Arts & Culture
What my hair meant to me in high school
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Since I was in high school I’ve always sported something that resembles a shag: hair that is not long enough to be considered truly long, but not short enough to be considered truly short....
Transit Waltz
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I dance with the bus
Each turn, each curve
Each jolt, each thrust
I dance with the bus
I dance with the bus
On way to school, or off to work
We synchronize each lurch and jerk
I dance with the...
Hearts in the Arts
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It is one of life’s great pleasures to rank stuff. Anything in the arts especially lends itself to those sorts of subjective, qualitative declarations, and why not? We get real attached to the things...
Five Questions
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Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a
different artist the same five crucial questions.
One:
The Manitoban: What substance or activity do you find
to be creativity-producing?
James Struthers: Basque Pelota.
Two:
M: Who is...
Warhol to Wedman
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Artist Neil Wedman is bringing his work to the University of Manitoba’s Gallery One One One. Wedman, a native Vancouverite, is well known for his work in a variety of media, but only one...
Guaranteed to fail?
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Waiting for Superman has an axe to grind with the American education system, asking questions about why it’s declining, the kids who are trapped in it, and the people who are trying to change...
Essentially a play list
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It’s February now. And as the days grow longer, there’s more of the harsh light of day shining on the broken promises in your life — remember the eagerness with which you made your...
