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Two decades after Nirvana made them (almost) famous, The Vaselines are finding the spotlight

Discovering the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is like discovering a room full of stories you’d never heard before, and being able to choose how you’d best like them to be told to you.

One of the most exciting aspects of classical music is when its champions and practitioners fail to live up to their reputation for being as stimulating as a box of two-ply kleenex.

It started with fear. If Fiona Forbes hadn’t been deathly afraid of public speaking, she wouldn’t be a broadcaster today. It’s somewhat inconceivable that there was ever a time when Forbes was scared to open her mouth in public.

Siskiyou Nervous (Constellation Records) Ever had a turbulent flight through the most magnificent, picturesque, cloud-covered sky? I like to call that feeling "ambient anxiety", and Siskiyou's third studio album, Nervous , evokes this very same feeli

Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love (Sub Pop) There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Sleater-Kinney fans will relish in No Cities To Love , the Olympia trio's first album since 2005's The Woods .

Dunbar Theatre will become the first theatre in Vancouver to play local boy and noted marijuana enthusiast Seth Rogen's controversial new comedy, The Interview.

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death Starring Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine Directed by Tom Harper Gothic horror meets terrifying haunted house in the sequel to The Woman in Black.

INHERENT VICE Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson's journey through 20 th century America continues with this, his most absurd picaresque film to date.

SELMA Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson Directed by Ava DuVernay As this involving account of a fraught chapter in the American civil rights movement opens, we’re treated to the rare sight of an icon getting his game face on.