Welcome Nelson!

Does big city life have you feeling down? Come and join us in quiet Kaslo! For the month of october we are offering residence of Neslon a 2 for one deal. Stay your first night at the Kootenay Lake Guest House and recive the second night FREE! We are located in the heart of Kaslo just a 2 min walk from the beach and downtown. Bring your bike, bring your boats and settle in to a fall retreat!
Check us out at www.kootenaylakeguesthouse.com

Please join us for the opening of Brent Wellander's Fractal Photo Art.

CONTINUATION of GALLERY 378 show THROUGH TO OCTOBER 30TH, 2010
featuring
CAROL REYNOLDS - PAINTER
MYA deRYAN - FISH RUBBER
SIGGE FECHTER - GERMAN GUEST SCULPTOR
as well as pottery by Heath Carra, Shannon Merritt
glass by Robert Held
Metal by James Harris, James Karthein, Kevin Kratz, Courtenay Anderson
Paintings by Celeste Rode, Shirley Miller, Catherine Nixon, Anne Gillender, Corre Alice et al.

The Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre invites you to participate in Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human.

This key introductory program, led by senior teacher Frank Johns, presents the practice of meditation as a way to uncover and contact basic goodness―the innate dignity and wakefulness that all human beings possess.

Schedule:
• Saturday, October 2: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
• Sunday, October 3: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Suggested donation: $100; $25 for repeat participants (see our accommodating Generosity Policy)

For a full program description please go to:

http://nelson.shambhala.org/program_details.php?id=44568&cid=194

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is Canada's largest single day, volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research, and education and awareness programs.

Each year, thousands of Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life unite to participate in the Run. Their reasons for participating vary, but they all have the same goal; to create a future without breast cancer.

On Sunday, October 3, 2010, Run, Walk and Give Generously.

Register and start fundraising today! For more information please visit www.cbcf.org

Nelson Legion is holding a Centennial Celebration showcasing its 100-year-old building, which opened as the Nelson YMCA. The Kootenay Kilties will open the ceremony at 1:00 for the Open House. Tours of the building will be ongoing from 1-5 pm, with Nelson Air Cadets, SelfDesign High, and Legion volunteers answering questions about their organizations. Nelson Museum will be displaying pictures from their archives. Refreshments will be available.

Want to learn how to prevent and control debt? The Kootenay Boundary Credit Clinic has teamed up with YERC to offer a free afternoon workshop about the following:
- how to improve your credit rating
- what to do when you can't pay your debts
- types of credit available
- specific info tailored to participants

The Kootenay Boundary Credit Clinic is a not-for-profit service, offering free workshops and 1-on-1 consultations in the Kootenays.

Join us on Monday nights for our weekly Open House, a friendly introduction to meditation practice, Shambhala Buddhist teachings and our community.

• 7:00 PM: Meditation instruction and practice
• 8:00 PM: Talk and discussion
• 9:00 PM: Tea

All welcome • Free of charge • For a full program description go to:

http://nelson.shambhala.org/open_house.php

Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre
3rd Floor - 444 Baker Street, PO Box 136, Nelson, BC V1L 5P7
250-352-5560 • info@nelsonbuddha.com • www.nelsonbuddha.com

Need a resume? Unsure where to start?
This one day workshop will show you how to best highlight your skills, abilities and accomplishments to potential employers.

Please register to save your seat.

Indulge in an evening of exquisite food, wine and great company at the all new Royal. 6 BC wines are served along with information about the wine, wineries, and varietals. Casual and social!
$35 per head. Reservations required.
Call Valencia at 250-352-0960 to reserve.

Jack Rebney’s notorious, profanity-laden meltdown while shooting a Winnebago commercial made him one of the earliest viral video celebrities after the outtakes were uploaded to YouTUBE in 2005 when “The Angriest Man in the World,” was seen by over 20 million people.

A laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and a poignant tale of one man’s response to unintended celebrity.

MULTI AWARD WINNER and CROWD FAVOUITE

94 min. 14A for LOTS of swears.

What's happening in the world of work? How do these changes affect where and how you look for work? What's happening in Nelson? Where ARE the jobs? in this fun, interactive workshop we will explore what's happening and strategies to help you find work that works for you!

Please register early to save your seat.

