Local Arts

This summer's top artists' intensive in the area looks to improve and inspire the region's aspiring creators. The Toni Onley Artists' Project takes place in Wells from July 6-14.

The Western Canadian Music Alliance has announced the nominees for this year's Western Canadian Music Awards. This annual night of music power is the pinnacle event of the BreakOut West music conference.

Northern FanCon has a galaxy of activities inside its walls.

The mountain is as high for an acting career as it is for an athlete. With training and dedication working with innate talent, reaching the professional ranks of stage and screen is an attainable goal for any aspiring Prince George actor.

One of the region's oldest movie theatres is clinging to life and a society of volunteers is administering structural first aid but they need an infusion of cash.

Home show The Northern B.C. Home and Garden Show, presented by the Canadian Home Builders Association of Northern B.C., runs Friday through Sunday at the Kin Centres. Hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The words will rattle and roar, whisper and wail in the spirit of constructive competition. Each spring the Speech Arts & Drama Festival ushers in the warm weather with waves of odes and storms of sonnets.

One northern B.C.'s biggest names in music is coming for a Prince George concert appearance, with two other shows in the nearby area. Country star Aaron Pritchett is riding tall on the strength of new hit single Better When I Do. The tune hit No.

According to sources deep inside PGSO's command centre, the musicians set to blast off on their next mission are having so much fun they are spacing out in rehearsals. They have been mooning over the material they get to perform for the city's kids.

No matter how basic or refined your taste in art, you get one central first impression from the new book by Keith McKellar: wow, that is colourful. All other views jump off from there. There's really no other way to depict his subject matter.