Arts & Life

A local group that assists those African grandmothers raising their grandchildren because the AIDS epidemic has virtually wiped out an entire generation is hosting a book launch to raise funds for the cause.

A 257-year-old violin was played by a world-class musician at a variety of venues throughout B.C., including at the Gathering Place atrium within the walls of the College of New Caledonia Tuesday.

A rare spectacle is coming to Prince George. Paradoxically it is one you'll have to gape and stare at to believe, and even then, you won't see how it's done. But the results will be as visible as a spotlight shining on The Illusionists.

Prince George musicians broke into BreakOut West this year.

Painter Laura Chandler is closing an old chapter and opening a new chapter of her artistic life, so it is fitting that she is surrounded by books in the process. Her latest exhibition is called In The Neighbourhood.

Snippets of life, shards of love, ribbons of everyday impressions tied in unusual knots, that's what you find in the drawers of Genevieve Jaide's lyrics.

Foundational composer Ludwig van Beethoven gets a special spotlight in the new season by the Northern Orchestra.

Graffiti art on downtown walls can be a crime. When Audrey McKinnon did it, it was merely a Misdemeanor In Colour And Scale. The images were sprayed onto the interior surfaces of the Omineca Arts Centre, taunting the senses into deeper investigation.

Autumn is upon us. The leaves are changing their colours, the dew is thick and wet in the mornings, some frost whitens the tips of the longer hours of darkeness, and the chill is brisk.

The success of Miranda Lambert in concert is bringing more steak than sizzle. Here's a country star who could wind a crowd up with fire and confetti cannons if she wanted to. She could arrange the set list to manipulate the crowd's emotions.