Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

CD Review : Passion Pit “Manners”

Is Passion Pit the new up-and-coming 'it' band? They certainly seem to have the credentials. The Massachusetts five-piece has played sold out shows all...
By
Cheryl Lysy
Arts & Culture

Concubines and conquerors

Winnipeg author Margaret Sweatman’s book, The Players, is not something I would recommend for my mom to read. That having been said, I loved...
By
Laura Blakley
Arts & Culture

Serving up laughs with a greasy spoon

What play won the 1991 Canadian Authors Award for Drama? If you were to respond, Kelly Rebar's Bordertown Café, you’d be right. But why...
By
John Herbert Cunningham
Arts & Culture

Text this!

Ontario is the most recent province to implement laws to prevent drivers from texting, dialing or talking on their mobile phone while driving. The...
By
Jessica Stewin
Arts & Culture

Stuck in a pit of pessimism

In Judith Timson’s review of Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich for the Globe and Mail, she describes the book as a slamming of persistent promotion...
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Jessica Stewin
Arts & Culture

The springs of Springfield: Barney Gumble

Barney Gumble is the consummate drunk. His tired eyes, mussed-up hair, too-small pink shirt, slouched posture and fat gut all exemplify his alcoholism. He’s...
By
Ben Poggemiller
Arts & Culture

Hitching: Part I

Wednesday, Oct 7. So I'm helping my nine-year old cousin clean up after supper, and I came to a realization. Keegan picks up after himself...
By
Matt Soprovich

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