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The option to the sold out Theatre North West International Wine Festival is the afternoon tasting open to the public at Exploration Place Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.

She's a musical sponge. Joanna Chapman-Smith, Canadian songstress, performs at Art Space Saturday night at 8 p.m. With a fondness for the accordion and a variety of original tunes, her influences come from many different places, she said.

Expect a Perfect show that'll have crowds putting Hands Up in celebration when Hedley returns to CN Centre Feb. 13 with special guests Classified, Karl Wolf and Kay.

Guest conductor Jonathan Govias solicited a special composition from Canadian composer Christine Donkin to showcase the Prince George Symphony Orchestra's talent as part of Govias's on-the-job interview. And on Saturday, he gets to show his stuff.

A visiting artist is taking body painting to a whole new level as he transforms a woman into a canvass of breathtaking beauty at Direct Art Gallery Saturday.

Canuck-loving carpenter Clayton is in for a little action on Home Ice, the next play for Theatre North West's high-scoring season Nov. 17 to Dec. 4. This James O'Shea play is best described as Holmes on Homes meets Coaches' Corner.

An upcoming Gordon Lightfoot performance is coinciding with the 36th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald - a bulk carrier that made headlines and was sent into Canadian lore when it sank on Lake Superior Nov. 10, 1975.

Country chart-topper Dierks Bentley and special guest CCMA Rising Star Chad Brownlee will be at CN Centre February 17. Tickets go on sale today at all Ticketmaster outlets.

Everyone listens to the radio and every now and then there will be a call out from community groups in need. Most of us sympathize and flip the channel but one local teen took matters into her own hands.