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December

December 22

The Banff Centre hosts 2011 Avalanche Awareness Night

November

November 10

Epic California climbing history wins 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize

November 8

2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner travels into remote Peruvian culture
Jason Burlage’s Mi Chacra digs deep into the life of a porter on the Inca Trail

November 5

Geoffrey Farmer creates new work with God’s Dice

October

October 20

2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports and cultural films

October 8

Best-selling writer, humanitarian Greg Mortenson headlines 2010 Banff Mountain Festival

September

September 30

Blues virtuoso Robert Cray kicks off The Banff Centre’s fall Visiting Artists Series

September 28

Mountaineer and alpine rescue trailblazer Peter Fuhrmann awarded 2010 Summit of Excellence Award

September 9

Catch Robert Cray, BJM Danse, Béla Fleck, more at The Banff Centre this Fall

September 7

The Banff Centre highlights Alberta Arts Days celebration with opera, artwalks, community barbecue

September 6

Cecilia String Quartet wins first prize at the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition

September 5

Three finalists announced in 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition

August

August 20

2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition ready to go live on the air

August 20

The Banff Centre partners with Banff galleries, museums, performance groups for Alberta Arts Days celebration

August 10

Banff Mountain Festival names Joni Cooper as new programming director

August 3

Singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer brings a “Little Fire” to The Banff Centre August 10

August 3

Melanie Gilligan opens film narrative on the global financial crisis at Banff’s Walter Phillips Gallery

July

July 26

The Banff Centre opens the Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation July 24, 2010
Centre completes $100-million revitalization project by architects Diamond + Schmitt

July 13

Choreographer Kevin O’Day premieres Face to Face at the Banff Summer Arts Festival

July 12

Broadway star Eden Espinosa takes on title role in new musical, Loulou The Acrobat

June

June 25

Doctor Atomic composer John Adams conducts at The Banff Centre July 2

June 25

Ian Brown, Paul Tough, John Macfarlane talk literary non-fiction in Banff

June 25

Swamp-tech dance music, puppets mix it up at The Banff Centre July 10

June 21

All-star Canadian artists celebrate Banff National Park’s 125th on July 3

June 15

Beyond Words reveals the mysteries in the art of literary translation

June 11

Cree writer Tomson Highway brings cabaret to Banff for National Aboriginal Day

June 7

Banff International Literary Translation Centre hosts Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill

June 2

Marilyn Monroe-themed contemporary opera previews at The Banff Centre June 12

May

May 25

Wen Wei Dance previews Beijing Modern Dance Company collaboration on June 4

May 20

Kevin O’Day chosen for The Banff Centre’s first Koerner Award in Choreography

May 17

Cenovus Energy and Encana Corporation support will build a Community of Leaders in Western Canada

May 10

Ron Terada returns to painting after a ten-year hiatus, opens at the Walter Phillips Gallery

May 7

Join the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Walter Phillips Gallery in the woods for the unveiling of a new public art commission

April

April 26

2010 Banff Summer Arts Festival showcases new creative work in opera, music, dance

April 21

Banff International String Quartet Competition announces 2010 quartets

March

March 22

Henk Guittart and Barry Shiffman appointed Co-Artistic Directors of Music at The Banff Centre

March 18

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba mixes Afro-Cuban, flamenco, traditional dance at The Banff Centre

March 12

Soweto Gospel Choir brings sounds of South Africa to The Banff Centre March 19

February

February 24

Suzanne Vega brings classically bohemian cool to The Banff Centre March 5

February 2

The Banff Centre previews new contemporary dance work, en route to 2010 Cultural Olympiad

January

January 21

The Banff Centre brings Vancouver documentary film festival, filmmakers to the Rockies

January 17

Banff Centre original one-man show tells the story of guitar legend Lenny Breau

January 13

Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson brings Venice Biennale project to Banff

January 4

L.A.-based photographer Maegan Hill-Carroll wins 2010 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award

January 4

The Banff Centre premieres new work by contemporary dancers Robert Glumbek, Kevin O’Day, Luches Huddleston Jr.