In Winnipeg it is so easy to interact with the people who thrill you by providing flights of musical fancy. You can talk to and get to know almost anyone; everyone is a regular...

Ah, Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday celebrating binge drinking and the colour green. Maybe once it might have had something to do with Irish people and snakes, but that connection has been buried by...

When the sun starts to shine and the snow begins to melt, Winnipeggers get the itch to put their parkas and Sorels in the closet and go outside unencumbered by their winter regalia. For me,...

Do you remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine’s boyfriend is obsessed with that song “Desperado”? Every time he hears it, his eyes glaze over and he gets lost in an internal world of...

While the isolation of winter in Winnipeg causes people to go mad, at least we’re free to follow our muses down whatever rabbit hole of strange, self-satisfaction we please. All you need to do...

This Saturday, Feb. 9 we will get a chance to celebrate a rock n’ roll rebel that has been bringing noise to Winnipeg since she first rolled into town from Vancouver. Yes, Alana Mercer...

This is a message to all the denizens of this dark n’ dreary, sometimes inspiring, other times heartbreaking flutopia otherwise known as Winnipeg. I am here to issue you a challenge. Unplug yourself from...