Local Arts

With the seasons turning from fall to winter, snow's not far behind, leading some minds to turn toward warming up dreary months with music. Enter The Coldsnap Festival. The musical line up will be announced Sunday, Oct.

It's time to think about Christmas gifts for those hard-to-buy-for people on your list.

Prince George born filmmaker, Kennedy Goodkey promises to stay until every last Q is A'd during the presentation of his award-winning independent feature film, The Beast of Bottomless Lake, at the Playhouse Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m.

Longtime former Prince George resident Stan Chung is returning to town for a reading from his book Global Citizen: River of Love and Other Stories on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Books and Company, 1685 Third Avenue.

Colin James is coming to Vanier Hall during Up Close and Personal: An Acoustic Tour with special guest Chris Caddell Oct. 29.

Open Mic Night at Cafe Voltaire will resume Friday and will be hosted by Jeremy Stewart who is inviting people to dust off their guitars, pull out the old accordion or show off your glockenspiel skills at 8 p.m. at 1685 Third Avenue.

Take an entertaining look into the history of the Cariboo-Chilcotin with Theatre Skam's production of Cariboo Buckaroo at the Exploration Place Oct. 20 to 22. Stories that have never been told are presented by Matthew Payne.

Leave your inhibitions at the door, advised Greek-Canadian musician and multi-award winning entertainer Pavlo, as he brings his guitar and suaveness to a performance at the Prince George Playhouse on Oct. 25.

There's no show stopper like breast cancer. Sabrina Weeks and Swing Cat Bounce were to appear in Prince George last March but the show was postponed because of the "big c." Weeks is now strong, cancer-free and ready to party with Prince George.

Kill Matilda is on the hunt to find, capture and destroy zombies wreaking havoc across the land during the Zombie Apocalypse Tour 2011 coming to Third, A Venue, 1157 Third Avenue Saturday night at 9 p.m.