I had the pleasure of attending a show earlier this month at the Biltmore Cabaret, which was one of the host venues of Vancouver’s new Westward Music Festival. The headline act was grandson who grew up in Toronto as Jordan Benjamin. Benjamin started university in Montreal, then dropped out in 2013 when the opportunity to pursue music full…
They are the whirlwind that is grabbing everyone by their ears and getting everyone up on their feet. Dear Rouge, husband-wife duo – Drew and Danielle McTaggart – are making a splash into the music scene in a big way. With their amazing stage presence and wicked catchy songs, these two are a force to…
Rachel Fox, movie programmer at the independent Rio Theatre in Vancouver, wanted to book the The Interview for a run long before the hack on Sony Pictures and the brouhaha involving North Korea. In fact, right up until the week before Christmas, she thought they would be able to book the film. “Then,” she says,…
At BCIT, you really never can judge a book by its cover. Ask a BCIT student what brought them to the school and the answer will almost inevitably be the same: “I came here to get a job.” But while most of us share that common goal, it can be a shockingly different route for…