Arts & Life

Maureen Washington is coming home for Christmas. Since the Prince George jazz-soul-blues singer performed last in her Prince George hometown, she worked with Valdy on his Read Between The Lines album.

Theatre North West opens its latest play this weekend. The Patron Saint Of Stanley Park is a family-friendly and poignant Christmas story about human relationships in tough times.

Oh what art wood do. James Miller looked into the heartwood of the city, when the 2015 Canada Winter Games asked for artists to apply their talents to the Prince George Airport.

The Fifth Annual Black and White Soiree raises the roof at the Civic Centre on Saturday night and raises funds for the Association Advocating for Women and Children (AWAC).

When the Prince George Symphony Orchestra performs selections from Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn on Saturday night, there will be some special guests in attendance. Rather than being in the audience, these guests will be in the orchestra.

An international specialist in blue-on-white painting will be in Prince George for a lecture in this craft. Huang Fei from Jingezhen, China will demonstrate and discuss blue-on-white at a free lecture tonight at 7.

Sticking to the music of an older time doesn't mean you're stuck in the mud.

Island Mountain Arts did it.

The echoes of British Columbia resonate through the Central Interior. It is fluttering the pages of a new book and collection of CDs tucked into the pages. Prince George and area is at the centre of this historical document.

When the wind blew a fierce ice gale onto Vancouver in 2006 it leveled about 40 hectares of Stanley Park's forests - some of the most beloved trees in the province. It also blew some themes into the heart of playwright Hiro Kanagawa.