Arts & Culture

Aside from a few chains sporadically peppering Pembina highway, Winnipeg South is sorely lacking coffeehouses. Even a few of the Starbucks locations that used to work as base camps for rogue U of M...

Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is a consummate storyteller. This reputation has followed him around for his entire career, and he seems quite happy to perpetuate it.  Shauf’s earlier work fit firmly into the storytelling idiom...

A collection of animated shorts made by Indigenous creators was released on the free streaming service CBC Gem Jan. 27. How To Lose Everything is a five-episode series that explores loss. One of the shorts,...

I like Valentine’s Day because it gives me an excuse to watch people talk about their loved ones. Their eyes start to rove around the room as they smile a little in spite of...

Romantic comedies are often considered the quintessential Valentine’s Day films.  Stories about couples meeting, falling in love, engaging in some shenanigans and finding their way to a happy ending. It’s a straightforward formula.  While this isn’t...

Moonstruck (1987) https://youtu.be/M01_2CKL6PU While perhaps not the most conventional romcom, Moonstruck is by far my favourite. But how could it be conventional when the leads are Cher and Nicolas Cage? The plot follows Cher’s widowed character, who...

Prolific playwright Drew Hayden Taylor addressed a full house at the John J. Conklin Theatre on Jan. 19 as the department of English, theatre, film & media’s (ETFM) 2023 Sidney Warhaft Memorial lecturer. The event...