Arts & Culture
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?...
CD Review: Young Galaxy, Versus
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Following two fantastic shows at the West End Cultural Center this year, opening for Junior Boys and Austra, now is a good time to try this well thought out remix album from Young Galaxy....
Ask Kara
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Hey Kara,
After trying multiple times, I just recently ended a relationship with my partner of several years.
When we were together I always came second to something, but every time I tried to leave...
Worthy of attention
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Inspired by the Cannes Lions International Film Festival, the International Advertising Film Festival was first established in 1954. The name has since changed to the International Festival of Creativity and is said to...
Music, politics and morals
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Last month Canadian music legend and children’s entertainer Fred Penner stopped by the UMFM studios to help promote his upcoming December shows in Winnipeg. Penner was able to sit down with the Manitoban for...
Ten great things
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1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Like it, love it, even hate it; when it comes to television Christmas specials the Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer might be the quintessential entry. The island...
