Tonight, preview the auction items at the Two Rivers Gallery for their annual mega art auction. The preview is on display until May 1 followed by the live auction on May 2.
This year's auction includes paintings, etchings and other fine art objects by artists including Peter von Tiesenhausen, Theresa Sapergia, Robert Davidson, Corey Hardeman, Will Gill, Jos Delgado-Guevara and Marie Nagel.
Tickets for the Live Auction are available at the gallery or online at tworiversgallery.ca and they are only $25 each or two for $40! If patrons cannot attend the Live Art Auction on May 2nd in person, they can still participate by bidding online at tworiversgallery.ca or by phoning the gallery at 250-614-7800.
PGSO is in need of some new professional music staff. Applications are being accepted for the positions of interim concertmaster, principal viola and interim principal flute. May 11 is the application deadline for each of these jobs.
Also, for those with a librarian or curatorial aptitude, the PGSO is also in need of a key volunteer. An archivist is needed to help organize materials and update it into electronic storage formats.
The PGSO asks that no phone calls be made in regard to these positions. More details are available on their website. Email resumes to personnel manager Miguel Mori ([email protected]) or post to The Prince George Symphony Orchestra, 2880 15th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2M 1T1.
Books galore are available for sale, to benefit the city's book bastion. The Friends Of The Public Library hold their annual book sale today through Sunday at the downtown library branch. The first in this series starts at 3 p.m. this afternoon for group members only, but memberships will be for sale at the door for $5.
Boogie Into Spring on Saturday. All are invited to the Columbus Community Centre at 6 p.m. for socializing, 7:30 p.m. for some swing lessons, then 8 p.m. for the dance. Tickets are $25 with proceeds to Prince George Ringette. Call Paz (250-640-0490) or Peter (250-565-8888) for tickets.
Winner of the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness and chief of the Xat'sull First Nation at Soda Creek, Bev Sellars, author of the powerful, moving book They Call Me Number One, will be coming to Artspace. In They Call Me Number One, Sellars tells what she calls "a story of programming and deprogramming" as she explores her residential school experience. According to Artspace organizers "This story is relevant and compelling and needs to be told, heard and discussed...(she is a) "gem of an author and person." Sellers will be there on Tuesday.
Noted solo musicians Cara Luft (a founding member of the Wailin' Jennys) and JD Edwards are joined up for a duo tour as The Small Glories. The pair will be live at a house concert on Wednesday at 6736 Westmount Drive playing their brand of power folk starting at 7 p.m. For more information, make contact through the event's page on Facebook.
Quesnel is the destination for some local bluegrass performers and their fans on April 16-19. The Quesnel Seniors Centre is the host for the Country Bluegrass Jamboree featuring acts like Mud River Country, Perfect Match, Highway 97, The Other Guys and many more. Call Ken at 250-992-5696 for more information.
On April 17, come to Page Boy Books for an event entitled Unpublished. This free wine and cheese reading features poetry by young, unestablished, unpublished, or otherwise unhinged writers Sarah Blawatt, Kara-lee MacDonald, Paulina Nielson, Shane Darroch, Andrew Kenway and Ryan White. All stripes welcome.
Shred Kelly is coming back to P.G. The "stoke folk" rockers from Fernie will carve their turns into Artspace on April 18. Their third album Sing To The Night has been out since January and they are coming to personally introduce it to local audiences. It includes claw-hammer rock banjo.
Tickets are $15 in advance from Books & Company or $20 at the door. Dancing is expected.
Two of the most popular acts from the Canada Winter Games music potpourri are joining up for a PG concert on April 18. The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer will join Black Spruce Bog (with DJ Nige providing some vibes and Penny Cartwright emcee) at the Treasure Cove Casino showroom. Tickets available at the venue.
Page Boy Books hosts a book launch and discussion on April 18 at 7 p.m. Meet author Derrick Stacey Denholm and discover his book Ground-Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC's North Coast.
Vancouver Island painter Sue Coleman is in the Cafe Voltaire spotlight.
"We've been in love with her work for years and do not have the proper words to express how excited we are," said cafe operators. "We can't wait to see you gaze in awe of this art, and we're really excited and honoured to host this event and this collection."
For the month of April, Coleman's interpretive Northwest Coast First Nations images will be on the cafe walls, and on April 19 Coleman will be at the cafe in person from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Author Tania Millen will discuss her new guide book Pack Em Up, Ride Em Out on April 21 at Art Space (7 p.m.). A slideshow is part of the event detailing pack-horse hiking adventures learned from 30 years and more than 3,000 kilometres in the backcountry of Canada, United States and England. She will be talking about horses, camping, scenery, books, and all for free.
Juno winner Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne teams up with Maple Blues Award winner Brandon Isaak for a dance to raise funds for Blues Underground and CFIS 93.1 FM. Tickets $25 on sale at Books and Company. Concert is April 25, 8 p.m. at the Old Library (425 Brunswick Street).
Alban Classical presents a chamber concert on April 26 entitled Mahler. This focus on the famous composer will be performed by Simon Cole on clarinet, Barb Parker on piano and soprano Erica Skowron.
Classical music fans can also circle May 3 on the calendar as Alban hosts the North Winds Quintet and pianist Angela Alba for a concert focused on Gershwin compositions.
All Alban Classical shows are held at 3 p.m. at St. Andrew's Church for $20 (children are free). Call 250-563-4693 or log on to albanclassical.org for more information.
The city's premier theatre sports and improvisational comedy group Improv Ad Naseum will be back in the spotlight on May 2 at the Twisted Cork event room. Tickets are available in advance from the Twisted Cork and at Studio 2880.
Singer-songwriter Peter Katz brings his Juno-nominated songs and voice to Prince George this spring. Katz announced this week that he would return to Art Space on May 19 for the only northern B.C. stop on his 20-city Canadian tour. He is bringing his latest album We Are The Reckoning.
The Two Rivers Gallery welcomes its latest Rustad Galleria show. Rebirth is a collection of works by members of the Prince George Artists Workshop.
Assistant curator Maeve Hanna said, "In 2015 Prince George is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Right on the heels of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, Rebirth will celebrate Prince George being reborn as a cultural, dynamic, thriving community. Works will include paintings of Prince George as members see it today and other reincarnations of the theme rebirth seen through nature and the cycles of life."
Exploration Place museum and science centre has opened a new exhibit that digs through the snowy crusts of the planet's history and deep into the fossil record.
"Ice Age Mammals is a national travelling exhibition that explores the hot topic of climate change," said CEO Tracy Calogheros. "Find out all about the last ice age; the mammals that survived and those that didn't. See skulls and bones of ice age beasts, and detailed artwork of what they looked like. Touch a real mammoth tusk! Hear scientists' stories as they recount their Arctic adventures and discoveries. It's a cool experience."
Exploration Place displays are also in view in the First Nations Gallery, Children's Gallery, the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame and more showcase areas sure to engage local viewers and visitors from across Canada alike.
