Local Arts

Hundreds of young dancers will strut their stuff at the 34th annual Prince George Dance Festival. Dancers from 14 different studios located from Edmonton to Prince Rupert and from Fort St.

Based on the book by Dr. Deepak Chopra, the move The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success will be screened Feb. 26, in Canfor Theatre at UNBC, 7 p.m. start.

The city's top annual awards for history were handed out Sunday night. The Jeanne Clarke History Awards are handed out each year by the Prince George Public Library. There are two trophies: the Service Award and the Publication Award.

Theatre North West has added two performances of its play Thy Neighbour's Wife on Feb. 23 and 24 to meet demand of tickets. It's the true story of Jennie Hawkes, an Albertan, who in 1915 committed a crime of passion and was sentenced to hang.

Conductor Les Dala brought the audience to its feet at the beginning of PGSO's latest concert. The first few bars emanating from the orchestra were O Canada.

Theatre North West presents Thy Neighbour's Wife until Feb. 24.

Mozart and Shostakovich are on the menu for a meal of music served by the Prince George String Quartet. If the symphony orchestra's concerts are a banquet, think of this as a night of tapas or perhaps fondu.

Comedian Jeff Dunham has taken the art of ventriloquism to new heights and has transformed it into a cutting edge comedy experience that has gained worldwide appeal. Dunham will appear at CN Centre May 12 on his international Identity Crisis Tour.

Every day people improvise. It's those spur-of-the-moment decisions made or actions taken that make life interesting. In order to follow that theme residents of Prince George are invited to attend Improv Ad Nauseum at the Twisted Cork Saturday night.

The worst night of his professional life was right here in Prince George. It was his debut as a professional comedian -- a guy paid him $100 to do 20 minutes of stand up -- and Damonde Tschritter bombed at Tabor Arms Pub.