Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

TikTok made me do it!

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Aaliyah Balogunvolunteer
Is this recording? Oh, okay.” (Cue awkward millennial pause — if you know you know). It’s unscripted moments like these, those relatable pauses we do in real life, that TikTok has transformed into a...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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When Thucydides meets Tecumseh

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
This past Sunday, classicist Emily Greenwood presented a guest lecture on campus about ancient Greek and Indigenous histories. The event was part of the “Hellenic Civilization Lecture” series hosted by the department of classics....
Teegan Gillich
Arts & Culture

Students and faculty to perform Every Freeze is Different

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Next week, U of M students and faculty will present Every Freeze is Different, a concert featuring contemporary music, improvisation and live digital visual art. According to Victoria Sparks, an instructor of percussion at the...
Arts & Culture

Charles Joseph finds joy in his art and family

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Carrington Dong
Charles Joseph, also known as Boone, is an artist and a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation. Based in Williams Lake, B.C., he has spent much of his life on Canada’s West Coast, creating...
Arts & Culture

Foodfight! and the appeal of abysmal art

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Carrington Dong
When Lawrence Kasanoff made plans in 1999 to direct an animated movie, his goal was to make his company, Threshold Entertainment, “the next Pixar.” The film, Foodfight! assembled a star-studded cast and was planned...
Arts & Culture

Entangling cultural identity and migration with filet lace

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Textiles is an art form steeped in history and culture — the materials used, the method of production and the subject matter that are depicted all come together to tell a larger story. In his...
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Olivia Lunny returns to her roots with new album

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Carrington Dong
Olivia Lunny currently calls Los Angeles home, but her musical career began in Winnipeg. “Music has always been something that I’ve been around and been immersed in,” Lunny recalled. Lunny largely credits her father for introducing...

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