Mountain Guide

The Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild, as it prepares to move into its new home in Elevation Place, has changed its name, dropping “Artisans” to reflect the group’s changing identity.

With a new album out and a Canada-wide tour planned for spring, Bobby Wills is saddling up for a couple of gigs close to home at Wild Bill’s.

During the long winter months, the Alpine Club of Canada’s A.O. Wheeler Hut sits buried under the massive snowfalls of Rogers Pass in B.C.’s Glacier National Park.

If you’ve always felt you oughta be in pictures, this weekend may be your shot at the big time. A casting call will be held at Solara Resort (187 Kananaskis Way) in Canmore, Saturday (Aug. 18) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Canmore poet Dave Eso is bringing his summer tour home this week when death by pedestrian, featuring Eso and Montreal poet Chris Masson, is returned to their home and native land, leaving the U.S. portion of their tour behind.

Part documentary, part art film and part commentary on hunting, the newest exhibition at The Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery provides a unique view into modern aboriginal culture.

The great outdoors, music, dance and theatre come together this weekend for what promises to be a unique free one-day community event.

For three days last week, the Town of Canmore was transformed into a hub of artistic creativity. Musicians performed numbers ranging in styles from old Hawaiian cowboy songs to modern folk and blues.

An artists’ grant intended to help keep alive the memory and legacy of Arthur Oliver Wheeler, a renowned surveyor and co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada, is now available. The deadline for the first A.O.

Okay, they sound like a gruesome twosome out of a B slasher flick, but that’s far from reality. The reality is that The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer are a West Coast duo who embrace the blues and offer up a sweat-drenched live performance.