Arts & Culture
Things I’ve loved
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Things I’ve Loved is a celebration of things from the near or distant past, either overlooked or forgotten by the unforgiving eye of popular culture. It is a venue to both reminisce and profess...
Sometimes They Do
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“Okay. Once upon a time—”
“That’s cliché.”
“That’s what?”
“Klee-shay. Like, it’s used too much.”
“Yes, I know. But where did you hear that?”
“Adam told me.”
“Your mom’s new boyfriend?”
“Yeah. He says it all the time.”
“Huh.”
“Keep going, grandpa.”
“Right....
Intimacy, efficiency and a lot of windows
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The Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport opened the runways to 747s and small carrier planes alike last October. Now that the snow has sprinkled our streets, now that exams have reared their prickly...
Move over Oblivion
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There isn’t much I can add to the conversation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that hasn’t already been said. What I’m going to concentrate on here is my experience with the game and...
An evening of jazz
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An Evening of Jazz Song, coming up on Jan. 15 at the Park Theatre, features both past and present members of the University of Manitoba Jazz program. Included among the performers are Amber Epp...
History made funny
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Every now and then in life you read something you’re convinced was made especially for you, as if it’s been tailored specifically to your personal sensibilities. I almost always feel this way when reading Kate Beaton’s...
25 films selected for Library of Congress
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Quick — blurt out the first thing that comes to your head when you think about the Library of Congress. Stuffy and silent? Display cases filled with untouchable relics? People in funny-looking white wigs?...