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Transportation

How John Lennon’s Psychedelic Rolls-Royce Ended up in B.C.

And where you can go to see it.

Arts

Bob Gruen

Quiet and chaos.

The famed rock and roll photographer comes to Vancouver for the very first time.

MONTE Winter 15: Music and Politics

Community

Music and Politics

For what it’s worth.

Maybe history has taught us that just when the cultural landscape is getting too flat and boring, we’re in for something exciting very soon.

MONTE Blog: The Beates

Community

Beatles Exhibition at the PNE

Come together.

Call it an act of benevolence, or of cultural conscientiousness. Whether you know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall, or you don’t, this is an exhibit you are going to want to see.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Rock and Roll History

Community

Rock and Roll History in Vancouver

Are you experienced?

There are monuments to rock and roll in Vancouver, but many are just addresses now, or empty patches of sidewalk. MONTECRISTO embarks on the ghost trail that is Vancouver’s rock and roll history.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: (R)Evolution 9

Arts

(R)Evolution 9

The avant-garde in classical, jazz, and pop.

This restlessness—the drive to create something new—is sometimes assumed to be the essence of the artistic impulse. However, some artists prefer to work within the established boundaries of their predecessors, making incremental changes to their art form, while others, like the Beatles, Charlie Parker and Arnold Schoenberg break with the past, changing music in a fundamental way.