Arts & Life

A favourite local musician is as famous for his sincere warmth as for his unique compostions, and now Doug "The Hug" Koyama is feeling the love of his fellow performers. Koyama is undergoing cancer treatments.

There were three musketeers, and look how famous they became. Imagine if there were twice as many.

My daughter dreamed of Crystal last night. She's six, and the Cirque du Soleil performance she saw was so powerful, her mind was still blown the next morning when she woke up talking about it.

Cirque du Soleil is in Prince George today with one of their most unique productions in a history built on unique productions. The show Crystal opens tonight for a run of seven shows between now and Sunday.

The trucks are arriving. The first half-dozen were at the back door of CN Centre by Monday morning and a total of 18 will convoy through the loading bay by the time Cirque du Soleil opens the front doors Wednesday.

The 12 jurors may be angry, but 12 actors are thrilled.

Local fiddlers are getting sweet and low down. Prince George is Branch No. 1 in the BC Old Time Fiddlers' Association, showing its powerhouse position in provincial fiddling.

If you watch your child grow and develop over the course of a year, the changes are almost imperceptible to the daily eye. But if you're apart from that same child for that same year, the evolutions almost bowl you over.

Crystal is a new concept in the world of performances. Ice has been used for sport and for sport entertainment, but it has never been the medium for an acrobatic show.

If Cirque du Soleil forgets the way back to Prince George, Andy Buchanan can point the way. The internationally pedigreed athlete lived in northern B.C.