Arts & Life

The limelight is shining. The question for local singers is "do you want some of it shining on you?" Limelight Quest (it used to be called PG Idol) is an open competition for singers of any kind.

The Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association's first public performance took place 150 years ago this week (June 23, 1865) in a saloon in Barkerville.

The dead are walking to Prince George. World War Z has arrived. Some fans of the dramatic and the undead are arranging the city's first zombie-themed festival. On Aug. 22, the city is invited to P.G. Zombie Fest being held on the lawns of City Hall.

Shakespeare never got the chance to visit Lheidli territory, but the spirit of his language and drama will be here this summer. "One hundred beauteous springs have from the forests shook one hundred summers' pride," he once wrote.

Canada Day gets a bigger bang this year, to celebrate the Prince George centennial as well as the nation's 148th birthday.

Sweet music streams from the strings of Orchestra North students and instructors, today in Prince George.

The Health Arts Research Centre (HARC) at the University of Northern B.C. in the Northern Medical Program is exploring how art might positively affect health.

Tonight at Cafe Voltaire, the Friday Night Mics musical spotlight is Cici & Kazo, otherwise known as Isaac Smeele and Adalia Claire of Prince George. Their "rockin' folk and jazzy blues" happens at 8 p.m., free of charge.

Dawn Boudreau has gotten all jazzed up for her Prince George homecoming.

One of the new names in new country is Cory Marquardt. He's an Ontario singer-songwriter who's moving fast in the Nashville scene as well as north of the border, and his rise got a little help from a video he released this week for his latest single.