Mountain Guide

“I think it’s really beautiful because music brings people together … there’s nothing else that does it in the same way music does."

“There’s a lot of interest in drag right now,” said Ptarmigan Tuck Drag Show host and producer Karla Marx. “It seems like the perfect opportunity to spread a really wonderful queer art and entertain people and make them happy.”

“I am a full-time musician I have no other income,” said Alanna J. Brown. “It’s taken me a few years to get to this point, but unfortunately due to this virus, and understandably … all of my performances have been postponed or cancelled.”

“Richard was a strong independent person always willing to fend for himself and wanting little help from others. He loved a good joke and his laughter was infectious."

“The health and safety of the community is of paramount importance but I think whether it's here or in your personal life I think the arts are even more important in times of heightened circumstances.

“It’s about using fiction as a lever to get people to think about conservation issues, land use issues and environmental issues."

Nat Bailey and Jaron Pham will share their Stories, Lessons and Laughter from their expedition to Cochamó, Chile, hosted by the Alpine Club of Canada’s Rocky Mountain Section on Thursday (March 12). The presentation takes places at Origins at Spring Creek, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

“The programs are helping build competencies in these leaders to be able to live into their dream of self-government ... It helps build healthy communities.”

“What I hope people realize is that shattering of stereotypes,” Stoney Nakoda First Nation member and knowledge keeper Thomas Snow said. “It’s beyond trauma, it’s beyond drug addiction and hurt. We are complete loving, amazing human beings with unique cultures across the land.”

He was a keen climber, a passionate powder skier and skilled professional mountain guide.