Mountain Guide

Glenn Payan’s world is bright, sunny and joyful and dark, brooding and touched with a tinge of sadness or nostalgia. The B.C.

From the red earth of Prince Edward Island to the grey limestone of the Rockies, Catherine MacLellan opens the 2011/12 Live on 7th music series at the Canmore Miners’ Union Hall, Sunday (Oct.2).

Drawing a line down the middle of a car’s backseat has long been a tool of harried parents as a feeble means to keep the peace between scrappy children.

A hard battle is won through perseverance. That’s the tag line in the soon to be released short film Canadian Ice Hockey Ninja and one director Austin Davidson and producer Gavin Boutet have learned through their experience making it.

Three rock bands – The Abramson Singers, Mise en Scene and Doldrum – are taking part in this year’s indie band residency program at the Banff Centre.

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is planning a long-term exhibition and museum officials are turning to the public to help design it.

Canada is a big country as Amanda Rheaume and Marc Charron are finding as the two independent singer-songwriters from Ottawa tour the nation together.

A double bill featuring Samantha Savage Smith and Freedom or Death will take to the stage at Communitea Cafe, Sept. 19, as the last show of summer and the first of the cafe’s fall lineup.

“Now you see why I love coming to places like this,” said artist Jan Kabatoff as we each fired off another dozen shots on our cameras.

Veteran musician Lori Reid will take to the Stan Rogers Stage, Sept. 17, as part of the Canmore Indie Music Festival. Now in its sixth year, Reid has played the festival several times in the past and welcomes the opportunity to return.