Arts & Culture

Eulogy for the Good Will

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Alex Braun
Legendary bar and venue the Good Will Social Club is shutting its doors after nearly a decade of business. An Instagram post on Nov. 22 broke the news, and though the owners described the announcement...
Matthew Merkel
Arts & Culture

The mundane and sublime at WAG-Quamajuq

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Alex Braun
This fall, two major exhibits opened at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq. Though disparate on their surfaces, certain thematic resonances connect them. The first, titled Tim Gardner: The Full Story, opened in October and is...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Arts & Culture

Growing up undead

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Alex Braun
Vampires have captured the imagination of western audiences for many decades, all the way from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the numerous Hollywood adaptations thereof, through romantic takes like Twilight, comedic ones like What We...
Arts & Culture

’Toban Turntable

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Alex Braun
4/5 Stars Led by Montreal-based singer-songwriter Elizabeth Powell, Land of Talk has strayed rather drastically from its standard formula with its new record, Performances.  Land of Talk is one of the great stalwarts of Canadian indie,...
Arts & Culture

’Toban Turntable

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Alex Braun
4/5 Stars Goodnight Summerland, the second album from Montreal artist Helena Deland is about loss, but it is not a goodbye — only a goodnight. It is a farewell with the knowledge that nature is...
Arts & Culture

The raw drama of Renee

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Alex Braun
A nearly full house at the John J. Conklin Theatre rose to their feet in a standing ovation on Wednesday, Nov. 1 for the final show of Renee’s theatrical run, presented by the The...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Arts & Culture

Bodywash, ‘I Held the Shape While I Could’ — 3.5/5 Stars

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Alex Braun
Shoegaze and dream pop, the perennial buzz genres of the indie world, are by this point a little stale. Breaking through the noise is a hard thing to do, and many choose these genres...
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