The Trail & District Arts Council is very excited to get the community back together this Summer at Gyro Park for Kootenay Savings Music in The Park. With thirteen shows and two acts per night, from June 16 to September 1, it’s still the perfect opportunity for all the family to get together outside and listen to great ...

Live History is a travelling, immersive theatre troupe that performs in Canada, Bermuda, UK, Republic of Ireland, US, Australia and New Zealand. The Trail Museum & Archives will host these talented individuals on June 8 and 9, 2022 and the public is invited to participate in one-hour immersive and interactive Trail history experiences. Registration is mandatory […]

Live History is a traveling, immersive theatre troupe that performs in Canada, Bermuda, UK, Republic of Ireland, US, Australia and New Zealand. The Trail Museum & Archives will host these talented individuals on June 8 and 9, 2022 and the public is invited to participate in one-hour immersive and interactive Trail history...

West Kootenay youth Stanley Humphries, Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre (both Trail and Castlegar) and Rossland Summit School are featuring their art in the annual Young Visions exhibition. It opens Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 pm at the Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar. Everyone is welcome to attend the free opening event....

 New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says strengthened support from the BC NDP government will help local artists and art organizations in the West Kootenays recover from the impacts of the pandemic. “We are so fortunate to have arts organizations in our communities that do the incredible work they do,” said MLA Conroy. “COVID-19...

The new Castlegar and District Kids’ Club, located on the grounds of the Castlegar and District Community Complex, was celebrated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 25, 2022. Local elected officials, provincial representatives and other special guests were on hand to acknowledge the collaboration that made the much-needed...

On Tuesday, March 15 Percussiano 3 brings together the two hands of percussionist Rod Thomas Squance and the four hands of Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann to perform at the Bailey Theatre in the last Performing Arts Trail show this season. With their dazzling array of instruments and brilliant display of virtuosity, Percussiano3...

The City of Trail’s Silver City Days planning committee has made the decision to cancel the 2022 festival due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. “The decision did not come easy to the committee,” said Mayor Lisa Pasin. “Silver City Days is a multi-day event with many moving parts. Although there are some outdoor events that ...

2022 brings the launch of Not Extinct - A Sinixt Virtual Exhibit, an interactive website based on the book, Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way by Marilyn James and Taress Alexis that features traditional and contemporary Sinixt stories. Each story illuminates the Sinixt relationship with the upper Columbia River watershed ...

Selkirk College will be (virtually) welcoming Canadian author and activist Seth Klein to a Mir Lecture Series event on November 30. The Vancouver-based climate academic and author of the recently released A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency takes an approach that is not doom-and-gloom. Says Mir Centre for...