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Matthew Van Deventer spent weeks on location at the vancouver Art Gallery during the Occupy Vancouver protest. (Photo courtesy: Rafferty Baker)

Kwantlen grad completes Occupy Vancouver doc

Former Kwantlen student Matthew Van Deventer wraps his first feature documentary “The Occupation.”

Uproar in Heaven 3D one of several animations playing at VIFF.

VIFF turns 30, displays films for all

VIFF director says festival films from over 80 countries are “radically different.”

Vancouver band: Thee Ahs (Photo courtesy: Kate Robin)

Thee AHs: An Ahverview

The future of Vancouver pop – it may be cute, it it isn’t harmless.

Local bands feature on monthly vinyl release

Local bands feature on monthly vinyl release

Breaking norm: Vancouver artist releases vinyl – one song at a time.

Photo Courtesy of Magnetic North Theatre Festival

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit hops into Vancouver

An almost all-Vancouver cast exercise new practice of acting in unusual play.

Actor Karl Urban plays the new Judge Dredd

I am the Law!

Five reasons the 2012 movie “Dredd” will be likely better than the 1995 rendition.

Tom Vander of local act Tommy Alto (Photo courtesy of Tommy Also)

Kwantlen’s got talent: Tommy Alto

Local act Tommy Alto films new music at Kwantlen’s Surrey campus.

Marlee Gunterman and Taryn Pearcy of Misfit Lit. (Max Hirtz/The Runner)

Indie literary magazine takes flight

Taking lit into your own hands – two Kwantlen creative writing students launch new alternative literary magazine.

(Photo courtesy walkofftheearth.com)

Fusion Festival performers Walk Off the Earth taking their YouTube success in stride

After ten years in the industry, the band recently landed a record deal.

(Courtesy Their There)

Their There venture into unfamiliar territory with Familiar Skin

White Rock band Their There’s Familiar Skin has been in the making for six years.

Last year’s winners, Current Swell, at the competition finale. (Photo courtesy peakperformanceproject.com)

Fourth PEAK Performance Project begins

Local artists include The Gay Nineties and Dominique Fricot.

Low-key fashion event at the Biltmore a success

Vancouver’s first fashion Bazaar kicked off the summer season, Saturday, July 7 at the Biltmore Cabaret.

We’re hiring associate editors

We’ve added new associate editor positions and are hiring now.

JB performs infront of the slaytanic bird, which looks not-so-accidentally like a male member. Photo by Jacob Zinn.

Tenacious D rocked Vancouver gently

Comedy-metal duo, Tenacious D, got slaytanic in Vancouver last Sunday night.

Eicca Toppinen alternates from a slow, classical style of playing to the band's signature, frantic thrash metal. JACOB ZINN/THE RUNNER

Apocalyptica adapt metal to cellos in Vancouver

One day, the floor of the Commodore is going to give in to stomping by ravenous metalheads craving European symphonic rock.