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Shop Goss: Betamax Gallery home to the weird, wacky, and wonderfully artful

We give you the lowdown on Metro Vancouver's coolest independent boutiques—and the spirited minds behind them—that deserve a spot on your shopping radar.

Photos: Your first look inside Metro Vancouver’s new and captivating Titanic exhibition

Walk through a replica of the famous ship’s hallways and learn about more than 120 artifacts recovered from the sea bed.

Composer Jocelyn Morlock takes home Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence is the latest in a wave of West Coasters to nab the prize.

Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried takes in Vancouver from Whitecaps to Bard on the Beach

Actor Amanda Seyfried is no stranger to Vancouver.

Dance Centre 2018-19 season draws from as far away as Australia and Taiwan

Dutch-Flemish choreographer Ann Van den Broek and Austria's Simon Mayer share roster with new full-lengths by local bright lights Company 605 and Julianne Chapple.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to perform free, outdoor concert at Sunset Beach on July 14

The all-ages Sunset at Sunset will kick off the orchestra's 100th anniversary season.

Tovey Centre for Music named for outgoing VSO maestro and his wife

Bramwell Tovey, who just conducted his last concert at music director here, helped establish the music-education hub.

Vines Arts Festival unveils eco-activated programming for fourth annual fest August 8 to 18

The main event at Trout Lake on August 18 features everything from spoken-word and rap to Onibana Taiko and a repurposed-material installation by Art Is Land Network

BJM to bring contemporary-dance ode to Leonard Cohen here on November 22

Including 15 of Cohen's songs, the show is said to have cost almost $500,000 to create, making it the biggest creation in the famed Montreal dance company's 45-year history.

Vancouver choreographer Wen Wei Wang set to take helm of Ballet Edmonton

The choreographer, who moved here from China in 1991 and has danced for Ballet BC and others, is going to stay based on the West Coast while running the newly named Edmonton troupe.

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Shop Goss: Betamax Gallery home to the weird, wacky, and wonderfully artful

Photos: Your first look inside Metro Vancouver’s new and captivating Titanic exhibition

Composer Jocelyn Morlock takes home Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award

Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried takes in Vancouver from Whitecaps to Bard on the Beach

Dance Centre 2018-19 season draws from as far away as Australia and Taiwan

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to perform free, outdoor concert at Sunset Beach on July 14

Tovey Centre for Music named for outgoing VSO maestro and his wife

Vines Arts Festival unveils eco-activated programming for fourth annual fest August 8 to 18

BJM to bring contemporary-dance ode to Leonard Cohen here on November 22

Vancouver choreographer Wen Wei Wang set to take helm of Ballet Edmonton

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