Community
• March 1, Community Volunteer Income Tax Program begins. Free-of-charge service to low income individuals who satisfy certain limits and restrictions. First-come basis. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. at Trail Senior Citizens’ Branch, Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Kate’s Kitchen on Rossland Avenue, Wednesdays from 9-11 a.m. at Trail FAIR, Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. at Beaver Valley Manor and Fridays 9-11 a.m. in Esling Park Lodge, Rossland. Runs until April 21.
• Tuesday, Bailey Theatre, 3:30 p.m. Free Beginner Teen Dance Workshop with Project Soul. Street dancers from Vancouver are taking the West Kootenays by storm with workshops, school performances and shows in Nelson and Trail.
Music
• Thursday, Jazz at the Griff, 7:30 p.m. Trail drummer Tony Ferraro will be joining the Mike Fahie Quartet. Features New York-based trombonist Mike Fahie, Nelson’s Rob Fahie on double bass and guitarist Doug Stephenson, performing jazz re-imaginings of Bach, Tchaikovsky and other classical composers.
Gallery
• VISAC Gallery showing ‘Young Minds, Emerging Thoughts.’ Features three artists, Madeline Grace-Wood, Kaylee Colquhoun, and Ivana Waning from J.L. Crowe. Adding to the art works, VISAC will be creating an installation piece to be grown inside the exhibit.
Film
Saturday, Royal Theatre, 9:55 a.m. The MET Opera plays Rusalka. A lake in the forest, in fairy-tale times. The water nymph Rusalka sits sadly by the water as wood nymphs sing and dance.
• Sunday, Royal Theatre, 4:30 p.m. Sunday Cinema presents The Salesman. Story of a Tehran couple who, while starring in an amateur production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, are forced to leave their apartment due to a dangerous construction project.
Upcoming
• March 3, Sacred Heart Church, Rossland. 1:30 p.m. for 2017 World Day of Prayer Service written by the women of the Philippines. All are welcome.
• March 18, Trail United Church, 10 a.m. until noon for St. Patrick’s Day Coffee Party in Knox Hall. Bake and toonie tables. Admission by donation, all welcome.