Arts & Life

Out In The Cold is already getting a warm reception. The new family book published by the Lakes Animal Friendship Society (LAFS) is freshly out on bookstore shelves just as the winter weather is setting in.

People love music, they love theatre, they love history and they love a night out on the town. Those four elements are being blended with four of the greatest pop vocal groups of the modern age.

Jon White had 99 reasons to do a special event comedy show, but it wasn't enough. He needed one more. Now he's getting it, and you can be there on Thursday night to see it happen.

His first snap of Prince George was cold by festival and warm by reception. His reception started static but tuned in clearer to the crisp northern air of this city at the centre, the territory of coming together.

When Halloween dress-up takes on artistic levels, it is usually seen at Menagerie. The annual gala is spooky and wild with cultural flair, in no small part due to its location: Two Rivers Gallery.

Vets appreciation night Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena the Spruce Kings hockey team will honour veterans, soldiers and cadets by wearing camouflage jerseys to go up against the Coquitlam Express.

Choirs often sing carols at Christmastime. Choral singing is an Easter tradition. In Prince George you can even send a barbershop quartet to your loved ones on Valentine's Day.

Halloween has always been bizarre but now, in Prince George, it also has a bazaar. The dark and creepy side of the arts will have a moment to shine in the black lights, at the first ever Spooktacular Halloween Bazaar.

The Prince George Fire-Rescue Service has produced a real page-turner, even though it's only 12 pages long. Local heat-seekers are making the months of the year a certain kind of hot, this year - all year.

The Northern Orchestra is in the swing of baseball playoffs for launching their new season of concerts. Conductor and music director Gordon Lucas is calling this show Heavy Hitters, with a lineup of all-star composers on the batting order.