THURSDAY EVENINGS (October 7 - November 25)
@ the Moving Centre Movement Cooperative, 533 Baker Street, Nelson

SALSA - Thursdays @ 7:30 pm

WALTZ & CHA CHA - Thursdays @ 8:30pm

These are BEGINNER LEVEL CLASSES, intended for the complete beginner -- no previous dance experience necessary! Both couples and singles welcome! (Class size limited / gender balance maintained)
Pre-registration only: $100/person per class for the 8-week session.
Call 250-352-0013 for information & registration.

Emerging New Zealand artist Bonnie Coad invites you to the launch of her 2010 new seasons exhibition at the
Riverside Café, Inland Highway, Upper Moutere.
Come along on Friday the 8th of October to view a selection of bright engaging original paintings.


Bonnie's art is dynamic and colourful, she often incorporates texture into her work, and her major influences include cubism, modern and abstract art and impressionism.
The Exhibition will run through most of 2010 and into 2011 with new works added periodically.

Cost: FREE

Purpose:
-EXPOSE THE PAST AND CURRENT SITUATION
-LAYOUT OF THE REASONS WHY TO GET INVOLVED
-INTRODUCE OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS LEADING TO A SUSTAINABLE HAITI AND MASSIVE CULTURAL EXCHANGE

There will be a Kootenay-Haiti coalition proposal and introduction to a ton of projects. There will also raffle tickets. Proceeds return in full to the 7 Haitians that crafted the raffle items. This money will buy food and materials. It is free to come to the event.

Swing, salsa, chacha, tango, blues, waltz, , etc., etc.

2 hours of social dancing on a great floor !
casual, friendly, NO door charge.

playlist by Peter Clement

subscribe to KootenayDanceNews@googlegroups.com for all the latest on live events and dancing.

Cost: FREE

Purpose:
-EXPOSE THE PAST AND CURRENT SITUATION
-LAYOUT OF THE REASONS WHY TO GET INVOLVED
-INTRODUCE OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS LEADING TO A SUSTAINABLE HAITI AND MASSIVE CULTURAL EXCHANGE

There will be a Kootenay-Haiti coalition proposal and introduction to a ton of projects. There will also raffle tickets. Proceeds return in full to the 7 Haitians that crafted the raffle items. This money will buy food and materials. It is free to come to the event.

Cost: FREE

Purpose:
-EXPOSE THE PAST AND CURRENT SITUATION
-LAYOUT OF THE REASONS WHY TO GET INVOLVED
-INTRODUCE OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS LEADING TO A SUSTAINABLE HAITI AND MASSIVE CULTURAL EXCHANGE

There will be a Kootenay-Haiti coalition proposal and introduction to a ton of projects. There will also raffle tickets. Proceeds return in full to the 7 Haitians that crafted the raffle items. This money will buy food and materials. It is free to come to the event.

The popular unplugged sessions return for the third year with a full afternoon of amazing music. Come see the new changes, celebrate our abundance of great food and talent. We'll be serving hot apple cider and having a social hour to start at noon.

1:00 Mountain Station (Billy Jones, Paul Holitzki, Roger Luckey & David Feldman)

2:00 The Pine Years (Sean Cameron, Steve Meggait, Alison Mcdonald & Jake Cataford)

3:00-5:00 Juno 2010 co-nominee Caroyn Mark and her New Best Friends featuring Diona Davies on fiddle (previously with Po Girl) and their very own opening group "Hearse" (J. Mclaughlin and Grayson Walker.)

Through its ongoing series, “The Future of Prison Farms”, Kootenay Co-op Radio’s Deconstructing Dinner has focused considerable attention since early 2009 on Canada’s over one-hundred year-old prison farm program. The farms offer rehabilitative and job training skills to inmates at minimum security institutions. The farms further exemplify the principles of food security. With all six of Canada’s prison farms on the chopping block and now in the process of being dismantled, Deconstructing Dinner is hosting a Nelson engagement with Kingston, Ontario’s Andrew McCann of the Save Our Prison Farms Campaign and MP Alex Atamanenko who has become a vocal opponent of the Conservative-led closures. Suggested Donation: $5

www.deconstructingdinner.ca

Join the Ski Resort Operations and Management in presenting TGR's Light the Wick at the Capitol Theatre 421 VICTORIA ST.

