Arts & Life

At the 1989 Juno Awards, two Vancouver-based rockers - Colin James and Barney Bentall - were both nominated for Canadian Entertainer of the Year.

Local musician, concert promoter and arts advocate Danny Bell has been a collaborator on countless projects. Finally it's his turn to conduct things of his very own.

It's a new name, but it's the same traditional offerings at the Mennonite Central Committee's Family Festival. You know what that means: treats like borscht, perogies, farmer sausage and pie.

He'll be here for one show, he'll be here for two shows, and fans are counting down the hours. Had he booked one more concert at the P.G. Playhouse he would have almost been his own lyric.

Getting out on the road is what Shane Koyczan needs. Getting out of the Okanagan. Getting away from old words like his street name and the now silent conversations between himself and his adored grandmother. They lived together.

New Jersey has Springsteen, New York has Billy Joel, northern B.C. has Mark Perry. These are the storytellers of their times and places.

Smokey and the Bandit takes top spot in Burt Reynolds poll During The Citizen's last online poll we asked "what is your favourite Burt Reynolds movie?" Outrunning the competition was Smokey and The Bandit, which took 44 per cent of the vote and 335 v

The world is about to meet Swayzi, a teenage girl with grave problems, but a supernatural intervention and two stellar guys show her flashes of another possible outcome. "I was supposed to die.

It's time to drop the paintbrushs and have ourselves a splatter fight.

Theatre Northwest's new season is staring us in the fish eyes. The city's popular professional theatre company begins the new campaign of drama with an award-winning flourish.