RURAL SKILLS & Networking Opportunities
We are very proud of our Rural Skills Programs and the local specialists
who donate their time and materials to teach fellow community members valuable rural skills.
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Some of our past workshops have included:
Raising and slaughtering your own chickens
Gardening
Canning your harvest
Rural Water and septic systems
Plumbing
Fencing
Fruit Tree Pruning
Tuning up your vehicle
Chainsaw Maintenance
Small engine maintenance
Some new workshops we are visioning:
Green Building Techniques
Organic gardening and certification
Building your own cold storage
Ideas?
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We've done a lot in the past, and we're not planning on slowing down any time soon !
UP CLOSE & INTIMATE
Culture Series
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Our Up-Close and Intimate Culture Series is just that - up close and intimate. Performers and audience alike love the intimacy and warmth of the building. Here's a sampling of past acts we have brought in:
The Kootenay Divas
Scott Thompson (from Kids in the Hall)
Bob Wiseman
The Pied Pumkins
Rick Scott
Country Joe (of Country Joe and the Fish fame)
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We have enjoyed working with local event promoters and performers to co-present cultural talent we think our community would like. Some of the past relationships we have developed are:
LUCAS MYERS
FLiKS
SLOCAN VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL
FULL MOON MEDICINE EVENTS COLLECTIVE
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THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVES SERIES
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An ongoing series on Topics of our Times.
Often controversial, these are issues that matter to our community and we try our darndest to have representation from all perspectives, in a civil discussion format. |
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RARTS has has a long histroy of incubating new ideas and organizations.
If you have an idea for a program or community service that you think fits in with our porposes, contact us and talk aobut how we can work together to make your community vision happen.
Some organizations we have sponsored and worked with:
Bee Awareness Society
Dumont Creek Burial Society
West Kootenay Permaculture Association
