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2025
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From Brooklyn's concrete jungle to the heart of the Everglades, meet George McKenzie Jr., a Black photographer transforming his lens into a beacon of change. Swapping the weight of a gun for the promise of a camera, George found his calling amid nature's raw grandeur, capturing everything from city pigeons and rats to elusive panthers.
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Dark-skinned man with glasses wearing a light blue shirt is standing in front of a blue white and red flag hanging off a wood wall.
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United States
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coarse language

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Year
2025
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Three Belgian big-wallers endure eighteen days of howling snowstorms, frozen feet, and gnarly runouts in their attempt to make a long-coveted alpine first ascent.
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Man wearing yellow jacket climbing a big wall. Background shows a second man and glacier at the bottom.
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United States
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coarse language, nudity

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28.00Mins
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Year
2024
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Traveling by packraft and foot through Alaska’s mighty Brooks Range, Roman Dial and his team have a goal of finding the source of a mysterious phenomenon poisoning watersheds in the Arctic. Along the journey, Roman reckons with fatherhood, personal tragedy, and the power of wilderness to both break us and bring us fully alive.
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From the film Arctic Alchemy, photo by Jayme Dittmar
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No
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United States
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coarse language

Minutes Duration
29.00Mins
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Year
2024
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As the ice climbing season grows shorter each year, ice and mixed climber Jeff Mercier is driven into Iceland’s unforgiving glacial landscape. Faced with an ever-shifting medium and treacherous terrain, Jeff pushes his own limits as well as the boundaries of his sport.
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From the film Ephemeral, photo by Josiah Jones
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Yes
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United States
Minutes Duration
33.00Mins
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Submitted by Nicky Lynch vi… on
Year
2025
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Join adventurers Erik and Sarah on yet another outrageous Baffin Vacation as they kiteski north along the remote coastline of Baffin. Over their 69-day holiday, they ski mountains, climb an epic big wall, and cross a glacier in search of new rivers to whitewater kayak.
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Two people pulling kayaks on a glacier
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No
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Canada
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coarse language, nudity

Minutes Duration
26.00Mins
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Year
2025
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The Finisher is a chronicle of Jasmin Paris' groundbreaking achievement at the 2024 Barkley Marathons, where she became the first woman to complete the race in its 38-year history — defying long-held beliefs that no woman could ever achieve it. From her previous failed attempts to her triumphant finish — Paris’ resilience shines in one of the world’s most brutal endurance challenges.
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Tanya Tagaq, photo by Celina Kalluk.

 

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Kicking off this week, Banff Centre will host a performance this winter to warm you up after a day in the cold outdoors, no matter your interest, including names like Tanya Tagaq, Aysanabee, The Barra MacNeils, People Watching, and more.

BANFF, AB, NOVEMBER 19, 2025 – As many flock to Banff, Alberta as the temperatures drop to hit the slopes, there’s another cool reason to head to Banff National Park this season. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity begins a busy winter of must-see performances on campus that are the perfect après-ski activity for locals, Albertans, and visitors alike.

On the heels of a record-breaking 50th anniversary Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, which exceeded box office and attendance records from November 1-9, 2025, the campus is ready to welcome some of the most celebrated artists in music, circus, comedy, visual art, and fashion to the stage, from JUNO Award and Polaris Prize-winning throat singer Tanya Tagaq, to Montréal’s performance collective People Watching with “one of the most memorable contemporary circus shows of recent years” (La Presse), to a panel talk with celebrated artist Sharon Lockhart to mark her current exhibition at Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery.

Kicking off this week with two-time JUNO Award-winning Oji-Cree artist Aysanabee and the seasonal maritime tradition of The Barra MacNeils and extending into early 2026, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has a cultural experience to intrigue, inspire, and enjoy this winter season.

Event highlights include:

Tanya Tagaq - Split Tooth: Saputjiji
Work in Progress Showing & Open Rehearsal with Post Show Q&A – Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Experience a work-in-progress showing and open rehearsal of a new performance from “one of the avant-garde’s most dynamic performers” (Rolling Stone), Tanya Tagaq. SplitTooth: Saputjiji is a new performance drawing on the elemental, poetic, and personal currents that course through Tanya Tagaq’s acclaimed book Split Tooth. At its center is Tagaq herself, an artist whose vocal power collapses boundaries. Her performance summons genetic memory and future possibilities, weaving them into an ecstatic sonic field, directed by Kaneza Schaal.

