From legislation to action
While the public debate around Bill 18 has subsided since it was passed in the Manitoba legislature on Sept. 13, 2013, Catherine Taylor believes that…
Arts & Culture
Difficult, primal, heart-wrenching theatre
Loren MacDonald is a third-year theatre student with a flair for concise, off-the-cuff reviews of plays. “[Lion in the Streets is] a very unique, experimental…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
Can we be real here? I was not stoked when Victoria’s Secret opened here last winter. I wasn’t actively against it, but unlike the throngs…
Want a festival? Do it yourself.
If we didn’t have leaders, bosses, or managers, how would we ever get anything done? This weekend’s Anarchist BookFair & DIY Fest proves that you…
Locals to look out for
Let’s talk Hana Lulu, a synth-based electronic dance-pop trio that will be releasing their debut EP on Nov. 15 at 72 Princess Street. Hana Lulu deftly mixes rock…
Spell Indian. Spell genocide. Spell artist.
Director. Mentor. Producer. Cinematographer. Editor. Writer. Actor. Cinematic artist Darryl Nepinak, a Saulteaux man from the Ojibway Nation who grew up and lives in Winnipeg,…
Mitten Claps – a pair that sounds bigger than its parts
One is such a lonely number. Three’s already a crowd. Two is enough to start a band, and that’s what Jonathan and Randall Hildebrand figured…
Prepare for the posthumous protester
Three-quarters of a year before the end of the Second World War, a child was born in the ruined city of Berlin and grew up…
Meet the intercultural poltergeist
What can we possibly expect from a performance art piece described only as “a live art ritual involving body-based practice and spoken word”? The answer…
Bizarre-o-tainment
As part of their fundraising efforts for the United Way of Winnipeg, the multi-talented people of Graffiti Art Programming (GAP) and Art City are teaming…