Local Arts

Jason Pierce knows he has pounded the drums in Prince George before, but he can't place which act he was with. He's under no such uncertainties now, as the backstop for headliner rock band Our Lady Peace.

The region's artistic hub group, the Community Arts Council, is holding its semi-annual general meeting this month. The CAC is the advocacy agency that works on behalf of arts groups of all sorts.

The Two Rivers Gallery is welcoming a pair of artistic stars into their downtown environment today to speak their creative minds.

Two sons of symphony are coming home. Karl and Joel Stobbe are two of the city's most successful orchestral musicians, both of them nationally acclaimed for their cello skills.

Kat Valcourt's art has never been at such heights. Her reputation has been climbing through Prince George's painting community for several years and now she is at the top of city hall.

The Prince George and District Music Festival finished its 67th annual competition, early this week. The Citizen is providing the results as they are made available.

A band named Hearing Trees doesn't just pencil in Prince George for a concert, it is practically compelled by the power of the forest.

Peter Maides doesn't get stumped very often in any game of Canadian film trivia, but he lost one volley this week. He was thrilled.

The 67th annual Prince George music festival, piano division, came to a crescendo Saturday morning. There were 18 duets, duos and even a trio that performed in front of Vancouver adjudicator Murray Nicol at the Free Evangelical Church on Fifth Ave.

She's coming back to visit her fiddle family when she returns to Prince George Thursday. Kelli Trottier, who grew up in Ontario, is a fiddler, singer and step dancer, offering a variety show at the Elder Citizen Recreation Centre, 1692 Tenth Ave.