Arts & Culture

When someone brings up the fantasy genre, what typically comes to mind? Long epics, powerful, righteous heroes and a great evil, often in the form of a dragon. These tired tropes are exactly what U...

A third-year student studying global political economy at the University of Manitoba has founded her own independent publishing company. The Mandi Inspiration Publishing House promises “to be the soul of creativity.” The company initially...

Vagina Witchcraft’s debut record doesn’t open with a scream or sludgy riff, but a missive, spoken with such raw feeling as to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up: “I...

Nearly everyone, at some point, dreams of becoming a rock star. Or, perhaps not a rock star but a supermodel, an acclaimed actor or a comedian — plucked off the street or pulled onstage,...

Earlier this month, the fourth annual Winnipeg Theatre Awards, known as the Evies, was streamed online for the first time. This year’s awards ceremony was hosted by Melissa Langdon and Matthew Paris-Irvine from local...

There is a notion that times of political and social turmoil create incendiary music, the kind of essential, galvanizing work that inspires and unites people. It’s true that sometimes certain artists are able to capture...

As we plunge headfirst into another wave of tightening restrictions, it’s hard not to look back at the pandemic’s tentative beginnings in March, when it all felt more like a temporary circumstance rather than...