Arts & Culture

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Fire Weather sparks discussion on wildfires and climate

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
In May 2016, a system of wildfires broke out in Northern Alberta and ravaged the city of Fort McMurray, and in just one afternoon, around 88,000 people were evacuated. Footage of the evacuations quickly...
Arts & Culture

From terrifying turnips to Picasso on pumpkins

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
In North America, it is not unusual to see porches and doorsteps decorated with carved pumpkins, also known as jack-o’-lanterns, as Halloween approaches. However, with a background in anthropology, I am trained to see...
Teegan Gillich
Arts & Culture

Movie review of The Wild Robot

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Carrington Dong
A  friend invited me to see The Wild Robot on a Friday night. I had seen that the film’s ratings were extremely high, so I was excited to see if it lived up to...
Arts & Culture

School of art gallery presents dynamic figure paintings

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
This fall, the U of M’s School of Art Gallery is showcasing the work of Sheila Butler, an American Canadian painter whose work explores themes such as gender, narrative and transformation through paintings of...
Nischal Karki
Arts & Culture

Canadian country singer’s debut album achieves acclaim

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Carrington Dong
Born into a family of musicians in London, Ontario, Amanda Keeles does not really remember a time when she was not singing. Introduced to country music at a young age through her mother’s work in...
Arts & Culture

Symphony orchestra presents Along the River Elbe

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The Elbe river runs from the Czech Republic to Northern Germany, connecting major cities such as Berlin and Prague, and is one of Europe’s most significant waterways. Over the centuries, the Elbe and its...
Arts & Culture

The Play That Goes Wrong comes to Winnipeg

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Carrington Dong
To open the 2024-25 season, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) welcomes the award-winning comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong. The ongoing original production of the play is the longest-running comedy in London’s West...

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