Check out the Facebook Event page for more information,
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144818808889563&ref=ts

AROUND THE WORLD ~ GOURMET DINNER & DANCE, Saturday, Oct. 9. Join us for a multi course feast & music by Sunshine Drive! $59.50/person. Details call 250-353-7714.

KRADDY
http://www.myspace.com/kraddy

Known as a pioneer of electronic music, Kraddy is one of the most innovative and remarkable artists of his day. He stands as a visionary in his field, a fresh voice that spans genres and artistic style. Hybridizing hip hop, dubstep and dancehall with digital edits and cuts, Kraddy's music is a voice from the future awakening our ears and minds to what is yet to come. As founding member of the Glitch Mob, Kraddy is no stranger to destroying crowds around the world ! TICKETS ARE $15 @ DOOR @ 10 P.M . DONT MISS THIS ONE

We are pleased to invite you to a free Thanksgiving Dinner on Monday, October 11th at Our Daily Bread (812 Stanley Street) to kick off Homelessness Action Week. The Honorary Chair for the week is Pastor Jim Reimer and our theme is "Housing - Who Needs it Most?"

This year, Celeste Le Duigou, the community coordinator for Nelson Committee on Homelessness will be speaking on the success we have achieved this year. Last year guests at Our Daily Bread, people from the community, and provincial and municipal politicians wrote and spoke about their best solutions to homelessness. The Nelson Committee on Homelessness collected all their suggestions and identified the priorities for action in 2009 / 2010 based on them.

Join us on Monday nights for our weekly Open House, a friendly introduction to meditation practice, Shambhala Buddhist teachings and our community.

• 7:00 PM: Meditation instruction and practice
• 8:00 PM: Talk and discussion
• 9:00 PM: Tea

All welcome • Free of charge • For a full program description go to:

http://nelson.shambhala.org/open_house.php

Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre
3rd Floor - 444 Baker Street, PO Box 136, Nelson, BC V1L 5P7
250-352-5560 • info@nelsonbuddha.com • www.nelsonbuddha.com

The film - Earth Keepers (o.f.v. Visionnaires Planétaires) will be presented on Tuesday October 12th at 7:30 in the library of the Francophone Association located @ 723 Ward Street. In this documentary, an eco-activist introduces us to seven visionaries such as Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Part survival guide, part hopeful vision, this positive, inspiring documentary is for all those who refuse to give up, despite the enormity of our challenges. The movie will be presented in its original version in French with English subtitles. Everyone welcome! FREE - donations kindly accepted! For more information call AFKO: 250-352-3516.

Are you unemployed and wondering what your next career step will be? What is the work that fits for you? In this free, 4-day career exploration workshop we will use a variety of assessments and tools to assist you in discovering your perfect work.

Please register to hold a space.

The Nelson and Area Elder Abuse Prevention Program will be holding a Volunteer Training Day on Wednesday, October 13th from 9-4pm in Nelson. Lunch will be provided. If you are a senior (over 55) interested in this opportunity please call: 250-352-6008 or email: preventeldRabuse@sbdemail.com

Beginning Wednesday, October 13th, the Women’s Centre will be hosting a series of ‘Conversations Amongst Women’. The evening conversations from 7 to 9 pm will feature a guest conversationalist who will open the conversation on a topic of her choosing. Our guest for October 13th is Gitta Ridder. She would like to converse about womyn and safety. How does the media coverage of violence against women affect us?
Future conversations are as follows:
October 27th - TBA
November 10th - Donna MacDonald, City Councillor, would like to converse about women and local politics
November 24 - Hannah Hadikin, Voice of Women for Peace Canada member, would like to converse about women’s role in peace.

Come. Add your voice to the conversation.

Mingle-inc is a monthly cocktail lounge evening for business networking. The event is open to business owners, business start-up, artists and anyone who wants to meet with the business community. Drop in participants are encouraged to talk to someone new every 20 minutes. This is a no sweat event, everyone is there to have fun, make contacts & be inspired.

Mingle-inc is held every 2nd Thursday of the month at Louie’s lounge in Nelson from 5pm to 7pm. There will be music, a relaxing atmosphere and you can order any of the trendy cocktails or dishes from the menu. Come after work for a drink and bring a lot of business cards! Admission $5.

