Mountain Guide

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.

Tucked into the corner of the Whyte Museum’s permanent gallery as part of its new Gateway exhibition sits a vintage 1931 Chevy touring car, complete with glossy deep blue paint and glistening chrome.

The Canmore Folk Music Festival begins Friday (Aug. 3) and, according to Environment Canada, the weekend is supposed to be clear and sunny with highs of 27 C – at least as of Tuesday (July 31).

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris is one of the most celebrated and accomplished artists of our time – and she plays The Banff Centre’s Shaw Amphitheatre,Thursday (Aug. 9).

If, during this summer (we’ll call it that) of weather that alternates between warm and waterlogged you can’t seem to get into a groove, you’re in luck – Jackie Treehorn will soon be here to help.

It’s going to be like old home week when Shirley Jackson and her Good Rockin’ Daddys roll into Alberta. Jackson, who grew up in Sundre and started on her music career in the central Alberta region, plays Wild Bill’s, Sunday (July 29).