Come out Sunday to the Railway and Forestry Museum (850 River Road) where the Prince George Legion will be hosting a family event at the from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate 100 years of P.G. rail history. Admission is free with a donation to the food bank. The day includes games, crafts, guided tours, the full array of museum attractions, along with hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream and rides on the Cottonwood Express Minirail. For more information call the Legion at 250-562-1292 or the Railway Museum at 250-563-7351.
Art Space has a three-night flurry of activity for midsummer, and more acts being added all the time. First up is The Ventanas on July 31, followed by Fish And Bird on Aug.5 and the Bidini Band on Aug. 6.
Advance tickets available downstairs at the Books and Company desk.
Alice In Chains is coming to the BC Northern Exhibition. The grunge growlers hit the Seattle sound out of the 1990s ballpark and they are bringing the revamped modern edition to CN Centre on Aug. 10.
Buy a ticket to the concert, get a free ticket to the BCNE that day as well.
Also on the stage at the Alice In Chains event are supporting acts Monster Truck and The Pack A.D.
In addition to its slate of regularly featured artists, Groop Gallery has a special exhibition coming up on Thursday night. Phantasmagoria is Benjamin Blanchard's foray into fable, fiction and fantasy through visual images. The show runs until August 10. He will be at the gallery (1127 3rd Avenue) at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his work in person on opening night.
God Save The Queen is touring the world, one of the few tribute acts that get star status. On September 12, Prince George bites the dust.
This extravaganza of Queen, one of the most flamboyant and best-selling rock acts of all time, is a spectacle unto itself.
God Save The Queen is billed as "an astonishingly accurate replication of the performances staged by Freddie and Queen, down to the light cues, the costumes and even a replica of the Red Special, the guitar Brian May used."
Phil Murphy (Queen's Tour Manager), described God Save the Queen: "They are as good as the real thing".
Bill Heckle, of Liverpool, England's, Mathew Street Festival said, "They are the best tribute band of all the tribute bands in the world!"
Two Rivers Gallery has a pair of feature exhibitions in their final weeks of viewing. The annual juried art exhibition Earthly is on until July 13. Built on the theme "we are the earth," various artists earned inclusion for their interpretive creations. Some of the names include: Andrea Fredeen, Anna-Maria Lawrie, Annerose Georgeson, Claire Kujundzic, Gerda Volz, and many more from region and the province.
Also open until July 13 is Three Seasons by Richard Watts. Gallery curators described his show thus: "Using vulcanized latex made from rubber tree sap from Burma, and layers of gauze Ontario artist Richard Watts creates "skins" of natural and man made objects. Eerie and ethereal, these skins of rocks, old boats, trees and abandoned farmhouses are translucent, catching the light and becoming tapestries of ancient histories in their own right."
Popular children's characters Toopy and Binoo will be live in P.G. on October 23 at the CN Centre. Tickets go on sale June 6 at CN Centre box office, Studio 2880 and Ticketmaster online.
Toopy and Binoo were born on the pages of books by Dominique Jolin, then became television stars starting in 2005. Now the live stage show is touring western Canada for the first time.
Arts and culture are the subject of summer day camps. These engaging kids' days are offered by the Community Arts Council, Two Rivers Gallery, Exploration Place, UNBC and CNC in various forms, plus other childcare facilities throughout the city.
