Arts & Culture
Ten Great Things
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Nuit Blanche is a free all-night visual arts party held as part of Culture Days Manitoba. On Oct. 1 the Winnipeg Art Gallery, as well as several more venues across downtown, will open its...
Previewing WNDX
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Since 2005, WNDX — Winnipeg’s Festival of Film and Video Art — has been bringing exciting short and experimental films from Canadian talents to the general public. From Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at...
Variety aplenty at FemFest
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On Sept. 17, I had the pleasure of attending the opening cabaret for FemFest. FemFest is an annual, weeklong Winnipeg festival that showcases women in art, organized by the theatre company Saravati Productions and...
Travel-logging: Mount Koya, Japan
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The most holy Buddhist site in Japan — that was the initial attraction for me in going to Mount Koya, despite a friend of mine having suggested it as a nice place to get...
Movie Review: 50/50
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50/50 is a story about much more than cancer. Adam is a normal guy with a normal life: he has a girlfriend, a job, a best friend and regular parents. Everything changes when he...
Third-dimension harshing your movie buzz?
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I love the cinema.
The front doors sound like a space ship landing gear, and as I walk in from the cold, a fabulous excess of sights, smells and sounds wash over me: the...
Da Vinci: the Genius
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A few weeks ago, Groupon.com offered 2-for-1 admission to Da Vinci: The Genius at the MTS Exhibition Hall. For less than $10 each, a friend and I hopped on the deal wagon, stoked on...
