have been offered a great opportunity in Alberta,” she said in an interview Friday while she was [...]

By Laura Stovel The choral concerts at the United Church this past weekend had moments where the audience shivered in awe and laughed in merriment. Revelstoke Community Choir director Lida Carey announced to the audience that they would enjoy songs that were, at times “spine tingling” and sometimes hilarious and she was right. The choir, [...]

By David F. Rooney Chick Sharp is three books into his amusing children’s series, My Twelve Brothers and Me. Beautifully illustrated by his daughter Cara, this series has captivated the hearts of many local people. The series tells the tales of his 12 brothers in a one-by-one fashion. “It’s true, when I was younger I [...]

By David F. Rooney The Revelstoke Visual Arts Society’s Gifts from the Gallery has swiftly become a traditional pre-Christmas event that offers local residents an opportunity to purchase high-quality art at truly affordable prices. This year’s exhibition and sale features fantastic ceramics, textiles, paintings, jewellery, glass ornaments and wood bowls and jewellery boxes  by many [...]