May 7 Ladies Come Cure Your Mid-Week Blues Pura Vida Foundation Presents - Bachelor Auction! Wednesday May 7, 2008 at the SpiritBar Exciting Dates with Terrific Bachelors A Chocolate Fountain! Hors d'Oeuvres! Great Door Prizes! Toonie Auction! Doors open at 6pm Auction Begins at 6:30pm Tickets $20 - For Sale At: Kootenay Valley Financial Services (619 Front St), Always Up Front Pawn Shop (519 Front St), Contact Marni at (250) 505-2454 or mjb82@shaw.ca or at the SpiritBar on May 7. Limited Number of Tickets for Sale Cash or Check Only (for both ticket purchases and for the auction) SpiritBar , 06:00

May 9 to May 10 7th Annual Nelson Garden Festival Opening event: May 9, 7 to 9 pm, Anglican Church Hall, Ward St. Secrets from Zone 6 - a slide show and workshops with 4 of area's best gardeners. Mother's Day Saturday May 10, 10 to 3 pm. 300 Block Baker St. Day long sale of plants, garden ornaments and all kinds of local products to enhance everyone's garden and gardening skills. Nelson

May 9 to May 10 Festivals & Markets 2008 A Celebration of Kootenay Creativity, Sustainability and Agriculture in Nelson. For more info contact (250) 354-1909 (May 9)Anglican Church Hall, (May10) Festival Baker Street

May 9 Surrey Children's Choir Take mom out for Mother's Day and enjoy the talented group of 30 young award winning voices under the direction of Stephen Horning. Tickets are $8 for children and $12 for adults. Proceeds go to the Interac Club (young Rotarians) raising money to go to Roatan to do International community work at an Aids clinic. Tickets available at The Cellar (2067 Columbia Avenue, Rossland) and The Cornerstone Cafe (Warfield). Info at www.rosslandcac.com Have a listen to these talented youth on April 30 at 4pm live on CBC Radio as finalists in the amateur choir contest. Rossland Miners Hall , 07:30

May 10 to May 11 Terry Walgren Memorial Tournament Girls Soccer Tournament. May 10th and 11th 2008For more info contact E-mail palmanage@shaw.ca Contact: Kim Palfenier 250/229-5646 Lakeside Park

May 17 to Mar 18 Kaslo May Days The weekend begins with the choosing of the May Queen on Friday. Saturday and Sunday are filled with logger sport competitions, ball games, carnival games, car show and craft faire. On Monday watch the parade and relax to music in the park. It is a festival not to be missed. For more info contact: http://kaslovisitorguide.com/index.php?section=Events Kaslo

May 17 Tim Hus - Cowboy Canadiana Singer Songwriter Kootenay Coop Radio Presents - Tim Hus. The Alberta based singer with the black hat and easygoing personality is a captivating and crowd pleasing performer who easily draws listeners into the settings of his storytelling brand of down to earth country and roots music. Tim's distinctive songwriting and spirited performances by the members of his dynamic band stand as a cornerstone of authentic Canadiana! Tickets $10 at the Door Finley's Irish Bar and Grill , 10:00

May 21 to May 22 AMAZONES - Master Women Drummers with Adham Shaikh AMAZONES COME TO THE QUEEN CITY! sonicturtle.com , Peter Schramm and Mountain Thunder Presents this special evening. The Amazones- Master Women Drummers are coming to Nelson to share an evening with Adham Shaikh at Spiritbar. On this tour, they will be accompanied by 3 men drummers hailing from the National Ballet of Guinea. The djembe drum originated in Guinea and is home to many of the foremost African drummers in the world. The djembe is not traditionally played by women, in fact it was taboo for them to do so. This is what makes the Amazones so revolutionary. They have proven that they can not only play the djembe, but excel at it! You will see them thundering at Spiritbar! DOORS AT 8 PM SHOWTIME 9:30 PM Tickets $18 advance at Eddy Music Info: http://www.amazoneswomandrummers.com http://www.mountainthunderpresents.com/ (250) 352-5717 Sponsored by the Kootenay Express and Kootenay Co-op Radio. Spiritbar, Hume Hotel, Nelson , 08:00

May 22 to May 23 Innovation for Entrepreneurs Conference Through a program of workshops and guest speakers, conference attendees will develop a sound knowledge of the innovation process and be inspired by the stories of other innovators. Presenting agencies include: NRC-IRAP/SR&ED/BDC/NSERC/BCIC/MITACS/DFAIT /TradeStart BC. Keynote Speaker: Jayne Seagrave-"Lessons for the Innovation Road" For more information visit www.kast.com Prestige Lakeside Resort Nelson , 10:00

May 23 John Kaplan's Makin Magic Show Don't miss John Kaplan's Makin Magic Show May 23rd at Trafalgar Secondary School Nelson. This event is presented by AI Collinson School. This is an all ages family event that gets underway at 7pm. The show lasts approximately 90 minutes. Please us the Hall Street Entrance Tickets are available at Eddie Music, Mountain Baby, Pixie Candy Shoppe, or through AI Collinson School Traflagar Secondary School , 07:00

May 23 to May 27 Selkirk College Fine Woodworking Year End Show May 23 to May 25, opening reception occurring from 7 to 9 p.m. that same evening, Friday from 9am to 9 am Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info contact 354-3265 Nelson Trading Company , 09:00

May 30 Acoustic guitar, nature spirits, virtuoso psychedelia Bridge Guitar Reviews in the Netherlands has called him “a genius on the acoustic guitar”, a daily newspaper in Arabia calls his music “so much the colour of love” and Banyen Sound in Vancouver describes it as “a mapless sea of beautiful riffs and tender heart windows”. In 2004, after playing 33 years as a spiritual practice, and having composed only two songs, his encounter with an Amazonian Shipibo healer and the rigorous medicine ceremonies they practice triggered a sixteen month wave of virtuoso composition. This work resulted in two CD recordings and the decision to begin to play publicly. “The chants I was hearing in these Shipibo ceremonies were amazingly sophisticated and complex, and their power was something I had not heard since the late sixties, when I saw Duke Ellington with his full orchestra. It was astounding to hear all that coming from one single person chanting. It literally dissolved my world.” Originally from the remote northern Vancouver Island village of Winter Harbour, Michael Waters’ pathway to performing has been long and unusual. It has taken him through ten years of traveling the world, encounters with musicians from classical to indigenous traditions, and finally a breakthrough after 35 years that has put him into the public sphere of performance. Nelson United Church , 08:00

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