Music
• Saturday, Rossland Miners Hall, 8 p.m. for the Small World Project. Small stringed instruments (ukulele, charango, banjolele, strumstrick), its mini-percussions and a double bass. The Montreal collective has three critically acclaimed albums, each characterized by a unique, eclectic, borderless sound.
• Sunday, Charles Bailey Theatre, 2 p.m. Teck Children’s Series presents The Little Prince. Puppets, masks, original music and a little theatre magic for children aged 4-12 and adults who are young at heart. Tickets $20, all children must be accompanied by an adult.
• Sunday, Charles Bailey Theatre at 7:30 p.m. E2 Experiments in Entertainment presents Till Death – The Six Wives of Henry the V111. Performed by Vancouver’s Tara Travis, one actress plays six queens, six love stories and six deaths.
• Tickets available for Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Muriel Griffiths Room, Jazz at the Griff presents the Melody Diachan Quartet. Featuring “Bossa Novas & the Beatles,” rich collection of songs from Brazil and the Fab Four. Tickets $13 advance, $18 at the door.
Other
• Saturday, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Trail from 1-3 p.m. for a Valentine tea. Homemade baking and book sale. Iona Hall, alley entrance off Eldorado Street. Phone 368.5581 for more info.
• The Society for the Protection and Care of Seniors’ annual Memorial Vigil for “Services Lost” will be held outside Trail Hospital on Thurs. Feb. 19 from 1-3 p.m.
• Monday, Warfield Community Hall, 6 p.m., Lego Club for children 5-8 yrs, one hour session for children 9-12 begins at 7 p.m. Each week, new Lego theme.
• Tuesday, Warfield Community Hall, (old kitchen) 6:30-8:30 p.m., Learn to Crochet. Bring a size “l” of J-hook and a ball of Red Heart super saver wool. Class is free.
• Wednesday, Webster School gym, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Floor hockey for children 5-8 years; 6:30-7:30 p.m. session for ages 9-12. $25 registration fee.
Gallery
• Visac Gallery showing Wild Images, Paintings by Slocan Valley artist Evelyn E. Kirkaldy. Exhibit runs until Feb. 13. Hours Tue. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thu. to 6 p.m.
Film
• Sunday, Royal Theatre, 9:55 a.m., the Royal Ballet performs Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic book. Steps Dance Company on hand selling backed goodies with all proceeds going towards a fundraising effort to get them to Hollywood.
Upcoming
• Tickets available for Feb. 20, Charles Bailey Theatre, 7 p.m. The Rossland Light Opera Players present one of Canada’s best loved stories with this production of Anne of Green Gables. We all love the unwanted orphan girl who arrives at Matthew and Marilla’s farm and who transforms the lives of all the people who come in contact with her. This is the perfect family outing.
• Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Muriel Griffiths Room, Jazz at the Griff presents the Melody Diachan Quartet. Featuring “Bossa Novas & the Beatles,” rich collection of songs from Brazil and the Fab Four. Tickets $13 advance, $18 at the door.
• Feb. 14, Trail United Church from 10 a.m. until noon the U.C.W. is holding a Valentine Coffee Party at Knox Hall. Admission by donation, baking and toonie tables. All welcome.
• Feb. 14, Selkirk College, Room 155 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance staff present a workshop on how to apply for grants and what to expect from the application process. All artistic disciplines residing in the Basin welcome to attend.
• Feb. 14, Rossland Miners Hall from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. The Rossland Rotary presents Viva La Prom. A Valentine’s Day dance to benefit the Rossland Skatepark. Dance to DJ Newton Szabo, cash bar plus one complimentary glass of bubbly. Tickets $20, at Powderhound. Contact fbehrens@telus.net for info.
• Feb. 15,• Sunday, Royal Theatre at 4:30 p.m. Sunday Cinema presents Red Army. A feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sport history, the Red Army hockey team.
• Feb. 20, Charles Bailey Theatre, 7 p.m. The Rossland Light Opera Players present one of Canada’s best loved stories with this production of Anne of Green Gables. We all love the unwanted orphan girl who arrives at Matthew and Marilla’s farm and who transforms the lives of all the people who come in contact with her. This is the perfect family outing.
• Feb. 22, Charles Bailey Theatre at 7:30 p.m., E2 Experiments in Entertainment presents Little Moths. Hosted by Almeda Glenn Miller, storytellers from across the valley will frighten, delight and enlighten with authentic stories from our region.
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