Arts & Life

One of the region's most accomplished recording artists is coming home for the Canada Winter Games closing ceremonies.

Brent Morton sees the world through a musician's eyes, so as he walked about in Xi'an, China, he was perhaps, more than the average sightseer, attuned to the prominence of the town's drum tower and bell tower.

After watching the Saturday show, several PGSO fans turned around and bought Sunday matinee tickets as well. They had to see one more production of Carmina Burana.

They gave no interviews, but got up close and personal with local youth and their families.

The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon is on stage now at the all-professional Theatre North West stage. It runs until March 4.

The song of the Lheidli T'enneh just received a stronger voice.

The Canada Winter Games Plaza offers more than music and mini-donuts. Some of the region's most acclaimed artists have their work on-site. Many of them are there in person to meet the public.

The size of the Canada Winter Games deserved a mountain of music. The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is more than doubling their usual size this weekend, adding a blizzard of voices for the triumphant Carmina Burana.

Coldsnap, the annual festival powering the Canada Winter Games live music events, has workshops to augment the nightly performances.

You can watch the Scotties, the women's national curling championship, on TSN, you can watch curling at the Canada Winter Games live in Prince George or on TSN2, but there is one other local place where curling is in the spotlight.