The Banff Centre is Canada's creative leader in arts and culture.
Our mission is Inspiring Creativity.
In our powerful mountain setting, artists and leaders from around the world create, perform, share skills and explore ideas.
Our mission is Inspiring Creativity.
In our powerful mountain setting, artists and leaders from around the world create, perform, share skills and explore ideas.
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- Location:
- Banff, AB, T1L 1H5
- Phone:
- 1.403.762.6100
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Another beautiful bluebird morning here in Banff. How about some contemporary music to start off your weekend. Listen to the St. Lawrence String Quartet perform a new John Adams piece, a co-commission between The Banff Centre, the Julliard School, and Stanford University.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20
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CBC Radio 2 is Canada’s national music network. Delivering the best recordings and performances from Canada’s concert halls, clubs, studios and festival stages to your car, office and living room 24 hours a day.
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One of our favourite bands, Blue Rodeo is coming here in January. Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon. More: http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/calenda
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From Canadian band Blue Rodeo's 1994 album Five Days In July.
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Hope everyone had a great time at the Mountain Festivals this weekend. Congrats to Canmore locals Leanne Allison and Karsten Heuer for the Grand Prize winner Finding Farley. For the list of all the winners: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountaincultur
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When filmmakers Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison, along with their two-year-old son Zev and indomitable dog Willow, set out to retrace the literary footsteps of Farley Mowat, they meant it literally. Their ...
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National Geographic is here and blogging from the Mountain Festivals: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blog
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After about nine hours in the air and two more in a van—during which I was the only one who opted for the optional blanket—I have finally arrived in what I think is the most beautiful place on Earth: Banff, Canada.
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We had a fresh dusting of snow here in Banff this morning. It was enough to get us excited for the beginning of ski season! What better way to welcome winter than coming up to the Mountain Festivals. Visit the book fair and trade show, and finish off the weekend with the Best of the Festival Sunday night. More: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountaincultur
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Banff Crag & Canyon - Tuesday, October 20Canmore Leader - Wednesday, October 21 Mountain Equipment Co-op, Calgary - Friday, October 23 Track’n Trail, Edmonton - Friday, October 23The Columbia Valley Pioneer - Friday October 23
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Mountain Festivals update! Still tickets available for Friday night with speed-climber Ueli Steck and Saturday night with ultra-marathon runner Dean Karnazes. Also, lots of free events to check out. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountaincultur
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Wow! This is real alpinism!
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Calling all Playwrights! Application deadline for Banff Playwrights Colony 2010 is this Friday November 6. Join this year's Senior Playwright-in-Residence Tomson Highway.
More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
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It's time to get stoked for winter at the Snow Show tomorrow night! Also, you still have a chance to grab a seat and listen to Chris Sharma, sport climbing rock star, and Mike Fay, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Thursday night. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountaincultur
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The award winning producers at Teton Gravity Research (TGR) present their newest 16mm and HD film, Re: Session. This project takes viewers beyond the traditional ski and snowboard movie into a revolutionary realm of action sports entertainment. ...
The Banff Centre You have two awesome options for Banff Centre events tonight. One, a free Leadership Development workshop in work-life balance, and the other being the documentary Food Inc. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/
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Release Date: 12 June 2009 Genre: Documentary Cast: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser Director: Robert Kenner Writer: Robert Kenner Studio: Magnolia Pictures Plot: An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
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It's that time of year again...The Banff Mountain Film Festival kicks off this weekend with an exceptional list of feature length films screening at noon, 3:30 and 7:30pm. All tickets $9. More: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountaincultur
Here is a sneak peak at one of the awesome films!
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Brought to you by our friends at Freeride Entertainment, the trailer for the latest NWD film will probably give you a concussion. Get your ass to Vegas for the premiere on September 23, 2009. http://www.nwdfilms.com/new/
The Banff Centre Looking for something to do this afternoon in Banff? Come listen to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Curator’s Talk at 4 p.m. in the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building or enjoy the beautiful sounds of the Midweek Medley up in the Rolston at 4:30 p.m. Oh yeah, we have a new homepage as well. Let us know what you think.
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The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility located in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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The constant evolution of technology is changing the way we are doing everything, including literary practice. Join us for In(ter)ventions - Literary Practice at the Edge: A Gathering, three day conference. Early bird registration deadline is this Friday, October 30. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
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In(ter)ventions — Literary Practice At The Edge: A Gathering is a conference unlike any held previously in Canada. Over the course of three days, more than two dozen presenters and performers will create a context for the demonstration and discussion of cutting-edge literary practice. ...
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Are you around Banff this weekend and looking for something to do? It's time to get ready for Halloween! The Ghost and the Machine with artist Diana Burgoyne is a workshop where you make a piece of fruit, a box, or even your friend scream! This two-hour workshop introduces you to simple electronics. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/calenda
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Check out Regie Cabico, 2010 Spoken Word faculty, on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam". Now accepting applications to the annual Spoken Word Residency, the first of its kind! More info here: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
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"You Bring Out The Writer In Me" Regie Cabico Season 4, Episode 5 (S04 E05) Original Air Date: 15 August 2004
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Wow! Our Indie bands are busy! New tracks already and the residency just started three days ago. Come check them out at the two upcoming shows: http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/2009/fa
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