Mountain Guide

“I always found a big, big disconnect between the people in the city, urban Calgarians, with the West,” said Way Out West Fest founder Ingrid Schulz. “It kind of tweaked me all the time that urban Calgary wasn’t getting to experience the West the way you should.”

“From that experience, not only has my English improved, but my confidence, and even mental health improved … it’s good to move forward."

“We’re very excited to be reopening to celebrate our fifth birthday. We’re excited to be able celebrate and that we’re able to welcome back our community back to artsPlace and we can’t wait to connect with everyone."

“If you look back 50, 60, 100 years ago, art and music and performance are wildly different, so I think that’s what we’re supposed to do as artists is adapt and bring people comfort throughout that transition and adaptation process."

“It inspired people to get creative under difficult circumstances – it was an outlet to concentrate on something while being on lockdown.”

"The views are beautiful for starters, and the outhouses are sort of the unsung heroes so to speak. They are vital structures – you know everybody poops."

“I feel that Canmore is a strong community that cares a lot, but there’s a lot of people here that are not represented and they have to go to Banff or Calgary to take part in a Pride event."

“I definitely love fitness competitions because I love the work I have to do to get there,” said Canmore’s Katherine Kearney. “Pageantry is different because I had to do different work to get there. I had to really emphasize who am I, what am I about, and what do I want see in myself.”

Canmore’s Northern Quarter and Banff’s Amelie Patterson are nominated for the 2020 Calgary Music Awards

"Bilbo going up against a dragon and being so resilient, it lends itself to our directors looking at the ever-changnig face of COVID-19," said Marcus Williams, who plays the wise elf lord Elrond in the upcoming Canmore Summer Theatre Festival production of The Hobbit.