Local Arts

He said such nice things to the world about Prince George, it was almost mandatory for Marc Bernardin to be invited back to Northern FanCon.

Someone flew the coop with music gear belonging to Flying Machine. The local alt-rock group has been earning a wave of new fans lately, but they were set back this week by the theft of some important band stuff.

The Christmas season is an El Dorado for orchestras. The great compositions for symphonies and choirs often have the festive season as a backdrop or inspiration.

Once again it's that time of year where those Christmas light enthusiasts head for the never-ending display on Candy Cane Lane, which begins on McKenzie Avenue.

You don't even have to ask him. Mel McConaghy will tell you. He doesn't care what anyone thinks about the words he uses or how he writes his stories. At 82 he's well past the age of political correctness, he said.

The Ebenezeer Scrooge of Christmases past is back on stage in the present tense. Gary Chappel has portrayed the iconic character three times, now that he has been cast in the current production of A Christmas Carol staged by Judy Russell Presents.

And 50 years later the Prince George Cantata Singers choir, including two of its founding members, will be performing Handel's Messiah with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra tonight at 7:30 at Vanier Hall.

She's an artistic entrepreneur and she's nine years old. Maya McCutcheon from Fort St.

I must hand it to the Russell family.

One of the biggest forces in the classic tale A Christmas Carol is sweet and small. Tiny Tim is the light of daddy Bob Cratchit's eye.