Mountain Guide

In 1964, Ruth (Ruthie) Oltmann came west, like so many before her, in search of adventure or, as she says “to follow her star”.

Drama – most families experience it; some thrive upon it. In the case of Marion Bridge, the newly-formed Banff Theatre Company could be said to be both taking root as a community theatre family and staging a heart-felt play about family.

If you’re unsure of whether to pair The Balkan’s ouzo prawns with Banff Avenue Brewing’s IPA or Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery’s Gewürztraminer – it doesn’t matter.

Old Man Luedecke will return to Canmore’s Communitea Café, May 7. “I’ve played a few really lovely shows at the Communitea,” said Chris Luedecke, in an interview with the Outlook.

Last year was a bumpy one for many Bow Valley residents, including Banff painter Monica Ferrari. In fact, even a priest commented that something was off. “He said something that ended in horribilis,” she recalls. “I thought that about summed it up.

Guidebooks are a funny thing, they are exceedingly useful, but like fruit, they can have a shelf life, and to keep these books fresh requires ongoing revisions.

Budding songstress Jess Hill is nearing the end of her first national tour. “We’re in the homestretch,” she said, in an interview with the Outlook. In a tour that began in B.C.

Here’s a question for you – what do The Man in Black, a sailor in a Sou’wester, The Red-Headed Stranger and a soldier in puttees have in common? To all outward appearances, very little.

Most nights, when members of an up and coming band step out on stage, it’s before dozens, or, if they’re lucky, maybe hundreds of people. For Calgary rockers Zoo Lion, that is generally the case.

Musicians Leslie Alexander and Jenny Allen have united for a nation-wide tour of song and good times. Promoting their newest albums, Allen’s Blanket and Alexander’s Nobody’s Baby, they will make a stop in Canmore at the Drake Inn on May 1.