Arts & Culture editor

The annual Indigenous Winter Market had its second run last week, Nov. 23 and 24.  The event was created last year by Vanessa Lillie, director of cultural integration with the office of the vice-president (Indigenous)...

This fall, two major exhibits opened at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq. Though disparate on their surfaces, certain thematic resonances connect them. The first, titled Tim Gardner: The Full Story, opened in October and is...

Aficionados of Cookbooks and all things homemade gathered at Fort Garry library on Nov. 14 to listen to author and award-winning Free Press arts reporter Eva Wasney talk about her work on her community-based...

Vampires have captured the imagination of western audiences for many decades, all the way from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the numerous Hollywood adaptations thereof, through romantic takes like Twilight, comedic ones like What We...

4/5 Stars Led by Montreal-based singer-songwriter Elizabeth Powell, Land of Talk has strayed rather drastically from its standard formula with its new record, Performances.  Land of Talk is one of the great stalwarts of Canadian indie,...

Human rights work can be messy. Without having dilemmas neatly organized and presented, few human rights workers speak about the mistakes, missteps and problems that they encounter when working within the practice.  Messy Ethics in...

4/5 Stars Goodnight Summerland, the second album from Montreal artist Helena Deland is about loss, but it is not a goodbye — only a goodnight. It is a farewell with the knowledge that nature is...