Caroline returns to the Kootenays to launch her long-awaited novel, Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny (Oolichan Books: 2010). Always a lively storyteller, Caroline's book is a retelling of The Odyssey, with a Peace River ranch wife defending the land while her husband takes the truck on the last long haul run of the season with a cargo of Peace River honey, smoked salmon, Yukon Gold potatoes from Rock Creek and Creston Valley apples. Trouble of all description ensues! Catch Caroline in action in Nakusp on Oct.12, New Denver on Oct.13, Vallican on Oct.14 and the grande finale in Nelson, co-sponsored by the Nelson Library and Oxygen Arts Centre at the Centre, on the 15th, at 7:30 pm.

SunshineDrive delivers a hard-driving menu of Rock Classics, Blues, R&B, Funk, Reggae and Ska, including original tunes. Frontman Grant Sutherland has entertained Kootenay audiences for years with his high energy vocal and guitar stylings. Bassman Phil Wilson-Birks, a veteran of numerous bands in western Canada, lays down a solid foundation that will get you moving on the dance floor. Steve Garth, veteran of performances in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia, adds tasty guitar and slide to the mix. Daryl Doyle fills out the band’s sound with soulful Hammond riffs and keyboard textures. Bonnie Johnson sizzles with a knockout drumbeat to rock the house.
Tickets at the door....$7

12 The Unplugged Sessions is honoured to open with the return of two musical gems, Julie Kerr, whose song, One Fine Day, is featured in the documentary, Finding Farley, grand prize and people's choice at the 2010 Banff International Film Festival. Craig Korth has been Western Canadian Banjo & Guitar champion and is one of the most funny, humble and entertaining guys around.(Come early!)
The Murray Brothers are back after a long abscence, Rob is best known on the mandolin with the band, Kootenay Grass Company. Yves is an electrifying guitar picker.
David Newberry & the Modern Criminals will close this session."He is an outstanding writer who delivers with passion and intensity" according to 3 time Juno winner David Francey.

Workshop times:

Sat. Oct. 15 1:00-5pm
Sun. Oct. 16 10-5:30pm


The Alchemy of Writing is a practice, a way of being. You discover this way of being when you are present, open, and willing to receive what emerges from the unknown depths of your being. This is not like school, where you get good marks for being right. This is a way of diving into the wildness, the unpredictability of life itself, and discovering resources, capacities that want to make themselves known to you.

Tuition $110--$150
Deposit $50

For more info or to register: www.barefootjourneys.net

9:30 coffee; 10:00 meeting;11:00 guest speaker:noon lunch

Lileth Swetland will speak on the topics of Women's Financial Empowerment and the Circle of Habondia Lending Society.

Interested persons are welcome.
Nelson District University Women are members of the Canadian Federation of University Women and the International Federation of University Women. The local branch provides a scholarship to a LVR female student and a bursary to a Selkirk female student.

OPEN HOUSE for Jam Factory Tots Daycare,
303 Jam Factory Lane, Nelson. 11am- 3pm Saturday October 16
Fun, Safe, Bright facility. Spaces for children 12 months to 5 years. Limited space.First Aid and CPR. A brand new open facility with large activity area complete with foam floor, large comfortable quite area for reading and puzzels. Insulated walls in bedroom for quite sleep area. Lots of windows foe light and fresh air. Lunches provided. Free and organized time, circle time, sing songs, tickle trunk, art and crafts and more. Come explore with us.
Contact Cheryl at 250-352-9287 or info@jamfactorytots.ca

New Grand's Hotel 9th Annual Food and Wine festival including live music.
Tickets $85 Pick up at front desk New Grand Hotel. 250-352-7211.
Nelson's Premier Event of the Year---don't miss out

Come find out how to make your home or business more economical, environmentally friendly and healthier. Visit 4 locations around Nelson, including the new Selkirk Dorm Renovation to learn about the principles of green building. Tour starts at 11am at the Building Tree - 621 Herridge Ln. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students. Register by emailing robin@cascadiagbc.org, or calling 250 352 7933. This tour was wildly popular last year so reserve your spot in advance.

Live music. Voices raised in song. Holding hands and moving together. Come join the circle.

The Dances of Universal Peace are a moving meditation practice shared with others in a circle. A leader, supported by musicians, teaches participants a chant and dance movements. Soon, the circle is singing and moving together, deepening into the meditation. There are no performers or audience. New arrivals and old hands form the dance circle together. All are welcome. No partner or experience necessary. Dances are easy to learn and are taught to the whole group each time.

