Arts & Life

Have you met Miss March? Leanna Carlson is a local unsung hero when it comes to the arts, yet her profile has just risen since she's one of the two Canadians featured in the North American Potters Council 2012 calendar as Miss March.

On a night when shades of gray tinted most of the audience, Deep Purple discovered a fountain of youth on the CN Centre stage. They got down to the business they started 44 years ago and took Prince George on a Space Truckin' trip back through time.

Sweet and savoury chocolate treats are available during the third Evening of Chocolate Saturday, March 3 at the Civic Centre 6:30 p.m., a fundraiser for the Canadian Red Cross, western zone. The name could be deceiving.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra presents The Emperor Saturday night at Vanier Hall.

A fine meal, lovely wines to compliment each of five courses and a cocktail reception to start it off is on the to do list during the Wine Lovers Dinner Saturday night at the Coast Inn of the North.

Unpublished authors take note. The 16th annual Writing for Children competition offers a $1,500 top prize by the Wrtiers' Union of Canada. The winning entry will be the best Canadian work of no more than 1,500 words in English fiction or non-fiction.

Former Prince George man debuts song dedicated to Canuck who took his own life

The last time Hedley came to town, their show was disrupted by a power outage. But the Juno-nominees electrified the thousands at CN Centre this time around, lighting up the Prince George audience with a show that was both playful and earnest.

Jol Kress has got a voice and she knows how to use it for good. Kress joins other performers on stage at the Burns Lake Tragedy Fundraiser, presented by Sound Addiction and the Kinsmen, on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. at the Kinsmen Hall.

It might take a moment to put art and technology together but when it happens, as with artist and engineer Leigh Christie's Mondo Spider, results can be stunning. His creation is the world's first zero emission walking vehicle.