UMAnime hosts manga club
UMAnime recently introduced its manga club, a regular event for students to read portions of manga series and discuss them with fellow fans. Manga are…
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K-pop fandom in Winnipeg flourishing
K-pop, or Korean popular music, is a multi-genre music scene mostly made up of idol groups — idols being the industry term for K-pop stars…
LARP and the creative Misthaven of Underworld
In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, people who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons from within. Without the ability…
A play within a play on Royal MTC stage
Alice Childress was almost the first Black woman playwright to have her work appear on Broadway in 1955 with her wry and potent meta-comedy Trouble…
’Toban about town — Coffee Culture
Aside from a few chains sporadically peppering Pembina highway, Winnipeg South is sorely lacking coffeehouses. Even a few of the Starbucks locations that used to…
Joshua Whitehead — ‘Making Love with the Land’
I like Valentine’s Day because it gives me an excuse to watch people talk about their loved ones. Their eyes start to rove around the…
Drew Hayden Taylor on power of Indigenous humour
Prolific playwright Drew Hayden Taylor addressed a full house at the John J. Conklin Theatre on Jan. 19 as the department of English, theatre, film…
’Toban about town — Juneberry
Juneberry is presently one of Winnipeg’s trendiest brunch places, and Winnipeggers are flocking to Old St. Vital to fortify themselves with the power of full-bodied…
Winter writer-in-residence on the importance of listening
The U of M Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) will welcome Cree filmmaker Janine Windolph as the winter 2023 writer-in-residence on Jan….
What to play before the semester weighs you down
While January is past the longest night of the year, many students still have weeks of scarce sunlight and burning the midnight oil ahead. These…