Admission is by donation. Bring non-marking indoor footwear and a water bottle.

On Sunday, October 17th the Nelson-Creston NDP Constituency is holding their Annual General Meeting at the Nelson United Church at 602 Silica St. The meeting begins at 3:00pm and will be followed by a potluck dinner, silent auction and panel discussion in recognition of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. All are welcome to attend all or part of the event. Please contact President Gord McAdams at 250-352-3309

Join us on Monday nights for our weekly Open House, a friendly introduction to meditation practice, Shambhala Buddhist teachings and our community.

• 7:00 PM: Meditation instruction and practice
• 8:00 PM: Talk and discussion
• 9:00 PM: Tea

All welcome • Free of charge • For a full program description go to:

http://nelson.shambhala.org/open_house.php

Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre
3rd Floor - 444 Baker Street, PO Box 136, Nelson, BC V1L 5P7
250-352-5560 • info@nelsonbuddha.com • www.nelsonbuddha.com

Do you know students who love to invent or who are always coming up with great new ideas to solve a problem? If so, the Kootenay Contraption Contest is for them. This contest is aimed at getting youth excited about Science and Technology.

In conjunction with National Science and Technology Week Oct 15-24th,

This year’s theme of National Science and Technology Week is Curiosity to Understanding: Past, Present and Future and keeping with this theme our contest asks the question:

“If you looked into the future at 2050 what new technology or advancement in existing technology will we use need to keep you safe and healthy?”

An unexpected event has occurred! The Cocoa-nut Lounge will be reopening in its current location on a temporary basis, until a new location appears. Please join us on our reopening night for our fabulous Tuesday night open mic/jam night with Rob Funk!

Our hours will change to Tues-Sun, 5PM to midnight. Closed Mondays.

We are located on Vernon Street near the 4-way stop and behind the Best Western Hotel.

Rene is an Artist, Photographer, Teaches Quantum Metaphysical Psychology, is a Life Coach, Systems researcher and Intuitive medical clairvoyant with a unique ability to intuitively see into other peoples mind patterns and emotional patterns that cause destructive tendencies in their lives. Born highly sensitive to energies he has been able to fine tune his clairvoyant abilities and spiritual connection with
the God Mind and his higher self.
Through much training, guidance and understanding, he has developed what he calls “ Quantum Vortex Field Effect Technology ”.

This talk will be on the nature of illusion, mind traps, psychic manipulation of mankind, and quantum psychology.
for more information call Paris 551 7656

Did you know that there are hundreds of career opportunities in tourism? Find out about the fastest growing industry in BC and the world!

The Conference on Autism is hosted by Spectrum Solutions and the Provincial Outreach Pragram for Autism Related Disorders. Spectrum Solutions is a program of the Kootenay Boundary Community Resources Cooperative dedicated to helping children and youth with special needs and is funded by the Columbia Basin Trust. Parents and Service Providers are welcome to attend and there is a reduced rate for parents. The Keynote address on Thursday evening features David Loyst who is the creator of the program Reference and Regulate. The keynote address is available at a reduced rate.

A cover letter often is the tipping factor when employers are making decisions aobut who to call for an interview. in this free workshop, you willl create a perfect cover letter that demonstrates that you are the perfect candidate for the position! Increase your chances of getting that interview.

Register in advance to save your seat.

KAST has developed a new event to inspire generation Y into pursuing post secondary education in the STEM sector and to answer the question “Why Tech?”Ytech aims to inspire youth by bringing them face to face with professionals from a wide variety of disciplines, providing them opportunities to interact with positive role models in the local tech sector. Through interactive workshops, panel discussions, and real life laboratory experiences at Selkirk College Ytech will immerse grade eight to twelve students in positive environment of education and self learning. Through meeting and greeting local successful professionals in the tech sector Ytech will inspire our region’s youth to explore post secondary education in the STEM fields.

Author, Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, will be in Nelson to launch her recent book Refusing 
to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation, on Thursday October 21 at 7:00 at Nelson United Church. Donations accepted. Maxine, a Jewish Quaker, lived in Jerusalem for almost a decade, and worked among dozens of activists working nonviolently to bring peace and justice to the region. Event sponsored by NEON (Nelson End the Occupation Now).

