Local Arts

Science-based institute of higher learning meets musical theatre productions as one University of Northern B.C. student does her toe-tapping best to infuse some culture into the school on the hill.

At UNBC's recent athletic banquet the First Nations Drum Team, in partnership with the First Nations Centre, presented seven graduating athletes with mini drums as a memento of their time as a team player.

PG's Got Talent is holding auditions Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at AiMHi, 950 Kerry, by appointment only. This is a variety show and an open audition. There is a $1,000 scholarship going to audience choice. E-mail audition@pgsgottalent.

A new book on Canada's colourful, tragic organized crime underworld has cast more light on Prince George than perhaps any other.

A local teen who has type 1 diabetes wants to help send others to enjoy a camp for children with diabetes, just like she did when she was little.

The world of pageantry is alive and well with two Prince George teens participating in this year's Miss Teen Canada World competition in Toronto in July. Sonja Olsson, 18, and Karli Ralston, 16, are Miss Teen Northern B.C.

Swing, bossa nova and blues. Has a nice ring a ding ding to it. Ali Henry and Eric Tompkins will take to the stage at Ohhh... Chocolat Cafe April 5 at 7:30 p.m.

It's a whole new level of entertainment for band Spoken, special guests as CN Centre hosts Danish rock band Volbeat and Canadian band Danko Jones March 25 at the 94 Xplosion.

A 45-degree curve then another curve at 55 degrees, sounds like a windy road, but those numbers are the details of the curvature that was in Tori Fisher's spine.

More than $200,000 in grants from the BC Arts Council (BCAC) has come to support arts and culture in Prince George.