Arts & Life

She attended 10 bridal shows, had two engagement rings, two wedding dresses, two weddings and two honeymoon packages all bought and paid for, but that didn't stop her from fleeing from the scene as the date neared both times.

When people hear the phrase Celtic Kitchen Party, they think of the sound of rousing fiddles, perhaps the steady rhythm of the whiskey jug and this Coldsnap celebration will have more than toe tapping going on.

The theatrical fundraiser operated by Ted Price and Anne Laughlin was so successful, this past Christmas, that they are going to do it again. This time, medical causes will benefit.

Lind Grant-Oyeye has never been a refugee, but she has lived on three different continents and both sides of North America in recent years.

After racking up 20,000 kilometres on her van over the summer, performing 35 shows across the country and reaching as far as Charlottetown, Britt Meierhofer was inspired to, in her own words, "puke out" a whole lot of new songs this winter.

Stephen Fearing has been popping up all over the Canadian music scene, and he is finally popping up in Prince George after many years away. Fearing has a rich solo career loaded in albums and popular singles. Or, rather, popular songs.

Two of the most tiring, terrific days of Jon Chuby's and Dan Stark's lives have beamed their talents onto the big silver screen. Chuby and Stark are the Prince George amateur filmmakers who can less and less be put under the "amateur" umbrella.

All this holiday cheer and these festive pleasantries have inspired some steely thunder for fans of metal music.

The weather was usually cold and snowy. They were constantly working in open meadows and dark forests. There was no electricity. There was little contact with the outside world.

The Downtown Winter Fair will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Centre.