Award-winning filmmaker Erik Paulsson presents his latest documentary "The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years" in addition to his previous documentary "Island of Shadows: The D’Arcy Island Leper Colony" on Thursday, October 21st at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Tickets: $10.



The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years chronicle the events, people, and places that shaped British Columbia’s early history, from pre-European contact to the dawning of the 20th century. It brings together 20 fascinating stories from our past – tales of the Salmon People, death-defying voyageurs, desperate gold seekers, Chinese railway workers, and heroic women of the frontier.

Thursday October 21st....THIS THURSDAY!!!
Watch a great ski video ("Under the Influence"), enjoy cheap drinks and food while supporting a great school program dedicated to making the ski industry strong and enjoyable.
$5.00 cover at the door with all going to the Ski Resort Operations and Area Management year 1 students. Dress up as the ski bum/bunny you are and you can win the grand prize of a Ride 161 cm snowboard.

Check us out on facebook @ SROAMies 2010

A Birthing Yourself Process Workshop is an amazing opportunity to repattern early history in the context of a safe, nurturing small group. There will be a maximum of 7 participants, with Myrna Martin facilitating a 2 hour session with each person. There is time for debriefing and integration after the sessions. Please look on Myrna's website for more details or give her a call. People report true transformation in their current relationships and in their relationship with themselves.

Cheese tasting @ 6:30 PM
Intimate concert with francophone singer-songwriter Alexis Normand @ 7:30 PM
$10-15 sliding scale
AFKO : L'Association des francophones des Kootenays Ouest
(The West Kootenays Francophone Association)
723 Ward Street
Nelson
250.352.3516
afko.ca

Dégustation de fromages : 18h30
Concert intime avec Alexis Normand 19h30
Prix : 10 à 15$ selon vos moyens
AFKO : L'Association des francophones des Kootenays Ouest
723, rue Ward
Nelson
250.352.3516
afko.ca

After two tours of Alberta and one of BC, Locomotive Ghost is better than ever. Unfortunately, this will be our last show with Tyler before we go in separate musical directions. Fortunately, that means we're going make it one hell of a good time. Come out and dance to your old favourites including Like A Lion and Human Being. Visit Locomotive Ghost at www.locomotiveghost.com

Bilingual folk singer Myriam Parent will be coming up from Vancouver to open the night as part of a three show stint she's doing in the Kootenays. Some members of Locomotive Ghost will be accompanying her for this show (and we're looking forward to it). You can hear her music at www.myspace.com/myriamparent

The Regional Districts of Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary invite you to celebrate Waste Reduction Week by participating in a REUSE event. Trash 2 Treasure Day is a fun way to clear your closet of useful, but unwanted items and pass them on to someone else who will treasure them.
Clean out your old furniture, comic books, New Kids on the Block posters, baby shoes, etc and let someone else enjoy them.
Just put your stuff at the end of the driveway with a 'FREE' sign and relax.
If your stuff really is unwanted, please bring it back in by the end of the day. This is not a garbage pickup day. No civic workers are going to clean up what's left.
Hey, if you really need 20 tomato pots, this might be the time to go looking...

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12:00 The Unplugged Sessions opens with the first prize winners of this year's Imagine Transition Music Competition, the Time Spinners. This young group includes Logan Carlstrom, Emma Murphy, Myles Dawson and they will play acoustic alternative/light rock.

1:00 Marin Patenaude from the Slocan Valley will follow on her old Gibson guitar performing lyrically driven soul folk blues.

2:00 Myriam Parent is a bilingual folk artist touring from Vancouver to promote her new cd "Urgence". She will play ukelele and piano accompanied by Ben Nixon on upright bass.

Very large garage sale fundraiser going to the Care to Learn Daycare Facility. Funds raised will help with field trips, supplies, bus trips, craft items and more. Kitchen items, kids toys, strollers, $1 tables, cotton candy, bake sale. RAIN OR SHINE.

Join Cosmo Keenan (Nelson Internet Marketer) for a presentation that will cause your business to see an increase in revenue in the next 60 days just by employing the internet to draw traffic to your business:

-- Discover how to use an asset you ALREADY have to increase business and sales for your company...

-- Find out the 3 best ways to use the internet that steadily brings in more clients and more customers on a daily basis, even while you sleep...

