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2008 Media Releases

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December

December 23

Avalanche Awareness Night
 

November

November 24

The Banff Centre and province of Alberta launch electric vehicle pilot project

November 19

Garry Neill Kennedy recreates 1981 installation in The Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery

November 13

Executive sous-chef Chris Thomson wins gold at the IKA World Culinary Olympics

November 12

Aventa New Music receives first Banff Production Residency

November 9

Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner searches for vanishing culture

November 6

Sid Marty, Robert MacFarlane share 2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize

October

October 31

2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists feature tales of adventure, survival, exploration

October 27

“Final Three” selected for the Bow Valley’s Mountain Idol event

October 27

Stay connected anytime, anywhere, with The Banff Centre on iTunes U

October 17

2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports, and cultural films

October 15

CBC Radio 2 and Espace musique launch Evolution, a contemporary music composition competition

October 10

Walter Phillips Gallery to host solo show by Dagmara Genda

October 7

Daniel MacIvor wins Banff Centre 75th Anniversary playwriting competition

October 2

Rim Lit Climber wins 2008 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize

September

September 30

Acclaimed alpinists Peter Habeler, Jim Donini headline 2008 Banff Mountain Festivals

September 29

Appalachian environmental documentary among 2008 Banff Mountain Grant winners

September 26

Mountaineer Don Vockeroth awarded 2008 Summit of Excellence Award

September 26

Traditional songs relive stories of freedom, lost love at The Banff Centre October 4

September 26

St. Lawrence String Quartet celebrates 20th anniversary
at The Banff Centre October 2

September 19

The Banff Centre and Prairie Debut bring Chopin, Vivaldi around Alberta

September 9

Banff New Media Institute attracts world-class researcher Pamela Jennings

September 9

Andrew Skurka talks about epic hike at The Banff Centre September 16

September 5

The Banff Centre celebrates Alberta Arts Day September 6

August

August 25

Alberta Ballet previews extended version of The Fiddle and the Drum September 5

August 22

Banff Summer Arts Festival wraps up with party in the Bison Courtyard

August 13

Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir perform Carmina Burana

August 12

Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre program previews Pride and Prejudice August 21

July

July 31

Top young dancers on stage in August for The Banff Centre’s Festival Dance

July 31

Habib Koité and Bamada bring African grooves to The Banff Centre

July 23

Operatic offerings connect past, present, and future at The Banff Centre

July 18

Rebecca Belmore recreates seminal 1991 work developed at The Banff Centre

July 18

Jeff Kovitz, QC, new chair of The Banff Centre Board of Governors

July 15

Bill McKibben brings new century environmentalism to The Banff Centre August 2

July 10

Walter Phillips Gallery highlights 30 years of visual arts at The Banff Centre

June

June 26

The Banff Centre’s conversation series offers insight into non-fiction

June 25

Red Sky Performance previews Mongolia, China, Canada collaboration July 3 to 5 Production will tour in September to the Beijing Olympics Cultural Festival

June 23

Music, opera alumni highlight The Banff Centre’s 75th anniversary gala weekend

June 23

Jill Barber brings folk/alternative style to The Banff Centre July 4

June 18

Banff International Translation Centre hosts Giller Prize-winning writer Elizabeth Hay

June 18

Spirit of the West to play outdoor show at The Banff Centre June 29

June 17

$1-Million Nexen Chair in Aboriginal Leadership will research Canadian success stories

June 17

The Last Polar Bear bound for The Banff Centre June 24

June 17

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks brings new show to
The Banff Centre June 18

June 14

Two performers honoured with Galaxie Rising Stars of the CBC award

June 5

Gryphon Trio, Barry Shiffman kick off Banff Centre summer music series

June 3

Bernard Labadie receives The Banff Centre’s National Arts Award

May

May 28

Alberta Foundation for the Arts supports Banff Centre art commission

May 26

World’s top trumpeters travel to The Banff Centre in June

May 23

Robert Glumbek wins Banff Centre’s 2008 Clifford E. Lee Award for Choreography

May 23

The Banff Centre and Banff high school students go on a Magical History Tour June 6 and 7

May 23

Citytv Scholarships will benefit Aboriginal artists

May 23

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal to preview new work at The Banff Centre May 29

May 7

2008 Banff Summer Arts Festival celebrates 75 years of Inspiring Creativity

May 6

Enbridge donates $1 million to support Aboriginal program building at The Banff Centre; first in Canada

May 2

Arnold Spohr endowment to bring top dance teachers to The Banff Centre

April

April 11

Million-dollar Jarislowsky endowment will bring master artists to The Banff Centre

April 4

Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life donate to Banff Centre

April 3

Poetry goes live at The Banff Centre April 11 – 12

March

March 29

The Banff Centre announces dancers, faculty for new Professional Dance Program

March 13

The Banff Centre receives donation to the tune of $150,000 from TD Canada Trust

March 11

The Banff Centre and Alliance Pipeline announce Leadership Development scholarship winners

March 7

The Banff Centre announces $25,000 playwriting competition

March 5

Banff International String Quartet Competition winners launch North American tour

March 5

Sather family donates historic residence to The Banff Centre

February

February 26

The Banff Centre appoints Steven Ross Smith Director of Literary Arts

February 13

Athabasca oil sands story told at Mountain Culture and Environment Speakers’ Series

February 11

The Banff Centre introduces first Indie Band Residency

February 11

Walter Phillips Gallery to host exhibition on nationhood and identity

February 11

Walter Phillips Gallery opens Attila Richard Lukacs, Barbara Spohr exhibitions

February 2

The Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program announced

February 2

BC Arts Council and The Banff Centre partner on new residency program

February 1

Quebecor Fund scholarship will bring Ontario producers to Banff

February 1

The Banff Centre names Kelly Robinson director of Theatre Arts

January

January 28

Dance collaboration to bring Canada’s future ballet stars to Banff

January 22

Banff Centre chef named best in Canada by the International Association of Conference Centres

January 11

The Banff Centre celebrates 75th Anniversary in 2008

January 10

Mountain Culture and Environment Speakers’ Series explores a sustainable world

January 9

Kerry Stauffer appointed director of Creative Electronic Environment at The Banff Centre 

January 4

Scrap Arts Concert Launches Banff Centre’s 75th Anniversary

January 3

Avalanche Awareness Night