Local Arts

American folk singer-songwriter David Wilcox will be making an appearance at Prince George's Coldsnap Festival, playing January 29.

Coldsnap welcomes exotic royalty to this year's festival. The Sultans of String have been announced as one of the acts local fans will be bowing to when the annual winter concert series opens next month. They will headline a show on Jan.

The Prince George and District Music Festival is preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary, with organizers are expecting more than 900 participants to enter from communities like Burns Lake, McBride, Vanderhoof and Prince George.

In the early 1900s there was great hope in Central British Columbia for a thriving economy.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra presents "PGSO Home for the Holidays" on Saturday night, 7:30 p.m. at Vanier Hall. Joining the orchestra is guest soloist Veera Khare Asher, a Prince George girl now a renowned singer in the United States.

The next edition of PG's Got Talent is only a couple weeks away, and the performers are in rehearsal mode. Close to 20 acts will get a spotlight at the Prince George Playhouse on Jan. 8, having prevailed through an audition process.

The life of Guy Lacelle, a world-class ice climber who made his home in Prince George, was celebrated Friday at the Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival in the United States.

A special production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol will be presented by the Prince George Public Library Dec. 10. The reading will be offered by local on-air radio personalities at 7 p.m. in the Keith Gordon Room at the library.

Fruitcakes are at Kelly Road secondary school Dec. 8 to 10. This Christmas presentation is offered up by the Kelly Road drama club.

Two highly successful musical artists, born and raised in Prince George, are coming home to share the holiday season and their talents during a special Christmas concert at Vanier Hall. Headlining the At Home for the Holidays concert on Dec.