-- Uncover the secret tactic that top internet marketers use to cause not only initial sales but repeat sales from customers time and time again...

Register for event in contact form:
http://www.trafiknexus.com/contact.php

Please include your:
Name
Business
Phone Number
Website

"The spirit of Little Walter lives on", with Mark Hummel, master west-coast blues harmonica player, and guitar great,
Rusty Zinn, Live at The Royal on Monday, October 25th 7:30 PM.

...Mark Hummel is a road warrior, a true Blues Survivor and Rusty Zinn has backed Charlie Musselwhite, and James Cotton.

Tickets are $15 available at Urban Legends, The Royal and KCR. sponsored by
Legendary Blues Promotions and KCR

So...your networking, your resume and cover letter worked and you have a job interview - now what? Attend this informative session to cover topics such as first impressions, body language and what the questions really mean and how to answer them effectively.


Register early to save your seat.

The West Kootenay EcoSociety invites you to put your passion to work! Join like-minded folks every Tuesday night from 6pm to 8pm to help with a variety of tasks. A couple hours of your time can make a big difference to our farmers’ markets, wilderness protection campaigns, and sustainability programs. Call 354 1909 for more information, or just show up at #206 - 507 Baker St between 6 and 8pm.

The incredible CR Avery is returning to the Ymir Schoolhouse for one night only. Last time he was in town we sold out early!
Get your tickets from the Ymir store or email me carla@undergroundartsrailroad.com .
Tickets are $15.
Door 8pm Show 8:30 sharp
CR Avery is a Canadian legend, amazing poet, beatboxer and can hold an audience like no ones business. He is one of the few performers that you could see three nights in a row and be treated to a completely different show each night!
Dont miss this one the premiere of our season at the season at the Schoolhouse

Find out about apprenticeships,upgrade training certification, funding,certification for experienced but uncertified trade workers, incentive grants, where to start in the trades.

Come and find out what the Nelson Food Cupboard Society has been up to for the past year at our Annual General Meeting. Become a member (Annual Membership Fee is only a $1), find out about volunteer opportunities, or simply learn more about the important work we do to alleviate hunger in our community. Refreshments will be served.

Registration begins at 6:45pm
Meeting commences at 7pm

Arriving in Canada in a shipping container with 497 other refugees, Yakov Libidovitch has high expectations of life in this great country. But does Yakov come with baggage? Or just the track suit on his back?

Join us for a night of terror, from sketchy RCMP detachments to suspicious Russian dudes to marauding Canadian deer. Terror begins at home.

Featuring Nicola Harwood, Brahm Taylor, Lucas Myers, Lisel Forst, Sydney Galbraith, Jonnine Mahonen, Lisa Menna, Geoffry Ferguson, Rose Nielsen, Anneke Rosch and many of their charming and unreliable friends.

$20 Tickets in advance at Eddy’s Music.

A Birthing Yourself Process Workshop is an amazing opportunity to repattern early history in the context of a safe, nurturing small group. There will be a maximum of 7 participants, with Myrna Martin facilitating a 2 hour session with each person. There is time for debriefing and integration after the sessions. Please look on Myrna's website for more details or give her a call. People report true transformation in their current relationships and in their relationship with themselves.

It will be a ‘spooktacular’ Halloween party, Friday October 29th, at 4:30pm in Trafalgar Middle School (enter from Hall St., room #306), when Nelson Youth Theatre presents their new music-filled play, “Monster Mash”!
“Monster Mash” stars the acting talents of Petra Craven-Shreenan, Ivie Luttmer-Locke, Zoe Bingham, Jared May, Mimi Lockhurst, Lennox Lockhurst, Loki Wickman, Hannah Malenfant, Tate Whitman, Maika Houde, Maia Robertson-Weir, Addis Atkinson, Semegn Atkinson, Henry Craven-Shreenan, Tucker Bingham, and London Morgan!
Wear a costume to the show and get in for half-price! (forstmedia.ca for more info) Best costumes win prizes. Tickets at the door for “Monster Mash” are $5 for all-ages.

Arriving in Canada in a shipping container with 497 other refugees, Yakov Libidovitch has high expectations of life in this great country. But does Yakov come with baggage? Or just the track suit on his back?

