Arts & Life

Finlay Peterson came back from the provincial performing arts competitions a champion. The teen opera singer headlines a recital this Thursday night alongside some of Prince George's other top voices.

Hundreds of fans lined up on Saturday to get an autograph from Kim Coates - best known for his role as Alexander 'Tig' Trager on FX's hit show Sons of Anarchy. Coates was scheduled to be at Pine Centre Mall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Enchainement Dance Studio holds its recital weekend over the next few days. Starting tonight, Judy Russell's students show their best stuff at Vanier Hall.

If a piano falls in Fort George Park, you can bet a lot of people will hear. Just because the garden-variety Winter & Company instrument was no longer able to keep tune doesn't mean it had no voice.

The PG Lion's hold a Bluegrass and Country Jamboree all this weekend at the Blackburn Hall. See acts like Blackwater Express, The Chainsaw Boys, Vern Charlton, Peace Country Ramblers and many more.

One of Canada's hottest new country acts has our community right up front. Jacky Mae is the lead singer and part of the songwriting team for buzz band Me and Mae.

Two Prince George sisters have been dancing their hearts out this week. Abigael McCormick, 16, and Caitlin McCormick, 13, both earned spots in the provincial dance competitions held last week in Penticton.

An original son of anarchy is rumbling into Prince George on Saturday. Pine Centre Mall will be hosting a visit by the toughest outlaw motorcycle thug portrayed on television.

Prince George is striking a pose for the arts. Everyone from local celebrities to elected officials to random residents are lending themselves to a Community Arts Council marketing campaign.

Tonight at 7 p.m. the Casse-Tte Festival of Experimental Music bends the air at Exploration Place. Come hear free-form jazz, avant guarde classical, twisted electronica, and all kinds of other edgy interpretations of melody and rhythm.