Arts & Culture

Where the art is

By
Lukas Thiessen
A group art exhibition where the contributing creators are on hand everyday throughout the entire run of the show, willing to interact with visitors who have questions? It’s a real event, and it’s starring some of...
Arts & Culture

When the moon hits your eye

By
Lukas Thiessen
If you're too intoxicated to look up the phone number for a pizzeria, and don't possess the coordination to focus on more than one number at a time, all you need to do in...
Arts & Culture

Winnipeg’s got a new booking agent

By
Lukas Thiessen
He started promoting local music shows in Winnipeg when he was 15 years old. Seven years later he founded his own company to keep great music appearing on stage here. David Schellenberg established Harmony Mansion...
Arts & Culture

Forum’s got fleas!

By
Lukas Thiessen
The folks who run Forum Art Centre (FAC) have the organization busy most days of the year. Due to their status as a registered charity, they are using one of their few free weekends...
Arts & Culture

Performing unpublished pages

By
Lukas Thiessen
There is always time for more hard work. In the midst of her third year as a PhD student in the department of English, film, and theatre at the University of Manitoba, Kendra Magnus-Johnston...
Arts & Culture

Ghost Launch

By
Lukas Thiessen
Near the intersection of River Avenue and Osborne Street, on the west side of Osborne, once was a feminist bookstore. It has been 20 years since that shop, Bold Print, closed. Today, a group of Winnipeg-based...
Arts & Culture

Calling for justice by walking with art

By
Lukas Thiessen
The Native Women’s Association of Canada created a database of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, and as of March 31, 2010, it had gathered information on nearly 600 cases. University of Ottawa PhD...
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