Local Arts

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.

Abstracts, landscapes and more traditional paintings will be on display during Mark Tworow's Dreams and Fragments exhibit at the Groop Gallery Friday, Nov. 4 to 26.

All Aboard the musical train. First stop the Prince George Playhouse, final destination Smithers with stops in between for train station serenades.

A shy rocker will be stepping out of his comfort zone at Vanier Hall during his Up Close and Personal: An Acoustic Tour Saturday night.

The Prince George Library is hosting two stars of True Blood, Jim Parrack, who plays Hoyt and Kristin Bauer, who plays Pam during the Hot Blooded Ball, a fundraiser to make improvements at the Bob Harkins branch of the library.

Show Don't Tell. That's award-winning author Ed Zaruk's advice for new writers and it just happens to be the title of the first workshop in a series of four called Write Better 101 held in November at Books and Company.

There's a second show added to the Backyardigans' Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens January 21 at Vanier Hall. Performances are at 1 and 4 p.m.

Allan Hyde who stars as a 2,000 year old vampire on True Blood, HBO's hit television series, will be joining Kristen Bauer, who plays Pam at the Hot Blooded Ball Halloween bash at the Ramada Hotel on Friday.