Arts & Culture
Confession of a baby face
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I have got a confession to make. It is nothing monumental that is going to change the course of my life, or yours for that matter, but here it is . . . I...
UMSU elections?
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University of Manitoba Students’ Union elections are once again upon us, and once again I find myself saying, “It’s election week?” Like a lot of students, I am not involved in our student government...
On nostalgia in art
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Editor’s Note: This is the first in a short series of essays about the role of nostalgia in art.
It can be difficult to find stability amidst the cacophony of input we face. The...
Spring kind of sucks
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Can you feel it?
The last week of weather in Manitoba has offered us a glimpse into what we are in for. The temperature on the thermometer is slowly climbing back above zero.
We can...
A Guide for the Urban Voyageur
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One of Manitoba’s proudest traditions is the Festival du Voyageur.
Known for a while as the world’s largest kitchen party, the Festival du Voyageur was started in 1969 by a number of entrepreneurs in...
Merging theory and action for International Women’s Day
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The University of Manitoba Feminist Collective consists of eight members. Dana Austman, Nadine Boulay, Kira Dickson, Irene Fubara, Tara Lambert, Chantel Paul, Jennifer Portillo and Bre Woligroski are all students in Feminist Community Organizing:...
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?
Emma Cloney: I find being near...