  • Venue: Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $25 - $35

PLAY DEAD by People Watching – Saturday, January 24, 2026

A surreal mix of circus, dance, and physical theatre, Play Dead explores the beauty, absurdity, and humour in everyday life. This inventive debut invites audiences to find wonder in the mundane and joy in the chaos.

  • Venue: Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $25 - $45

Indigenous Fashion Runway – Friday, December 5, 2025

Experience Banff Centre’s first-ever runway show, hosted by Jah’kota, a multi-award-winning Afro-Indigenous artist, and the stunning designs of Banff Centre participants in this fashion residency.

  • Venue: CLVB ’33 at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: FREE
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Aysanabee. Photo courtesy of the artist.

 

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Aysanabee – Thursday, November 20, 2025

Banff Centre welcomes Aysanabee for the western Canadian leg of his first-ever headlining tour, featuring an opening act by JUNO Award nominee Cikwes, member of the Bigstone Cree Nation based in Edmonton, Alberta, and another recent Banff Centre Music alumnus.

  • Venue: Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $20 - $40

The Barra MacNeils – An East Coast Christmas – Friday, November 21, 2025

This year’s tour marks 25 years of this beloved holiday tradition from The Barra MacNeils, whose east coast charm and spirit have become Christmastime traditions for audiences across Canada. Very limited tickets remain!

  • Venue: Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $45

The Debaters Live On Tour: 20th Anniversary Holiday Special – Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Marking 20 years on CBC Radio, The Debaters hit the road this season for a live, unrecorded holiday show with host Steve Patterson and his debating comic “elves.” Very limited tickets remain!

  • Venue: Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $40 - $65
  • VIP Meet & Greet: $50

SHARON LOCKHART Exhibition Celebration – Wednesday, December 3, 2025
SHARON LOCKHART Conversation with Sharon Lockhart and Kitty Scott – Thursday, December 4, 2025

Over the course of four summers spent on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island, at Canada’s easternmost reaches, Sharon Lockhart developed a new film and a series of photographs, both building upon core themes that have defined her career: an exploration of place and how people engage with landscapes, a durational approach to attention and focus through extended static takes, and a deep, long-term commitment to those who appear before her lens. Celebrate the SHARON LOCKHART exhibition, on until January 7, 2026, with the artist present at these two events at Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery.

  • Venue: Walter Phillips Gallery and Max Bell Auditorium at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: FREE
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Third Coast Percussion, photo by Saverio Truglia

 

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Third Coast Percussion - Time Pieces: The New Classical – Friday, January 16, 2026

On their 20th anniversary, Chicago’s GRAMMY Award-winning quartet Third Coast Percussion presents Time Pieces: The New Classical, a program that celebrates two decades of genre-defying, award-winning music. Highlighting rhythm, history, and innovation, the concert reflects on percussion’s profound influence on classical music today, including works by artists like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Clarice Assad, and Jlin.

  • Venue: Margaret Greenham Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $75

Ensemble Paramirabo: It Was Inside You All Along – Friday, January 23, 2026

United by a dedication to new music, the Ensemble Paramirabo’s six members perform with a single voice that explores repetition, openness, and transformation. In It was Inside You All Along, the ensemble invites audiences for an evening of bold and contemporary music of mostly minimalist works.

  • Venue: Rolston Recital Hall at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
  • Price: $30
     

In addition to these events, Banff Centre continues to present beloved events that directly lead out of its arts training programs in December 2025, including the Literary Cabaret series, featuring writers of young adult fiction and children’s books, and Banff Artists in Residence Open Studios, inviting the public to view the work done through Banff Centre’s latest visual arts residency. In January 2026, audiences are welcome to join two Open Studios events and three concerts performed by the participants of the Banff Musicians in Residence program. Then, in February, participants in Toga da wôhnagabi (Stories for the Future): Music Creation Residency will perform two concerts celebrating Indigenous stories, language, and connection to land.

For the full lineup of upcoming events at Banff Centre, see banffcentre.ca/events.

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About Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Founded in 1933, Banff Centre is a post-secondary institution built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and leadership development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become a global organization leading in arts, culture, and creative decision-making across dozens of disciplines, from the fine arts to Indigenous Wise Practices. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to move everyone who attends our campus - artists, leaders, thinkers, and audiences - to unleash their creative potential and realize their unique contribution to build an innovative, inspiring future through education, performances, convenings, and public outreach. banffcentre.ca

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Olivier Doise, is a french oboist. He is soloist at Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.
He studied in Douai, then became Maurice Bourgue and David Walter’s student at Paris CNSMDP. He then obtained oboe and music chamber first prices unanimously.

