Mountain Guide

Canada’s Rocky Mountains mean many things to many people – playgrounds for climbers and skiers, symbols of inspiration for painters and sculptors and fascinating research sites for geologists and biologists.

Drawing from a 30-year career as a kidney specialist, Robert Allan Bear has penned a sensitive and thoughtful account of life in a dialysis unit that invites us to not only consider our health care system, but what it means to be a patient suffering

Ukulele lovers are in for a great treat this weekend. The Canmore Folk Music Festival will present James Hill, a ukulele master from Langley, B.C., Saturday (July 30).

The hills are alive with the sounds of African-inspired fusion folk music. First, the Nigerien group Etran Finatawa, a mix of nomadic desert tribal sounds, plays this weekend at the Canmore Folk Music Festival. Then, on Aug.

When they say everything’s bigger in the Lone Star state, it’s probably no surprise the saying can also refer to guitar-driven, belt it out blues.

The unique sounds of Vancouver’s Redgy Blackout can be heard at the Canmore Hotel on July 22. Multi-instrumentalist Scott Perrie said the band loves playing this venue. “We played there on a tour in January 2010, right before the Olympics,” he said.

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is celebrating the role of adventuresome women with it newest exhibition.

Working under the name Dexter Sinister, artists Stuart Bailey and David Reinfurt are bringing The Serving Library to the Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery this summer.

Unlike many who see the rise of electronic books, or eBooks, as one more step in the demise of the book, Canmore artist and Sunny Raven Gallery owner Meg Nicks sees hope.

Calgary-based singer-songwriter Sarah Vann will take to the stage at the Whyte Horse Cafe’s Glue Factory, July 19. “I make the good kind of music,” she said in a recent interview.