Arts & Life

Two old favourite performers, one from here and one from away, are set for a rare musical appearance in Prince George, and together they are introducing a brand new talent to the city.

Striving for success has mythologically turned its face into the setting sun. Progressive cultures of all kind are called "western." Newspaper editorials in the mid-19th century bade settlers to "go west, young man.

A local artist is holding a fundraiser for evacuees because she's never seen anything like the Cariboo wildfires.

Kaija Kinney is coming home to growl. Anarcheon is a Vancouver band climbing the jagged broken metal ladder. They are the inventors and promoters of their own festival, Metalocalystick.

Comedians get better laughs if they have some skin in the game. The guys in the Comic Strippers have got it, so they're going to flaunt it.

The ultimate goal is to be a pop star but for right now there's a local 10-year-old ukulele strummer who's pretty happy taking top spot during the recent Limelight Quest singing competition.

The American post-punk rock band The Offspring is coming to Prince George for the first time this fall. On Oct.

Aggression-metal has a similarity to genres like opera or powwow singing. To the untrained ear, it can sound merely like high-intensity wailing, raging nonsense. Study it a little, though, and soon the patterns and deliberation start to emerge.

Dallas Smith looked to be on the brink of a headlining tour of his own when he was last in Prince George, opening for Keith Urban. Now Smith is making good on his meteoric country music rise, bringing his solo Side Effects Tour to CN Centre on Nov.

Two of the city's rising young stars in the arts are joining forces for a unique performance experience.