Arts & Life

The judges did not call Joel West's name at the end of the night, but the northern B.C. singer-songwriter got plenty of applause nonetheless.

The new Harry Potter book is flapping through the windows of the world like an urgent owl delivering a magical message.

Love You To Death Tegan and Sara Tegan and Sara, the Canadian indie-rock duo, have been rocking the music scene since 1997, when they started to appear in their native Calgary at the age of 15 under the name Plunk.

Summer yoga and summer folk music come to the same backyard next week. International yoga star Sufey Chen comes back to her hometown and she's bringing award winning singer-songwriter Oliver Swain to join her for an artistic homecoming.

Being on stage seemed like the place Joel West was destined to be, but drugs and alcohol have a way of poisoning destiny. West is a Burns Lake singer-songwriter, a member of the Lake Babine Nation, and the son of an active musician.

Employing the techniques of theatre, whereby actors create backstory for their characters, artist Cecilia Taylor made up a story before she set to work on her letter U.

There's nothing confidential about the excitement over this year's ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art. One of the headline acts is legendary Canadian rocker Carole Pope.

The silk road is a legendary pathway, a trade route of the ancient world, but in the hands of Jamie Holmes it connects humans to the sky.

Alberta is all about big oil. Painter Eileen Murray is having a better year with it than the petroleum companies, though. Her exhibition is entitled Sprawl because of the geography it takes up on the walls of the Two Rivers Gallery.

After a bit of a false start, the mural at the Seniors Activity Centre at 425 Brunswick St. is back underway.