Arts & Life

At only 10-years-old, Derrick Packer has already made a mark as a top designer at the inaugural Indigenous Fashion Week in Vancouver on July 22-29.

The body can heal from violence or illness. So too does the mind. The mental scars are hidden, though, and those wounds can be held open for years or even lifetimes if they are not balmed.

Two generations of musical warrior will draw swords together on local ground. Carole Pope is by now Canadian music royalty, kicking down the doors of gender in her band Rough Trade using all the subtly of a bulldozer.

Artist David Jacob Harder will be standing tall as his sculpture, Standing Split: My Place out of My Place, will be displayed at the opening of the Two Rivers Gallery's new Sculpture Court Show on Thursday.

Twenty rising stars are waiting for the curtain to go up. They are the young cast of the annual summer Shakespeare camp held by Shooting Stars Theatre.

Prince George entertainers are tuning up to help the victims of the Cariboo-Chilcotin wildfires. An all-star team of musicians and comedians has been assembled for a night of melody and mirth on Friday.

Shakespeare is more than just theatre and stage director Melissa Glover knows it. She could simply set up a play for her cast of kids to memorize and perform, but she could also add an extra layer of life and so she has.

Seeing Bob Dylan, live in concert, is a bucket list item for many music fans. And it's a good idea to keep that bucket handy, like airlines keep little waxy bags handy at every seat.

Inch by inch, the tiles of time will tell our town's tale.

In any version or adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, the audience focus has naturally been on the precocious young Anne Shirley character. Yet each story relies heavily on adult characters that populate the plot.