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When Calgary-based playwright Tara Beagan was first approached by artistic director of Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE), Thomas Morgan Jones, to write a play about climate change, she found herself struck by the image of...

Sometimes failure closes doors, and other times it starts podcasts. A year after leaving a tech startup job to dedicate her career to art, Madison Beale, a U of M student studying art history, realized...

Bombay Bicycle Club and I have a complicated relationship.  I never talk about them being a favourite of mine when in heated discussions about music. In fact, I often forget about them entirely when suggesting...

 The University of Manitoba campuses are wide, sprawling and sometimes inhospitable. For students looking for connections, either in scholarly or creative environments, options for socializing are limited to what is provided by other students who...

Poetry Unbound wasn’t the first podcast I listened to, but it certainly was the podcast that inspired a new kind of love in me for the platform.  I was introduced to it through globally adored...

 The musical theatre ensemble is one of many ensembles tucked away in the practice rooms of the Taché Arts Project.  The course is open to auditions from any student who wants to learn to sing,...

 Dating apps feel like cash grabs. These apps are created as obvious ploys for profit while being sold as ways to help users find their “one-and-only,” with a narrative that users’ chances go up...