Mountain Guide

Morley Pride fundraiser happening this Saturday.

“When I picture food paintings, I picture like old baroque oil paintings, really kind of different to the food I eat so I wanted to do more fun foods like ice creams and burgers and then at some point I just started putting a twist on them and it seemed so perfect that they all have to have a twist now."

@zedlacher has been a comedian in Canada for over 20 years and now, for the first time, he’ll bring his act to Canmore's artsPlace #CanadianComedy #PeteZedlacher

"I write music to convey struggle that I’ve experienced, with the hope to help other people,” Anderson said. “Our job as songwriters is to make people feel something. Whether it’s happiness, or maybe it’s sadness, or maybe it’s, you know, whatever. I just like to give them something where they feel like they’ve benefited. For me playing, a lot of times it’s like therapy, and it’s healing.”

“Who doesn't like a concert in the park? Nobody does these anymore,” said Jon Frolick from behind his drums on the Banff gazebo stand.

“All the artists are bringing work that they might have started that day, are finishing that day or maybe they kind of bring it half-way started, but if you like what the artist is doing and you can buy it right on the spot before it’s even finished, which is really exciting because it kind of gives you a little bit more connection to the painting and seeing it being made."

“That was a big reason I wanted to make the website was to just give people one more tool in their toolbox to get these messages out. It’s attractive, it’s fun and it’s just one of many, many ways to try and help educate both visitors and residents."

Starting Thursday (Aug. 8), the Mountain Culture Summit at artsPlace in Canmore is a full five days of films, events and workshops focusing on the culture of the mountains and some of the talents within them

"We have to live light enough to see the humour and long enough to see the change – and I really love that lyric. I think that it’s kind of informed some of my work for sure as a songwriter and that it’s important to have some light as you work for certain kinds of social change.”

The new eight-part series Growing Together as part of the Stories for Caregivers initiative produced and edited by three Banff locals aims to open up discussion about just that