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MONTECRISTO: Bard on the Beach

Arts

Christopher Gaze of Bard on the Beach

One man, many parts.

Equal parts approachable, passionate, effusive, self-deprecating and serious, Christopher Gaze is the formative creative force behind Bard on the Beach.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Television's House Bands

Arts

Television’s House Bands

Music late at night.

Live television—or, more accurately, television shows performed before a live audience but presented in video-delay—has certain demands that are invisible from the television audience.

MONTECRISTO: Alder Bay Boat Company

Transportation

Alder Bay Boat Company

Crafts man.

David Bradford builds custom rowboats, sailboats, and motorboats at the Alder Bay Boat Company using the traditional methods he’s learned over years of practice.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Homestretch

Design

Homestretch

Original photography featuring fine contemporary home furnishings.

MONTECRISTO: Fred Hollingsworth

Design

Master Architect Fred Hollingsworth

Home sweet home.

Fred Hollingsworth is at home. Literally—he is sitting in the large conservatory at the back of his North Vancouver house, listening to the water gurgle and drip across the basalt stones of an indoor fountain.

Japanese War Memorial with Japanese cherry blossoms in Stanley Park.

Community

Vancouver’s Historic Street Trees

United in our urban forest.

Examples of Vancouver’s rich living history can be found across the city, which is home to 138,000 boulevard trees of nearly 600 species, with an estimated value of more than $500-million.

MONTECRISTO: Prosecco

Food and Drink

Prosecco Prefecture

Northern Italy's sparkling slopes.

Italian sparkling wine growers in the prosecco zone, the hills to the north of Venice, have a story of their own to tell.

MONTECRISTO: Mexico City

Travel

The Unexpected Mexico City

Love and Mariachi.

Mexico City exudes nonchalance. At times it’s lethargic (airports, markets), other times it’s familial and cool (courtyards, cafés). But inside the establishments that make up Polanco, the city’s most fashionable quarters, service is attentive, on point, excellent.

MONTECRISTO: Jacqueline Conoir

Style

Jacqueline Conoir

You don't know JAC.

Rozemerie Cuevas has remained determined despite the tough industry odds that Canadian fashion designers face. And sitting across from her in the Jacqueline Conoir showroom, it’s easy to understand why this marks her 25th year in business.