Arts & Life

Art Space was swallowed into a time rift on Wednesday night. The audience could easily have been clustered around the famous Fillmore stage in San Francisco in 1968 watching Santana wail on guitar long before anyone knew he had a first name.

Phos is a Greek word that means to emit light, and metaphorically it especially means divine light or the light of understanding. Why, then, is the Prince George band Phos so dark in its presentation? Because who doesn't love some crafty irony.

Two celebrated local musician siblings are getting together again, after years of no public performances. Buddy Gouchie and his sister Kym Gouchie are going to be sharing the Shiraz Cafe stage on Saturday night.

Sometimes you compete for one prize but end up with another. Maggie Trepanier is one of those rare triple threats on the stage: singer, dancer, actor.

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson didn't disappoint his fans, and made some new ones, with his first appearance in Prince George on Tuesday - despite technical difficulties that left some, seemingly including Manson himself, frustrated.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra has severed ties with its conductor Kevin Zakresky. The PGSO announced Wednesday that when the maestro's contract is up at the end of this season, he would not be rehired.

The UNBC Musical Theatre Club is nearly finished their run of Avenue Q, their version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway smash.

In the CTV competition cooking show MasterChef Canada, local youth Cody Karey made it into the Top 12 episode which was a "team challenge" centred on designer poutine recipes, then a solo pasta pressure test.

The Prince George Dance Festival leaps onto the 2015 stage starting on Thursday. The best local dancers and visiting competitors vie for scores of prizes and awards. "We have 480 competitors this year," said festival volunteer Erin MacDermott.

The very best in local musicians let their songs soar this weekend.