Arts & Culture

Yoo missed it

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John Herbert Cunningham
This is the concert you should have attended. On Oct. 28, 2009, acclaimed conductor Scott Yoo brought magnificence to the exalted pews and stained glass windows of Westminster United Church. It was a pity that...
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That girl is poison

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John Herbert Cunningham
The person responsible for changing stage sets must have gone home following this opening performance of Strong Poison, and taken a bath in Absorbine Jr., their aching muscles desperately needing some type of pain...
Arts & Culture

Subplots, stoners and sinks

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John Herbert Cunningham
“It’s easy to find what you’re against but difficult to find what you’re for.” This is a paraphrase of one of the memorable lines in Prairie Theatre Exchange’s opening play, Souvenirs. This is the world...
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Breau-mance

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John Herbert Cunningham
5 O’clock Bells Directed by Brian Quirt Starring Pierre Brault * out of ** The 2009-10 season opened Oct. 8 with 5 O’clock Bells, a play about the person who made the Guess Who possible. You may...
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CD Review – Keith Price “Breakfast of Champions”

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John Herbert Cunningham
On Dec. 19, 2008, a group of musicians under the leadership of Keith Price assembled at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Winnipeg to record an album. This is the result: straight-ahead neo-bop jazz reminiscent of...
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Amber Alert

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John Herbert Cunningham
In the past few years, a coterie of musicians, many, if not all, graduates of the University of Manitoba’s School of Music’s Jazz Studies program, have been transforming the music scene in Winnipeg. Amber Epp,...
Arts & Culture

Underwhelming Overture

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John Herbert Cunningham
If it had ended after the first piece, it would have been spectacular. Unfortunately, it went on. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, approximately 700 people attended Westminster United Church, an ornate Gothic cathedral in Winnipeg’s...
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