Arts & Life

Coldsnap is transitioning to Francofun, gleefully slipping down an ice slide from one to another. These are two of Prince George's gems of local culture, frozen together by the Downtown Winter Carnival.

Kate Newby was no stranger to Prince George, when she was called in by Theatre Northwest to direct their current play. Newby was also no stranger to the Drowning Girls script, she being a longtime fixture of the Calgary theatre community.

He's just breaking into the Canadian music consciousness, he's only in his 20s, but tonight Virginia To Vegas frontman Derik Baker will play for the second time on the CN Centre stage.

Sometimes you can look at a kid and just know. Everyone who saw Connor McDavid in minor hockey could tell he was on a track to the NHL. Everyone who saw Shawn Hook back in his childhood would find well used pianos and trombones not far away.

Quick, without the use of Google, tell me what B.C. punk-rock band Marianas Trench is named for.

Northern B.C. and the city of P.G. are in the Juno mix for the 2017 glitzy night of music appreciation. The Juno is the national pinnacle of the music industry.

A four-band rock riot happens in Prince George this spring. "The CN Centre is thrilled to announce Sum 41 and Papa Roach, with Danko Jones and Bleeker," said CN Centre manager Glen Mikkelsen.

Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff The first deep breaths of voting are happening at the StoryHive website. Prince George short-film Final Breath is in the running. The 10-minute movie is up against 29 other finalists.

Andrea Ramolo was enjoying happy times the last time she was in Prince George to perform her music. She is in happy times now, as she sets herself to return to P.G. tonight. But there was darkness in between.

A love of the stage brought Loranna Ramsey to the PGSO