Arts & Life

When Halloween dress-up takes on artistic levels, it is usually seen at Menagerie. The annual gala is spooky and wild with cultural flair, in no small part due to its location: Two Rivers Gallery.

Vets appreciation night Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena the Spruce Kings hockey team will honour veterans, soldiers and cadets by wearing camouflage jerseys to go up against the Coquitlam Express.

Choirs often sing carols at Christmastime. Choral singing is an Easter tradition. In Prince George you can even send a barbershop quartet to your loved ones on Valentine's Day.

Halloween has always been bizarre but now, in Prince George, it also has a bazaar. The dark and creepy side of the arts will have a moment to shine in the black lights, at the first ever Spooktacular Halloween Bazaar.

The Prince George Fire-Rescue Service has produced a real page-turner, even though it's only 12 pages long. Local heat-seekers are making the months of the year a certain kind of hot, this year - all year.

The Northern Orchestra is in the swing of baseball playoffs for launching their new season of concerts. Conductor and music director Gordon Lucas is calling this show Heavy Hitters, with a lineup of all-star composers on the batting order.

One of the region's veteran cultural professionals has been applauded provincially for his efforts here. George Harris, the longtime curator of the Two Rivers Gallery was spotlighted this past weekend at the B.C.

The play hasn't started yet, but the reading can begin immediately at the Prince George Public Library. Each time Theatre North West does a play this season, the library will pair it with a reading list of complementary literary material.

Eliza Mary Doyle won the Saskatchewan Country Music Award for Rising Star of the Year in 2014, but it ain't what it seems. She has actually been pumping out albums and dotting the tour map for the past 15 years.

Halloween calls to mind dark shadows, flickering light, and a lot of campy scares that are built for entertainment. That kind of dark fun is the spirit behind The Playhouse of Horrors Halloween Film Festival.