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Jake and Amir hoping for warm reception in cold Winnipeg

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Ryan Stelter
Duo Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld are bringing their unique brand of comedy to Burton Cummings Theatre March 6 with a live version of their podcast If I Were You. “We’ve never been to Winnipeg,...
Jake Hurwitz (left) and Amir Blumenfeld. Photo by Diana Mantis.
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Local art from local hearts

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Jen Doerksen
On Feb. 10, a project called Lovecrafted raised over $500 for ArtsJunktion, a community arts organization. Lovecrafted hosted a pop-up shop at Forth that featured eight local crafters. The pop-up shop was the final...
Jen Doerksen
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Flash dance

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Jen Doerksen
What would normally take five weeks to prepare took only eight days for choreographer Stephanie Ballard and students from the School of Contemporary Dancers. The VERGE Dance Dialogues performance debuted on Feb. 8 at...
Jen Doerksen
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Emerging composer from within the walls of Desautels

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Olivia Michalczuk
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) premiered one winning piece, and one piece each by the six other emerging composers that participated in the Composers Institute. Wachniak applied to the WNMF Composers Institute last fall...
Asha Nelson
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nirvanna the band the show, the interview

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Olivia Michalczuk
nirvanna the band the show began as an independent Canadian web series, and has since been picked up by Vice Canada. Its first episode aired on Feb. 2, 2017. The final episode of...
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Experimental art made accessible

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Jen Robinson
Approachable experimental art was the goal of last weekend’s second annual Forthwith Festival. From Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, local coffee shop Forth will host experimental music performances, visual art installations, and artist workshops...
Jen Doerksen
Arts & Culture

Student group swing dancing into the new year

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Jen Robinson
The University of Manitoba Swing Dance Club (UMSwing) is currently offering eight-week swing dance lessons starting Feb. 6. The student group programs lessons for four different types of swing dance, Charleston, jive, blues, and...
Jen Doerksen

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