Arts & Culture
Speak for yourself
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September of 2005, Neil Strauss’ The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists becomes a New York Times best seller.
The book follows Strauss’s personal experiences in the underground world of the pick-up-artist....
Travel-logging
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In Guatemala’s north lies the greatest treasure of one of the most magnificent cultures of all time. Tikal National Park is a collection of awe-inspiring pyramids built by the Mayans and preserved with modern...
Jon Dore comes to Winnipeg
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Earlier this summer, June 29 to be exact, something interesting happened on Conan.
It was nearing the end of the program when the host, Conan O’Brien, explained to the audience that the show had...
listening in
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This is the Wilco album I’ve been waiting for. This is the one where they take everything they do well, through every phase of their career, mix it all up, improve on it and...
Nuit Blanche stories
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I have been to the Winnipeg Art Gallery only three times in my life before Saturday night. I can say with absolute confidence that Nuit Blanche at the WAG was unlike anything I had...
Send + Receive ready for 13th season
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Winnipeg’s festival of sound art Send + Receive, one of the most exciting festivals to grace the city’s arts scene, is about to celebrate its 13th season. Outside of a few local concerts throughout...
Bruce McManus brings Chekhov home
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Thursday night marks the premier showing of Bruce McManus’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. While the play runs, from Oct. 6-16, it will be near impossible to find a higher concentration of home-grown...
