Arts & Life

Barkerville is closed for the tourist season, but the historic site will open its gates for the Christmas spirit.

Prince George is feeling the pre-shocks of a Shakespeare earthquake.

Christmas can be kind and gentle, heartwarming and sweet, or blow your wig off with the power of an operatic typhoon.

Televisions are once again the frame around Prince George actor Steven Cree Molison. The local thespian has been a regular cast member of the cult-popular cable show Blackstone.

Holy frack, Genie Award-winning Battlestar Galactica star Michael Hogan is coming to Northern FanCon. Hogan is arguably best known for his role as the surly Col. Saul Tigh on the successful mid-2000s reboot of Battlestar Galatica.

Whenever a production of Handel's Messiah is mounted in Prince George, a local version of a global phenomenon takes place.

The art will be flowing through the Two Rivers Gallery on Saturday when the doors open on the seventh annual Artisans' Fair. Local professional creations will be there for instant purchase right from the hands that made it.

Tonight at Ohh Chocolat, see the Prince George Symphony Orchestra's cafe ensemble in the sweet environs of the downtown hotspot. Showtime is 7:30, tickets are $10.

Dr. Seuss provided a modern Christmas tradition when he wrote the antihero classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Athletes will be powering their way through their sporting events during the Canada Winter Games, but the city's culture has a power of its own.