Local Arts

Dancers, musicians and singers will descend on and take over the North Peace Cultural Centre next week as the Peace River North Festival of the Arts returns to the Energetic City.

Classic Canadian music fans are in for a treat on Friday when Russell deCarle rolls into town.

It's going to be two nights of laughs when Darren Frost rolls into Fort St. John this week.

The Peace was rocked Saturday night when bands from across the Peace Country travelled to Fort St. John to compete in this year's annual Rockin' the Peace event.

Judging by last weekend's dizzying selection of live music entertainment in Fort St. John, the city's claim to the title of Northern B.C.'s music capital holds water.

A chance meeting with Fort St. John Mayor Bruce Lantz has led Canadian blues musician Harpdog Brown back to Fort St. John this weekend. The Edmonton-born artist was playing a gig in Grande Prairie when Lantz approached him during a break.

Saturday's presentation of the Vagina Monologue's will mark the seventh time women have performed the play in Fort St. John Two new additions will be featured in this year's Vagina Monologues production.

"I heard a voice that said 'take a pen and write.'" Elizabeth Betty Niemi said that was her reason for writing the self-published book, 'In Desperation I Turn To God'. The Fort St.

An exhibition that opened at the Peace Gallery North Friday was as much a celebration of landscapes and characters of the Western frontier as it was a testament to the hardiness and tenacity of the artist who painted them.

There's a madman on the loose, and it's up to a certain French inspector to solve the case before it's too late. Stage North is bringing The Pink Panther Strikes Again to the stage as the third production in its 2010-11 season.