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Tessa Van Der Holt belted out an Etta James tune and followed it up with a Beatles classic Thursday night at the Capitol Theatre en route to being declared the city’s finest voice.

Vancouver-based world-pop band Hey Ocean! are getting their tour legs back after a year in the studio working on their new album.

For virtually the Vallican Whole’s entire existence — from conception to construction to focal point of community life — Marcia Braundy has been there with her camera.

Marmalade (above) and Dusty Melo, of Vancouver-based hip hop collective Sweatshop Union, took the stage as Pigeon Hole to get the crowd moving before Sweatshop Union performed last Friday night at the Spiritbar.

The Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival is at a new stage in its life — literally.

Art lovers poured into Nelson’s downtown core on Friday night to take in the sights and sounds of the 23rd ArtWalk.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown opened last night at the Capitol Theatre. On the eve of the opening, the Star snuck backstage to capture some of the youth as they prepared...

American Idol fans get ready: Nelson’s Best Singer is coming to the Capitol Theatre.

If readers get a little shiver when they hear the name Mark Nykanen, they could be forgiven: Nykanen’s name has become synonymous with literary thrillers of the seriously edgy variety.

Since Sweatshop Union released their self-titled album 10 years ago, they have become symbolic of northwest Canadian hip hop, but the road to where they are now wasn’t always easy, inspiring many songs and albums along the way.