From circus maximus to mall parking lots
Just over 1,900 years ago, in the first century AD, the Roman poet Juvenal was composing scathingly honest impressions of the state of life in…
2010
Vuvuzela!
I can’t see it but I know it’s out there. I know it’s out there because I can hear it from far away, both beckoning…
Worshiping the wind
They worship the wind. They wake up in the morning and check the trees outside of their windows to gauge how much wind is blowing…
Bison briefs
Cheerleading The Bisons cheerleading team got a chance to showcase their talent earlier this month as the squad performed during the halftime intermission of the…
Legends of the periphery
From time to time, even some of the greatest and most prolific heroes in all of sports fall through the cracks of obscurity and are…
Untapped potential
This past Tuesday evening I witnessed a rarity — the recorder (that instrument you probably played in elementary school music class) used in a contemporary…
A glimpse into the forbidden world of the salon
“My favourite emotion, laughing through tears,” said Clairee Belcher (Susan Clarke), one of the six memorable characters who inhabit Truvy’s Beauty Salon. The packed house…
Inglorious
One word can sum up my experience of the Prairie Theater Exchange’s (PTE) production of Glorious! It says it right there in my title. Need…
Chamber night
How often is it that you get to see classical music being performed without the presence of a conductor or violins? If you’re answer is…
Figure it out
Whether she is hanging decaying rabbit carcasses from trees or drawing popular cartoon characters caught in acts of domestic violence, Winnipeg-based artist Diana Thorneycroft knows…