Curtain call for the Cyrk
After Mar. 14, Winnipeg will see one more live music venue shutting its doors. The Cyrk, also known as “Winnipeg’s most notorious art house,” is…
Arts & Culture
U of M celebrates International Women’s Day
If you were able to tear your eyes away from the election hoopla last week, you may have noticed the breast, chest, and torso casts…
The Good, the Bad, and the Critic
Pussy Riot is an all-female Russian punk band and performance collective which attempts to shake-up the established order and transform our views about politics, power, and…
From women’s day to every day
Many events held in the name of International Women’s Day (IWD) spilled beyond the bounds of Mar. 8 and into a weeklong series, or at…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
This week’s column is based on a question from a reader and will be answered in two parts! Check back next week for the followup….
The Good, the Bad, and the Critic
Though there have been many books that analyze film and the significance of children in them, none can compare to Mark Cousins’ documentary A Story…
The sound of violence
Nicholas Krueger confronts the assumption that violent screech is a term for the sound made by a novice violin student playing the instrument for the…
Stop and smell the pickles
While February isn’t typically the canning season, you wouldn’t know it from the full house gathered at Café Ce Soir on a chilly Monday night….
One artist, many hands
When the site at the Forks was excavated for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), 400,000 mostly Aboriginal artifacts were unearthed. Now, when visitors…
Creating ‘solid ground for women to stand on’
Alex Torcolacci and Ellie Schwartz were studying for their final exams last semester when the topic of what they would do for their joint birthdays…