He is chosen by the very appreciated M-W Chung at the age of 23. He is nominated as Paris Opera soloist. In 2010, he obtains the same post at Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

He undertakes his orchestra activities with a chamber musician career together. With his colleague François Leleux, he is a member of Paris-Bastille wind octet, who receives a first price at Paris Interna-tional Competition. He gives worldwide performances.
Concerned by the development of new perspectives, he is involved in the making of several works dedicated to him: "Concerto Sacra" (Richard Dubugnon), "L’Ange double" (Laurent Cunio).

Since 2009, he is a professor at Boulogne-Billancourt High School of Music and he teaches at several international academies and gives masterclass around the world.

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Mother’s Day at Vistas Dining Room brings together a carefully curated brunch buffet and the chance to celebrate with a mountain getaway. On Sunday, May 10, enjoy an elegant spread featuring elevated classics, live stations, and desserts, set against sweeping views of the Rockies. 

Brunch

SUNDAY, MAY 10 | 10:30 AM - 1PM 
Adults: $69 | Youth (12–16): $25 | Children 5 & under: Complimentary

Experience Vistas Dining Room buffet, where inventive dining is seamlessly paired with the breathtaking views of our majestic mountain landscape.

Chef Sebastien Tessier's team has carefully designed a buffet menu inspired by Canada’s diverse cuisine, ingredients, and seasons. Enjoy the view and choose from a selection of hot entrées, a well-stocked salad bar, delicious house-made desserts, as well as vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

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Stay

Settle into the comfort of Banff Centre’s mountain campus, with stays at the Professional Development Centre or Lloyd Hall. Thoughtfully designed rooms place you within easy reach of dining, wellness facilities, and the surrounding natural landscape.

Take time to unwind between moments, whether that is a visit to the Sally Borden Fitness and Recreation Centre, a meal at Maclab Bistro, or a quiet walk as the landscape begins to shift with the season.

Walter Phillips Gallery is also located on campus, currently presenting Cheryl L’Hirondelle: where the voice touches (((acts, utterances, transmissions for freedom))), the first career survey of the celebrated multidisciplinary artist and singer/songwriter’s expansive multi-decade practice.

For Mother’s Day guests, hotel stays are available at up to 30% off with promo code STAY.

Discover

Beyond Banff Centre, the Bow Valley expands into sweeping mountain landscapes and scenic trails. Just a short walk away, downtown Banff offers easy access to galleries, shops, and museums for a relaxed afternoon of wandering.

While spring skiing continues in the surrounding mountains, lower valley trails open up for early spring walks.

Whether staying close or venturing further, Banff offers space to explore at your own pace.

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Meghan Meisters (professionally known as iskwē) is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural leader whose work moves at the intersection of story, sound, identity, and community. A JUNO Award recipient and two-time nominee, as well as a Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize laureate, she is known for weaving Indigenous perspectives into contemporary forms with a voice both fierce and intimate.

In 2025, Meghan joined the National Arts Centre Orchestra as Senior Manager, Community Partnerships, leading a national portfolio rooted in relationship-building, trust, and the belief that artistic excellence grows through connection. She works across disciplines to nurture collaborations, expand access, and support NACO’s evolving role as a cultural partner. Her approach blends strategic clarity with an artist’s instinct for listening, creating space, and illuminating what lies between the lines.

Meghan brings more than a decade of executive experience as CEO of Littlebit Records, where she leads strategic planning, touring, partnerships, digital growth, and the production of award-winning projects. Mentorship is a defining throughline in her artistic and professional path. She has worked with emerging artists through Mikw Chiyâm, Outside Looking In, and Keychange, nurturing creative confidence, artistic agency, and long-term capacity in the next generation of artistic and cultural leaders.

A proud Red River Métis woman, her leadership is shaped by a deep sense of belonging and responsibility. Her contributions include serving as a juror for the Glenn Gould Prize, participating in residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Stanford University, and building partnerships across Canada, the U.S., France, Germany, the U.K., and Mexico.

Meghan recently completed the Ch’nook Management Program at UBC Sauder School of Business, strengthening her grounding in Indigenous leadership, business strategy, and governance. She is actively preparing for senior executive roles within Canada’s cultural landscape, guided by a vision of arts leadership that is relational, imaginative, and transformative.
 

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