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
The Banff Centre
Now accepting applications to the Almost Perfect Residency. The month-long residency looks to explore location-based artwork and the repercussions of producing work for place, and in particular in outdoor and non-urban contexts. Application deadline December 5. More: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
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The Banff New Media Institutes Almost Perfect Co-production Residency is an annual, concentrated experimental prototyping lab exploring the creation and context of location.
The Banff Centre Way to go Thibault for winning two tickets to the BidiniBand show this Saturday. For those thinking of going, there are still tickets available. Maybe watching this will entice you! Saturday November 21, 7:30 p.m.
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Dave Bidini's new band the BidiniBand opens up game 4 of the Pittsburgh and Carolina series on CBC with the title track off the new album "The Land Is Wild"
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First fan of The Banff Centre to name a Rheostatics song wins two tickets to the Bidini band this Saturday here at The Banff Centre. Tickets still avalable:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/present
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The Banff Centre The Banff Mountain Film Festival 2009/10 World Tour intro video is now live! How can you not get excited when you watch this?
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The North American intro to the 2009/2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.
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Congrats to Susan Ouriou, program director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC) here at The Banff Centre, for winning Governor General award for translation! We are now accepting applications to 2010 BILTC. More info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
Source: www.canadacouncil.ca
The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and translators and in the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, non fiction, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation.
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A great opportunity for new media producers and artists. Four days of intensive mentorship by staff and guest advisors as well as business plan advice and presentation skills training among other benefits. Oh yeah, and the most important part...15 full scholarships available! More: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/progr
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Accelerate your new media future with industry leaders and new media visionaries. This four-day-day program presented by the Banff New Media Institute and Telefilm Canada will help you refine new media ...
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Calling all writers! Still accepting applications for the 2010 Writing Studio. Designed for literary writers at an early stage in their careers, this program offers an extended period of uninterrupted writing time, and one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors. More info: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx
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The writing experience I had at Banff was one of the most exciting and frightening and rewarding experiences of my life. I value that time deeply.
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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
Source: blogs.nationalgeographic.com
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. ...
