Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

A season of measured optimism

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Zoë LeBrun
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Winnipeg, theatres were some of the first institutions to be shut down. The Manitoban sat down with the artistic director of Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP), Pablo Felices-Luna,...
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Teaching practical arts during a pandemic

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
Like many theatres across Canada and the world, the U of M’s Black Hole Theatre Company (BHTC) has put a pause to its regularly scheduled programming in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the virus...
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Winnipeg’s premier craft show moves online

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Zoë LeBrun
CRAFTED, Winnipeg’s premier craft sale and exhibition, has moved online this year. The event, which features over 50 artists, was established in 2015 with the primary goal of supporting craftspeople across Canada. With sales reaching...
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Madisyn Whajne — ‘Save Our Hearts,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
One can imagine the sunlight that must’ve filled the studio as Madisyn Whajne recorded Save Our Hearts — pooling like melted caramel and casting flecks of gold on every surface, the kind of sunlight...
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Christo Graham — ‘Turnin’,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
With a voice that shares some forlorn fibre with the king of melancholy Townes Van Zandt — or maybe it’s a lovesick Alex Chilton on the timeless “Thirteen” — Christo Graham is the kind...
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Creating a sense of home

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Zoë LeBrun
Beginning Oct. 10, art lovers were gifted with a celebration of Manitoba at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) in the form of an exhibit titled In Place: Reflections from Manitoba. The exhibit is curated...
Zoë LeBrun
Arts & Culture

Big-budget studio quality that’s local and affordable

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Kaelen Bell
Filled with instruments and recording gear, the floor strewn with old rugs and ceiling lined with fairy lights, Adam Fuhr’s House of Wonders is a world away from its namesake — the Zanzibari palace,...

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