Local Arts

A massive canvas canoe adorned with sweeping bold lines of red, black and royal blue swallows up the space around it.

When Prince George liquor baron Cameron Thun published a collection of real-life short stories that documented his time as co-owner of a strip club/brothel/car wash in the Dominican Republic, he had no idea his book was about to spark the interest of Hollywood film producers

The Russell family has made an impact in the arts and entertainment business in Prince George for decades.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is doing it. Theatre NorthWest and Gypsy Entertainment Group are doing it, too, while Judy Russell Presents had to take a different approach.

Editor’s Note: When The Citizen started asking around who the Prince George artist of the year for 2020 was, Christina Watts was at the top of the list.

Kim Gullion-Stewart, a former longtime local resident, will have her art in the collection at the Canadian Indigenous Art Centre in Gateneau Quebec, it was recently announced.

At the end of the year, local artist Ken Ferris will retire from his work at Ducks Unlimited Canada as manager of volunteer and corporate fundraising for northern BC.

It's all about the great outdoors when it comes to looking for things to do with the family this holiday season.

A 35-year ago experience on B.C.’s central coast is the inspiration behind a retired Williams Lake teacher’s first novel.

The shadowy blobby-blob in the animated video version of Doing Sound, a song from Danny Bell's latest album Songs for the Town, is meant to look like that. It's symbolism.