Arts & Culture
’Toban tracks
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The best love songs are not romantic — instead, they say something about romance. Sometimes they are about friends or parents or children or pets or music itself. Sometimes they are desperate. Sometimes they...
Recommendations for your next virtual viewing party
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It is around this time every year that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honours some of the best filmmaking, acting and technical work at its Academy Awards ceremony, colloquially known as...
The state of local film is not in flux
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During Manitoba’s initial shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, many beloved institutions were shuttered and long-anticipated events were cancelled. One of these closures was the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque, a local...
A much-needed distraction from lockdown blues
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As its name would suggest, Six-Foot Citrus is a band with a handle on absurdity — an instrument-swapping lineup with a constantly rotating frontperson, the quartet feels amorphous and playful, striking the balance between...
Musical chemistry found in a most unexpected place
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The internet was supposed to make our lives better. The reality of that naive dream is a little more complicated and a whole lot scarier, as it turns out the information superhighway might just...
In conversation with Canadian author Annette Lapointe
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From the COVID-19 pandemic and murder hornets to important civil rights protests and one of the most nail-biting elections in American history, 2020 was certainly a roller-coaster ride of emotions.
Now that we are beginning...
’Toban cornertable
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Annette Lapointe is intimately familiar with the Canadian Prairies. Born into rural life, Lapointe has spent her time since then travelling away from and returning to one or another of the Prairie provinces. She...







