Arts & Life

A local teen who took top spot at the Prince George Old Time Fiddlers 42nd annual contest in April will now go on to compete at the provincial level.

He's been dressed when the Blue Man Group came to town and is currently ready to rock and roll along with Kiss, but what some people may not realize it that Mr. P.G. has a theme song of his own.

Try it before you bash it. That's what the ruthless and menacing lead singer of a death/thrash metal band said. She doesn't mean listen to metal. She means listen to a female-fronted metal band.

Cat Sivertsen's new exhibit at the Rustad Galleria, Aesthetics of Grief, launches at the Two Rivers Gallery July 7 with an artist's talk at 7:30 p.m. Sivertsen said she was at first reluctant to have the word grief in the title of the exhibit.

Here are a few ways to celebrate Canada's 144th birthday on July 1. Celebrate Canada at Fort George Park from noon to 7 p.m. during a free family event.

The pre-KISS concert barbecue will take place Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the CN Centre Atrium. The CN Centre and Eurest Foods will host the barbecue party.

Simon King the fast-talking outrageously funny Comedy Network star is coming to Nancy O's Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8, for a double shot of fun. For King it's all about the stream-of-consciousness monologue in hyper drive.

It's free. It's legal. It's Freegal, the Prince George Public Library's music database that allows library card holders to download up to three songs per week from the Sony Music catalogue for free.

Like castaway bath toys on steroids, James Matosevic said every participant in the Nechako River Float is adrift on their own initiative. There is no organization and no planning involved, other than an idea three years ago by his friend Cody Gray.

Three local children took honourable mentions this month for songs they composed on the piano in a recent international competition for young musicians.