Plastics polluting the waters
We live in an age of being environmentally conscious about our planet, so it is no surprise when topics like pollution cause a stir within…
2014
The price of convenience
Seemingly everyone has a smartphone these days. According to surveys from 2013, almost half of all Canadians and more than half of all Americans use…
Make your own craft beer dinner (and dessert)
French Onion Soup by Sarah Michaelson (blogs at foodadventureclub.blogspot.ca) The Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter 1 super giant Vidalia onion and 1 normal onion (or…
A passion for pints
Most restaurants plan a concept and a menu, and then pair their liquors accordingly – but at Barley Brothers in Winnipeg, it’s all about the…
Big Fun in review
As one night of the event Big Fun, itself paired with the New Music Festival, Jan. 24 at the barely ventilated Windsor Hotel was a…
‘I am B.A. Johnston, and I’m sorry’
A B.A. Johnston performance has very little to do with music; it’s a booze-soaked whirlwind of sad-sack ditties interrupted by moderate acts of destruction. The songs…
A night of Winnipeg for Winnipeg
For the third year in a row, Romi Mayes has collected 20 of her favourite local songwriters, bringing them together for one night of exceptional…
The Good, The Bad, and the Critic
F.W. Murnau’s 1922 classic Nosferatu–starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok—portrays a merciless vampire interested in a new castle to lure his victims to and, more…
To Bee, or not to Bee
The rousing notes of Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices, Cheering for the Bad Guy, the drifting voices of countless karaoke superstars, and the laughter…
Is altruism enough?
On Jan. 13, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) announced that Canada was in the midst of a nationwide blood shortage, partially due to a frigid December…