Cranbrook Townsman / Kimberley Bulletin
Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE PUBLIC SWIM: Wednesday, Dec 4, 5:006:00pm is sponsored by Grubstake Pizza. Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, Aug. 17, 6:00Page to 7 Wednesday, 21,Aug. 201631 6:300 7:00pm is sponsored by Grubstake Pizza.September Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by Heart Beet Bistro. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.
FEATURES
What’s Up? Concerts, theatre heat up the fall FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 PIANO PIZZAZZ
CAROLYN GRANT
NEW POETRY GROUP
Arne Sahlen presents Piano Pizzazz - the sequel! *Friday* September 30, 7:00 pm at Kimberley United Church near Centennial Park and Sunday October 2, *3:00* pm at Cranbrook United near Safeway. (Schedule shifts avoid overlap with events in both cities.) Admission is by donation.
Cranbrook & District Arts Council New Poetry Group will meet last Tuesday of each month from 7pm to 9pm at the Gallery, 1013 Baker Street, Cranbrook. Please call 250-426-4223 to sign up. Free to join.
SEPTEMBER 6-30 ARTS COUNCIL’S BACK TO THE BOOKS.
The September Exhibit running from September 6 to 30 in the Cranbrook and District Arts Council Gallery, at 1013 Baker Street, ‘Back to the Books’ is a mini-exhibit of local connections to things ‘bookish’. On display are original book illustrations from several local artists, a selection of excerpts from yearbooks on loan from the Columbia Basin Institute of History, a selection of stunning ‘altered books’ and several examples of the written word and more. Much of this work is in the Gallery for your viewing enjoyment and is not for sale. A reception for these artists and the public will be held on Saturday September 10th from 2 - ‘til 4 pm
WED. SEPT. 21 GOGO GRANNIES’ TRAVELOGUE
Travelogue with Gerry Warner: Little Bighorn, Yellowstone Park & Custer’s Last Stand. Tour Idaho, Montana and Wyoming — a road trip you might want to take yourself! Enjoy photos of rainforests, deserts, snowy mountain passes and the wide rolling prairie. Join us in the Lecture Theatre at the College of the Rockies, 7 p.m. Admission by donation to the Cranbrook GoGo Grannys in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN KEY CITY THEATRE
Based on the character created by threetime Canadian Comedy Award Nominee Mike Delamont and Jacob Richmond for the hit cult cabaret Atomic Vaudeville, God is a Scottish Drag Queen has gone on to become an international sensation.
SAT. OCT. 1 HARVEST TEA
Harvest Tea Oct 1 at Centennial Center from 1 to 4pm cost $2.00/person. There will be live music. For sale : baking, canning, preserves, garden produce, and a craft table. Also a silent auction on several baskets full of goodies. A door prize will be given out. In addition, a chili lunch will be offered for $5.00. Everyone is welcome to enjoy an afternoon of fun.
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RUN TIL KIMBERLEY END OF APRIL - FIRST STOP FOR SUMMER - THEN RESTART SEPT.6TH SATURDAY Cantabelles, an all-female singing group, BARRY COULTER PHOTO Celebrate Oktobermeets Mondays 7-9pm. Join us and learn how sing with and 4part Kelsey Thompson (Lucy) and Tracy McGuire (Vivian); the two key roles in fest.to New for2, 3Oktoberharmonies. Contact: Sue Trombley, 250Cranbrook Community Theatre’s upcoming production of Lucy. fest; Harvest Rugby tour426-0808 or suetrombley53@gmail.com
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UN-BE-LEAFABLE ART WITH HEIDI BROOKES
At the Gallery: 1013 Baker St. Sept 27 7pm9pm. Sept 29 7pm-9pm Please call CDAC office for more info: 250-4264223 or Email: cdac@ shaw.ca
SAT. SEPTEMBER 24 LIVE FROM STUDIO 64 ANDREA PETRITY TRIO
Andrea on piano with bassist Stephano Valdo and drummer Robin Tufts are sure to be a wonderful start to the Fall Jazz and Blues series.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 NOAH DERKSEN AT THE PRESTIGE
Noah Derksen, a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter, is coming through Cranbrook on an album release tour. Derksen is playing at the West Coast Grill in the Prestige Rocky Mountain Hotel in Cranbrook, Sunday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 MAYOOK RURAL HOUSE CONCERT SERIES
Performers from across Canada / USA. New Customs from Manitoba. Whow starts 7:30pm. tkts: $20.00 at the door
WED. SEPT. 28 TRI-CONTINENTAL KEY CITY THEATRE
Tri-Continental is a collaboration that fuses the talents of three wonderful guitar-players, singers and songwriters from Toronto, Canada: Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau and Madagascar Slim. There are no musical boundaries present in this one-of-a-kind blues/folk/world music mélange. Tri-Continental presents a truly unique - and critically acclaimed - sound that is a great success in terms of soulfulness and presence, intensity and atmosphere. All three players have been nominated for Canada’s Juno award for their previous work.
