Arts & Life

The power of words will carry a group of local performers to the provincial level. The districts speech arts and drama festival has concluded, with some of the best participants earning a berth on the B.C. stage. Team P.G.

The nation's top science fiction/fantasy literary awards have had a trophy especially for teen fiction for only the past two years. Neil Godbout is batting a thousand in that Young Adult Novel category.

The red carpets and camera flashes will have a Prince George face in their midst at the Miss Universe-Canada pageant this coming week in Toronto.

Sometimes the mainstream school system and the city's students hit sour notes together. Thursday is the day the sweet ones are played.

Theatre North West's premiere of Bemused is adding one more show to the schedule to meet demand. The show now runs until Thursday night.

Heavy readers will get a heavy load of authors in Quesnel. One of the largest collections of local scribes ever assembled in one room will bring out the bibliophiles to the Cariboo District Library on May 24.

Mother's Day will have sumptuous tea, lilting orchestral music, the pomp of Gilbert and Sullivan, the rousing rush of God Save the Queen and even a cannon - all in keeping with the theme of the afternoon: Rule Britannia.

The BC Northern Exhibition will be sizzling with culinary creation, and one of the world's most recognized chefs will be overseeing the events.

Musical instruments in the hands of the PGSO are near the top of their artistic capabilities.

Weaving a tapestry using nothing but voices sounds challenging but a local choir had the vocal threads to do it. Now the group is off to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.