Arts & Life

There's nothing funny about the fires in Fort McMurray, which is exactly why Prince George comedians and a special guest headliner are firing up their microphones. One of the comedy kingpins in P.G.

The Relay For Life could only succeed if all the participants can rock around the clock.

The island of green gables and red mud has formed a confederation with our city. There is a road to Avonlea for local theatre professionals Ted Price and Anne Laughlin, connecting P.G. and P.E.I.

It takes a team to make a TV program look good. Think of all those costumes and props that can make a superhero show look as cutting-edge as Deadpool's swords or as dull as Thor's hammer.

Jim Good is giving a spin to a new home-based roadside attraction. It will spin at 45 rpm and 33 rpm, depending on your tastes. The man who single-handedly built the famed Goodsir Nature Park on Old Summit Lake Road has now created the J.L.

The Birdman once flew with innocent abandon around these skies. The man now known around the globe as one of the most powerful figures in the blockbuster rap/hip-hop industry used to live in Prince George.

Trevor Stanley is providing fresh I's on the Prince George arts scene. After living in various places like Fort Nelson, Chetwynd growing up and most recently in Nova Scotia, Stanley has only been in P.G.

Elvis Presley was once the toast of the Las Vegas strip. To this day, you could rename the city Elvisville for all the signs of The King still shakin' the hips of America from that glittery spot in the desert.

It was articulate, it was original, it was symbolic of larger things. That's what a quality poem typically is, and that's why mayor and council had one read out at the start of their last public meeting.

Whenever voices are used to express thoughts, to entertain audiences, to bridge the distance between minds, the art of speech is underway. These skills come to a fine point over this weekend and into early next week.