Arts & Life

Imagine writing a book about taking out the garbage, weeding the garden, changing your summer tires to winter ones. Now imagine it shoots to the top of the B.C. bestseller list because it captures a charming facet of your culture.

Three titans of music stand at the top of the composer mountain: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. In their time they were Elvis, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, with a similar relationship of mutual appreciation.

In his first book, Teaching Teens Religion, spiritual leader Danny Brock spoke to the values of instructing Catholicism.

CBC Television's comedy contest has whittled its contenders down to 55, after several hundred initial entries. Prince George's two contestants are still in the sit-com game.

A lot has changed for Anne Bogle since her last solo exhibition of paintings in Prince George.

This week, art enthusiasts can Meet Vole and also spend some time with Perry Rath. Vole is a fictional character; Rath is very real.

It was more than Studio Fair, it was Studio Outstanding. By the time the three-day artisan market closed on Sunday afternoon, near record numbers had come through the door and the vendors left with cash-induced smiles on their faces.

Horror movie fans just need a room to scream in. Scene PG Magazine is providing one just in time for Halloween, with a big screen inside the Treasure Cove Casino show lounge.

There is no substitute for hearing the original hits done right in front of you by the original artist.

Any songwriter worth their salt can write a sad song that can reduce you to tears. Sarah McLachlan can reduce you to tears with almost any song, even the peppy ones, not because they are tragic, but because they inspire and provoke the mind.