Arts & Life

Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff Standing atop a desk at a Prince George private school, calling out "O captain, my captain," a local songwriter sang his praise for the late Robin Williams.

Prince George is not a city accustomed to sitting idol. For the past four years, jazz-pop singer and show promoter Dawn Boudreau has operated a talent competition she called PG Idol, but big change is underway.

The 2015 Canada Winter Games already has a winner, and it isn't even in sports. In addition to the athletic competitions at the upcoming event, the winter games will also be showcase of arts and culture.

The Prince George Public Library is raising money for its outdoor Knowledge Garden. A raffle is underway now until the Oct. 1 draw date. The 50-50 prize gives half to the winner and half to the Friends of the Library Association.

There are as many kinds of jazz as there are shades of green or shapes of a maple leaf and in Prince George there is Eric Tompkins. The city's main jazz cat is a form of the stuff unto himself.

In a field of outlandish athlete entertainers, in a genre saturated in showmanship, Mick Foley is even extraordinary on that stage.

The children of Shakespeare whip up a gale of classic summer drama today.

The interior's festival circuit has brought Dirty Grace north from their Vancouver Island home base.

The public library is building a green garden where knowledge will grow, but first they need some green cash to grow their building fund.

The next performer to fill the slip of downtown municipal green space on 3rd Avenue will be gypsy jazz band Zavan Trio.