Arts & Life

It was a record year for Judy Russell Presents. In 2018, the local live entertainment company put on more shows in a single year than ever before. They also saw the biggest public reaction at the box office.

The city's arts, entertainment and culture scenes were alive and bustling this past year. In many ways, new records and benchmarks were set.

If books were judged by their cover, a pop-culture fan convention in Prince George never would have written its first page.

Peace River is offering peace of mind to a local filmmaker. Ani Kyd is a musician, actor, writer, director, just about every job one can do in the indie film world, and one of the largest of her titles is producer.

Coldsnap has solidified its lineup for this winter's freezing hot concert series. The nationally renowned winter festival is excited about its most ambitious lineup ever.

CN Centre was first called the Multiplex for a reason. It was constructed intentionally to be much more than just the home rink of the Prince George Cougars hockey club.

There's rural living and then there is living rural. Clare Singleton is an artist who does the latter and paints the experience.

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.