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Nicknamed after Broadway “The Great White Way” of New York City, Hastings Street was the heart of Vancouver’s entertainment district, with theatres, cinemas, pool halls and restaurants lining the road from Victory Square to Main Street. In the early 1900’s Hasting Street was considered the heart of Vancouver’s Entertainment disctrict, and only a few short…
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BC Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee Fred Latrimouille passed away this week after a brief illness at the age of 69. Fred was a fixture on Vancouver’s radio scene for over five decades & was also known for his children’s charity work, especially the annual Christmas Wish Breakfast. He was an actor, a weatherman, a…
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It’s with great excitement we share that BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Inductee Christopher Gaze will be appearing in the role of Frosch the jailer in Vancouver Opera’s production of Die Fledermaus. Johann Strauss’ delightful opera will be irresistible fun, they have a wonderful cast of singers, and we hope you’ll really enjoy it. The…
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by Craig Takeuchi, Georgia Straight,  Sep 19, 2014   The founder of the Vancouver International Film Festival and former local movie theatre operator, Leonard Schein, will be inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame on a fitting date: the gala opening of the 33 rd edition of the festival on September 25. Schein is a…
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by  Ursula Maxwell-Lewis – Cloverdale Reporter Aug 27, 2014 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Despite rusty singing and dancing skills (putting it politely), I sauntered confidently onto Vancouver’s vintage Orpheum Theatre stage last week. No one applauded. When Vancouver PhotoWalks, an online photography MeetUp, reserved a private two-hour tour to ‘shoot’ the interior of this historic Vancouver landmark…
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