Join us for a night of terror, from sketchy RCMP detachments to suspicious Russian dudes to marauding Canadian deer. Terror begins at home.

Featuring Nicola Harwood, Brahm Taylor, Lucas Myers, Lisel Forst, Sydney Galbraith, Jonnine Mahonen, Lisa Menna, Geoffry Ferguson, Rose Nielsen, Anneke Rosch and many of their charming and unreliable friends.

$20 Tickets in advance at Eddy’s Music. Limited seating. Not suitable for children or pets.

Arriving in Canada in a shipping container with 497 other refugees, Yakov Libidovitch has high expectations of life in this great country. But does Yakov come with baggage? Or just the track suit on his back?

Join us for a night of terror, from sketchy RCMP detachments to suspicious Russian dudes to marauding Canadian deer. Terror begins at home.

Featuring Nicola Harwood, Brahm Taylor, Lucas Myers, Lisel Forst, Sydney Galbraith, Jonnine Mahonen, Lisa Menna, Geoffry Ferguson, Rose Nielsen, Anneke Rosch and many of their charming and unreliable friends.

$20 Tickets in advance at Eddy’s Music. Limited seating. Not suitable for children or pets.

The Unplugged Sessions opens at noon with Mckye Hildebrand & Derek Voth, both from the Selkirk Music program performing folk and blues. She plays piano, he plays guitar and they combine for sweet harmonies.

Howlin' Dan follows with a rootsy blend of blues with a little twang. His third cd, 5 Lb Hammer, has charted in the top ten on stations in Calgary and Kamloops, received airplay across Canada and in the States. Dan brings a combination of energy and grit that brings every audience a fun and engaging experience, especially if you like lyrics, poetry and strong, catchy songwriting.

We're happy to have Amos Tanguay back to close the afternoon. He sings folk songs reminiscent of a young Bob Dylan with a voice that must be heard.

Two day Foundation Horsemanship clinic. This clinic is good for any started riding horse. Riders will learn to work their horses on the ground in the mornings and ride in the afternoons. Based on the traditions of the Dorrance brothers, Ray Hunt and Buck Brannaman. Cost is $200, limited to 10 riders. Concession will be available for hot lunches. Auditors welcome $15/day.

Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History is pleased to announce the launch of its newest online exhibit Changes Upstream: Along the Kootenay River. The site features a collection of Stanley G. Triggs photographs of the area now known as Lake Koocanusa located on the Kootenay River. The launch of the site will be celebrated at Touchstones Nelson on Saturday, October 30, from 1 to 3 pm. Refreshments will be served after the presentation. Visit our website for more information and to view the exhibit.

Sunday, October 31st, 1:00 - 5:30 pm

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
250-505-7832 or nelsonpranashakty@gmail.com

...Spend your Halloween a bit differently this year!

Healing with Bliss is a new addition to the healing services offered to all by Pranashakty. This is a free healing workshop designed to give access to the healing energies and methods as brought to the world by the Siddhar Swami Ramalinga and the saint Shirdi Baba. These workshops will be offered as seva by the Pranashakty ...Acharaya, in line with the philosophy of Swami Ramalinga and Pranashakty. Only Acharaya, who has received the Ananda Siddhi Diksha from Sri Pranaji, is qualified and authorized to offer the Healing with Bliss workshops.

www.pranashakty.org

Custumers may receive an on-site chair massage; relieving tension in the neck, back and shoulders, while rejuvenating body and mind.

Massage is free for customers, but tips are welcome

1st come .... 1st served

Every Sunday....only at the Cocoa-Nut Lounge

*awesome desserts*wide variety of hot & cold beverages* family friendly atmosphere

Arriving in Canada in a shipping container with 497 other refugees, Yakov Libidovitch has high expectations of life in this great country. But does Yakov come with baggage? Or just the track suit on his back?

Join us for a night of terror, from sketchy RCMP detachments to suspicious Russian dudes to marauding Canadian deer. Terror begins at home.

Featuring Nicola Harwood, Brahm Taylor, Lucas Myers, Lisel Forst, Sydney Galbraith, Jonnine Mahonen, Lisa Menna, Geoffry Ferguson, Rose Nielsen, Anneke Rosch and many of their charming and unreliable friends.

$20 Tickets in advance at Eddy’s Music. Limited seating. Not suitable for children or pets.