Mountain Guide

The Social Threat is coming to Banff. And in this case, The Social Threat isn’t a chain store, but rather a punk band from Medicine Hat.

Christmas comes early this year for lovers of green beer. With doors opening at 6 p.m. on Saturday (March 16), three bands will take to the stage at the Canmore Legion for a St. Patrick’s Day party.

As the sound of gunfire spreads across the prairies surrounding the Métis community of Batoche, 62-year old Rueben Wake, a teamster working for the North West Field Force, is shot in the head.

From the good people who brought you Grease – the Banff Communty High School version, of course – comes the dark comedy Urinetown.

When you’ve spent years in the backcountry, among the Rockies and its abundant flora and fauna, it’s highly likely your songwriting will reflect life on the trail, numerous adventures and creatures great and small.

Though not a new face at Canada House Gallery, painter Grant Leier’s latest show will be of work entirely different from what he’s done in the past.

Miss Quincy and the Showdown, an all-girl trio of no fixed address, rolls into Banff this weekend. The showdown takes place Sunday (March 10) at the Rose & Crown.

On a dark, moody and dimly lit stage an ethereal body emerges from the mist. The masked entity and a beautiful woman ply dark waters in a mysterious craft… No, no, wait a second – that’s Karen Minish’s other pet project of the moment.

What would you do if you were a writer and hit the Globe and Mail bestseller list not once, but twice, in a year? If you’re Canmore writer Mike Vlessides, you downplay it and simply say, “it feels really good,” before veering off on a tangent to show

Big bands will generate big sound as the Valley Winds Music Association teams up with a Calgary band for its annual Oh What A Night big band dance at Silvertip, March 9.