Arts & Culture
LARP and the creative Misthaven of Underworld
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In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, people who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons from within. Without the ability to indulge in fantasy, many of us lose out...
Reclaiming what it means to be ‘French Enough’
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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) kicked off Francophonie Month on March 1 by streaming Fransaskois singer-songwriter and filmmaker Alexis Normand’s 18-minute film French Enough.
The film is set at Normand’s family cabin near...
Letting out a ‘Big Deep Sigh’
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In the post-Phoebe Bridgers indie landscape, confessional songwriting has become the standard, and the more gut-wrenching the better.
But what gets lost in this chase for authenticity is what makes confessional songs actually great —...
A play within a play on Royal MTC stage
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Alice Childress was almost the first Black woman playwright to have her work appear on Broadway in 1955 with her wry and potent meta-comedy Trouble in Mind.
But when producers requested a happier ending and...
UMFM show spotlight — ‘Scary Hours’
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After dark, after hours, demon time, scary hours.
Things slow down at night, things feel different in the dark, and the spirits and emotions that stay hidden during the day rise up.
We all have dark...
Festival du Voyageur as a first-timer
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Despite living in Winnipeg for nearly a decade, I had never attended Festival du Voyageur before this year, even with the high acclaim it has received from all my friends who were born and...
Nevertheless, they are ‘Still Here’
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Ukrainian U25 Men’s National Team forward Gleb Krivoshapkin distinctly remembers the day his family learned that the Russian army had invaded their city last February. They were prepared to defend themselves with what they...







