Arts & Life

The BC Northern Exhibition has had some big events, in recent years, but none bigger than 2015.

First the river flowed, then the wine flowed, and now music will flow from the spot on the Nechako where Northern Lights Estate Winery has opened its doors. B.C.

It is time to reinvest in Theatre North West, according to the calendar.

Music fans will soon feel the concussion of metal on metal. The city's annual screech of guitar strings and thunder of drums comes to a head on Aug. 14 and 15.

If you're looking to find Fraser, you can't do much better than the terminus of the Nechako River, or the longest lasting location of the fort system established by the fur trade's top man out west.

There is a new artist-in-residence at Studio 2880. On Wednesday, Cliff Mann handed in his keys after a successful year painting at all hours, free of charge, at the studio space owned by the Community Arts Council.

Sarah Burton is coming to Prince George for a concert appearance after all. The popular Ontario singer-songwriter has been riding the wave of her new album Make Your Own Bed, and was in northern B.C.

When Gerry Bracewell was born in 1922, you had to scrabble for your family living in rural Canada. Her family lived on an Alberta stump farm that taught and provided, but that came to a tragic crash when her father died suddenly.

Up in the tallest mountains of the region, deep into the forest and into local history, you will find the village of Wells on the doorstep of Barkerville. During the August long weekend, that village grows.

Rock camps, like hockey schools and dance workshops and the like, are what summers are made of for aspiring musicians. Some are led by touring musicians who set up temporary shop and pass through a series of towns.