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Victoria’s community for the arts is abundant with incredible talent. However, bifurcated down separate avenues, the music and the visual arts scenes have been staying…

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CURRENT

When conceiving CURRENT: A Pacific Northwest Feminist Electronic Arts Symposium Ashlee Luk, Nancy Lee and Soledad Muñoz knew that it was important for it to be an overtly intersectional feminist space…. CURRENT runs from July 28-30 in Vancouver, BC

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Rocket From Russia Fest

“I strongly believe we will have an amazing punk rock scene in Vancouver. I’m amazed by the Vancouver music scene. I’ve been discovering so many…

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The Jins

It all started Halloween 2014. With a house party on the horizon, and a dearth of live entertainment to along with it, roommates-turned-bandmates Jamie Warnock…

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Louise Burns On Young Mopes

“You’re allowed to be self-loathing and sad and confused. That’s what you do in your twenties,” says Louise Burns, prolific Vancouver singer-songwriter, about to release…

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The Orange Kyte: 2016 In Songs

Two years ago, Stevie Moonboots woke up completely deaf in his left ear. An impairment like this would put an end to some music careers,…

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