Entertainment

Celtic Night, the annual celebration of Irish culture, will take place at the Lester Centre of the Arts on February 26, and this year features some world class entertainment coming to Prince Rupert.

Starting last Friday, many locals took part in the Creative Jam 2011, a series of workshops on four fine-arts disciplines that were “jamming” on a common theme of “learn-create-improvize-perform” with a public presentation of the pieces created on Sunday.

Over the weekend 15 Rupertites showcased an arrangement of talents for “Prince Rupert’s Got Talent” that had competitors battling it out for the top prize of $1,000 while helping earn much needed funds for the Lester Centre of the Arts.

Klezmer Music can best be described as Eastern European Folk Music originating from the Gypsy and Jewish musical traditions. Klezmer is normally played for weddings and celebrations where there is much rejoicing and dancing. The music has haunting melodies, interesting harmonies, flexibility to improvise and the occasional opportunity to go nuts. Punctuated by the occasional vocal and slower tune to let the dancers catch their breath, The Klezmer Katz music is sure to entertain and intrigue.