Arts & Culture
Mise en Scene — ‘Winnipeg, California,’ 4.5/5
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The space between Manitoba and California is less a literal distance and more an imagined one. They couldn’t occupy more disparate places in the public imagination: one is quiet, scrappy and unheard of, while...
Winnipeg-based artist to speak on art, advocacy
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This Saturday, Martha Street Studio is hosting a virtual artist talk with Winnipeg-based artist Yisa Akinbolaji.
Akinbolaji, whose career spans more than three decades, is an interdisciplinary artist who explores creative expression possibilities through a...
Local author longlisted for prestigious literary prize
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Winnipeg author David Bergen’s short story collection, Here the Dark, has been nominated for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The prize recognizes excellence in both long and short form Canadian fiction and is awarded annually...
David Bergen — ‘Here the Dark’
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David Bergen’s short story collection, Here the Dark, tackles moral ambiguity and what it means to find oneself through grace, asking readers to sit with difficult questions and empathize with Bergen’s characters as they...
November Underground — ‘November Underground,’ 4/5
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There are generally two modes when it comes to decade-specific revivalism: those artists who embody a particular aesthetic ideal without committing fully to the sound — your pop-punk SoundCloud rappers or ’60s glam-rock pop...
Local painters on display in joint art exhibition
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The cre8ery gallery and studio has a treat in store for art lovers this month: an exhibition titled Two Painters: A Visual Dialogue — David Cooper and Linda Olzewski, featuring two Winnipeg-based artists.
The project...
Rich Aucoin – ‘United States,’ 3.5/5
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Like just about every record from Halifax, N.S., pop-maximalist Rich Aucoin’s latest multi-coloured dispatch arrives on the back of a concept.
Even so, the sparkling United States — with no Disney film-sync or 500-strong list...
