Arts & Culture
U of M jazz student hosts open jam sessions
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Fifth-year U of M music student Brandy Lafond will host this month’s jazz jam at Must Be The Place, a bar at 84 Stradbrook Ave. on Dec. 11.
The idea began last year when she...
Renaissance frescoes and Indigenous-Vatican relations
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Over 500 years ago, Pope Alexander VI commissioned Italian artist Pinturicchio to paint frescoes in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, notably a fresco of the Resurrection of Jesus. However, what appeared to be just another...
Tuning into the sounds of the Swingin’ Sixties
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Peace signs, bell-bottoms and long hair — the Swinging Sixties can be described as one of the most iconic and influential decades in recent history. With events such as the civil rights movement and...
Fête Ice Cream & Coffee scoops up success
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Fête Ice Cream & Coffee began with a conversation between co-founders Teri-Lynn Friesen and Élise Allard. The two, then working together at a dance studio, were in a staff meeting when Allard mentioned she...
PUP to play concert in Winnipeg
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The Toronto punk band PUP is set to play an all-ages concert at the Burton Cummings Theatre with Snotty Nose Rez Kids on Dec. 2 to promote their fifth studio album, Who Will Look...
Goodbye, Hawkins
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It has been nine years since the first season of Stranger Things turned the world upside down in 2016. Now the series is finally coming to an end in 2025, and I don’t know...
Poetry society encourages meaningful conversation
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U of M student Erika Beaudin and her friends spent the summer of 2025 living in Montreal. Upon returning home, she was inspired to recreate the transformative experiences she had on her trip. So,...







