Local Arts

Lights! Paintbrush! Auction! The city is alive with celebration of the creative, and tonight you can bid for some of your very own.

The stormtroopers and guardians of the galaxy are already mingling at CN Centre. The gates of Northern FanCon got stormed like the threshold of Asgard on Friday afternoon, and this pop-culture portal will remain open throughout the weekend. Lt.

If someone carved a Mount Rushmore for comic book geekdom, two of the faces would be the guys from Fatman on Batman. Both of them will be at Northern FanCon this weekend to broadcast the world famous podcast and meet the local public.

Cosplay. The word was barely known in Prince George prior to the first edition of Northern FanCon. Those who participated in "costume play" then did so out of town or in rare, small measures in this area.

A father named Paul gave some pointed advice to his daughters Danielle and Elizabeth. It was the right advice. It was a correct assessment. From his insider experience, the music business could be brutally difficult and achingly hollow.

The Canada Council for the Arts believed that Marcel Gagnon had a story of national importance, the Sunset Theatre was doing nationally important work to correctly tell it, so they provided national funding to see it done.

Today is the deadline to get artwork submitted for the Best Damn Little Art Auction Ever. This annual event is a fundraiser and art scene stimulator held by the Community Arts Council.

The Western Canadian Music Awards will be handed out in October at the annual BreakOut West convention. The complete list of nominees was released on Wednesday and at least one Prince George name was on the list.

The oldest of the area's cultures is now the newest of the area's arts organizations, and in the same way that mainstream culture and Indigenous culture has become inter-layered, the fresh group is wrapped in an established one.

May the 4th be with you. It's a date on the calendar that ignites the lightsaber in any Star Wars fan's heart, but for the 501st Legion it is practically a religious holiday.