A group that has been showing independent films each month finally has the opportunity to show a project by local filmmakers.
The Dogtooth Mountain Film Group are screening Zoe Slusar and Bailey Kerluke’s first feature-length movie on Monday at The Stop in Black Diamond.
Slusar and Kerluke, who are both Oilfields High School graduates, wrote, starred, filmed and produced “Summer School” in 2009, completing the project earlier this winter. Their debut screening was held at The Plaza Theatre in Calgary last month, which was where Dogtooth Mountain Film Group organizer Larry Ashmore …

The Okotoks Art Gallery at The Station is presenting several opportunities for children, adults, families and seniors to learn about aspects of Japanese culture inspired by the “From Geisha to Diva” exhibit.
For adults, two Art After Dark @ OAG events feature an evening of sipping wine while learning about Japanese culture. On Jan. 14 curator Barry Till will discuss the role geishas played in Japanese society over the past two centuries. On Feb. 4 Dr. Rochelle Yamagishi will discuss the history of four generations of Japanese in southern Alberta. Both …

For most North Americans, geisha symbolized Japanese beauty, but they were more talented – and more respected – than the beauty pageant winners we have on this continent.
A traveling exhibition at the Okotoks Art Gallery at The Station (OAG) for the next two months will offer a window into the traditional geisha culture through the intricate beauty of one woman’s kimonos.
At an opening reception on Friday for the exhibition “From Geisha to Diva: The Kimono of Ichimaru” members of the public will have a unique opportunity to have a close …

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A country music star will be among the locals helping the foothills area celebrate the Olympic torch making a stop in High River.
George Canyon, a Juno and Canadian Country Music Association award winner, will headline the celebration on the outdoor stage at the Olympic Winter Games event on Jan. 18. Canyon will be joined by Okotoks singer and radio personality Melanie Laine.
Canyon began playing guitar and singing at age five in Nova Scotia, but he and …

The Okotoks Public Library has a great new resource for local book clubs.
The Book Club-in-a-Box kits contain six copies of a title and a reading group discussion guide. Plus, the kits have an extended loan period of six weeks to ensure book club members have enough time to get the required reading completed.
“We’re really excited to offer our new Book-Club-in-a-Box kits. There are quite a few ongoing book clubs in our community and we wanted to help them by putting together these kits,” said assistant librarian Caleigh Haworth.
Within each kit …

Two western performers are having the time of their lives touring and telling stories about the ranching way of life.
In January cowboy poet Doris Daley and singer-songwriter Eli Barsi and will get comfortable at The Stop in Black Diamond for an evening of good times and good music.
Barsi, who grew up in Kennedy, Saskatchewan, performs a combination of traditional and original Western-roots, gospel and folk songs on mandolin and guitar.
Living in Nashville and Branson, Missouri the Canadian talent has been cultivating her career and to date has released 10 albums …

A comedian who has an arm’s length fondness for the sport of curling will be helping the Oilfields Curling Club warm up its 50th anniversary.
On Jan. 2, Calgary comedian Jebb Fink will perform as the culmination of the three-day Frosty Rocks Outdoor Bonspiel — adding in his own odd observation of the beloved Canadian sport.
“It’s the one sport that Canada can hang onto and keep the Americans from screwing up,” said Fink, who moved here from the United States 22 years ago. “It’s still a big European sport, though – …

The Town of Turner Valley is inviting foothills residents to bundle up the children, grab the skates and head to the Flare ‘n’ Derrick for New Year’s Eve.
For the second consecutive year, the Town of Turner Valley is hosting a free party designed to entertain youngsters and draw together friends and neighbours for an evening of celebration — with time leftover to get the children in bed and still enjoy a few hours before midnight strikes.
Turner Valley resident Carli Libbus said she and her husband Mike are planning on going …

Plenty of fun and games will ensure local youth are tuckered out by the time the fireworks close Okotoks’ annual New Year’s Eve party, leaving the young ones ready for bed and the adults ready for their own brand of fun.
The Town of Okotoks is hosting the Kids’ New Year’s Eve Party 2009 at the Okotoks Recreation Centre on Dec. 31. The activities run from noon to 4 p.m. and the party will come to a close at 8 p.m. when the fireworks ring in the New Year.
“My kids had …

I have a huge flock of redpolls at my feeder.  Perhaps this will be the winter that they are plentiful.  Some winters we see very few.
Something is certainly taking advantage of the suet feeder, but I have a feeling it is the magpies. I have a black squirrel, there are lots of deer tracks and my neighbour saw two moose earlier this week, so the wild things are getting through the winter.
Whist will resume on Jan. 5 and the line dancers will have a post Christmas luncheon after dancing on …