Arts & Life

Although there is clearly truth to the concept of there being bad art versus good art, part of art's universal appeal is its subjectiveness.

The Queens of Sheba wanted another royal ass-kicker of a woman on stage with them across Canada. The hall-of-famer headliners Heart and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts found their tour goddess in the form of Serena Pryne.

Artists are the operators of small businesses. In some senses, the artist is the product as well as the proprietor.

Tonight, it's time to fill the rink for a hockey game that isn't really happening. It's a movie that's happening. The cameras roll from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at CN Centre and the filmmakers need the place as sold out as possible.

It's hard to know what the stronger force was, in 1972: the running away or the running toward. That's what the entire cast of bandmates of Heart did, when the Vietnam War came calling for one of their players.

Movies can be a powerful vehicle for social commentary. Whether they be fictionalized or documentary, feature-length or short, the art of filmmaking is a force of dialogue as much as entertainment.

The Long Island Medium is coming to Prince George, but you probably already knew that. Not because you are psychic yourself, but because fans of Theresa Caputo heard her announce it over the weekend.

The region's very best musicians get a special spotlight tonight. Each year, the Prince George & District Music Festival gives dedicated players and singers the chance to do their best work in front of audiences and adjudicators.

The city is lining up the spring music and comedy dates. There is a busy schedule forming for the weeks ahead at various local watering holes and cafes, and a hot string of headline shows is set for the gaps between Cougars games at CN Centre.

The latest cast member on The Walking Dead is strolling straight into Prince George.