WED. SEPT. 28 TO SUN. OCT 2 LIBRARY BOOK SALE
The Book Sale of the Cranbrook Public Library Friends and the Sunrise Rotary will be held in the Ktunaxa Gym. Wednesday is for Friends’ members and a
membership can be purchased at the door for $10. Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 am to 3 p.m. Sunday (Bag Sale) 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Fill your Friends/Library bag for $5, or pay $10, receive a bag and fill it up (on Sunday only). Only these bags can be used. Donations of books (except encyclopedias), DVDs, CDs, and videos would be greatly appreciated. Please bring to the circulation desk in the Library.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 GOLF BALL DROP
The Cranbrook Hub for Refugees is sponsoring a fundraiser called the Golf Ball Drop, that takes place on September 30 at 4 p.m. At Mission Hills Golf Course. We are looking to sponsor a second refugee family. Numbered golf balls will be dropped by helicopter on a target at Mission Hills Golf Course. The numbered ball closest to the target will win $1,000. The tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased at Mission Hills, or from a Cranbrook Hub For Refugees volunteer.
IN THE PLATZL:
Harvest beer gardens featuring 4 different craft beers German music with European Cuts Entertainment begins with the Kids parade at 11:30 and Music until 9pm Beer Brats and Pretzels at 5pm Amazing suds race at 6:30pm with Prizes Concert with the Hollers at 7pm Barbecue at the Elks at 8pm Rocktoberfest at the Elks at 9pm Dance to the Mile High Club
FREE WORKSHOPS AND DEMO’S
‘Drop by and Try’ workshop with Tony Austin of Dragons Rest Forge and Working Studio. In the Platzl from 12:30 until 3:30 pm for those 14 and older. To join Tony making a metal flower please pre register at Centre 64 (250-427-4919) limited numbers. Try your hand at Gold Panning from 12 -3:30 pm in the Platzl. Geologist Jason JacobsE K Chamber of Mines President will be on hand to give some tips on placer mining!
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KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR
UPCOMING The East Kootenay Invasive Species Council would like to invite you to attend our Open House Series in your community. This is an opportunity for us to inform the public about our ongoing efforts in the area, collect feedback from the community, and thank those who are helping us stop the spread of invasive species in our community. Between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm from September 22nd – 30th, 2016 the staff from EKISC will be hosting an open house in the following cities: • Sept 22 - KIMBERLEY Centennial Hall: 100 4th Ave. • Sept 23 - INVERMERE - Lake Windermere Community Hall: 709 10th St. • Sept 27 - CANAL FLATS - Community Hall: 8911 Dunn St. • Sept 29 - CRANBROOK - Manual Training Center: 1212 2nd St. N. Harvest Tea Oct 1 at Centennial Center from 1 to 4pm cost $2.00/ person. There will be live music. For sale : baking, canning, preserves, garden produce, and a craft table. Also a silent auction on several baskets full of goodies. A door prize will be given out. In addition, a chili lunch will be offered for $5.00. Everyone is welcome to enjoy an afternoon of fun. Telus Community Ambassadors Fall Artisan Market & Bake Sale. Oct. 1, 2016. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 44 11th Ave. S. Cranbrook Local volunteers, Ann Remnant and Sjeng Derkx, will be touring Kootenay-Columbia to hear from residents on electoral reform. The feedback they receive will be sent to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, ERRE, which wants to hear from Canadians on a new voting system for Canada. Sat. Oct. 1 Kimberley, 1-2:30 p.m. Public Library, 115 Spokane St (2nd flr). Sun. Oct. 2 Cranbrook, 3-4:30pm Public Library 1212 2nd Street North ONGOING Parkinson’s Support Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2:00 pm at the Heritage Inn. (no meeting in December) Know that You Are Not Alone and come join us. We welcome you and your carepartner. For more info call Linda at 250-489-4252. Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www. cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer. Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Supper 6:15-6:45, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact Larry 250-4275612 or Bev 250-427-7722. New members welcome – men & ladies! The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome. The Chateau Kimberley Art Gallery is featuring the art of Karen Arrowsmith, Mary Ann Bidder, Joseph Cross, John de Jong, Lynne Grillmair, Ann Holtby Jones, Teresa Knight, Jeanie Miller, Jeanette Oostlander, Jean Pederson, Darlene Purnell and Marianne Rennick. The Gallery at 78 Howard St. is open 9-7 daily until October 15th, 2016. BINGO at the Kimberley Elks – Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome. The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee. Al-Anon Family Group meets weekly. Monday at 7-8 pm at Marysville Community Church. (730 302 st.) The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For further information call Susan 250-427-0212 or email afglearning2live@gmail.com Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profit organizations. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981. The Friends of the Kimberley Public Library used book store in Marysville is open Wed to Sat; 10:30 to 3:30 & Sunday 1:00 to 4:00. Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldn’t you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song? Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please. • NOTICES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 WORDS. • Only one notice per week from any one club or non-profit organization. • All notices must be received by the Thursday prior to publication. • There is no guarantee of publication. Notices will run subject to space limitations.
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