Why Not Murder Mother
3.5/5 stars Why Not Murder Mother begins the moment the theatre doors open, with a character lying comatose on a bed flanked by her oddly…
Arts & Culture
The Ultimate Actor’s Nightmare
4.5/5 stars Club Soda Improv returns to Fringe Fest with its resoundingly successful formula. Because the show is improvised and is therefore different every day,…
Something wicked this way comes
Where do witches, the magically inclined and self-declared weirdos go to sell their goods? As of June 24, the answer is the Wicked Bazaar. Founder…
Kiskithihta Mīthokwesowin kicks off for the summer
Kiskithihta Mīthokwesowin: Discovering Our Gifts kicked off its opening celebration on National Indigenous Peoples Day last Wednesday with a pipe ceremony, medicine walk and a…
Indigenous Peoples Day at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Following a personal tradition from the previous year, I made my way to the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG-Qaumajuq) to experience an afternoon of Indigenous artwork…
’Toban Listens: ‘Spirit Plate’
June is National Indigenous History month, a time for recognizing and acknowledging the resiliency, diversity and rich history of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples….
Rainbow Resource Centre relocating during 50th year
Canada’s longest continuously running 2SLGBTQ+ resource centre, Rainbow Resource Centre (RRC), is soon moving buildings to create an even larger and more accessible space. RRC…
Gabrielle Roy, Manitoban writer in retrospect
Gabrielle Roy wrote about her departure from her childhood home in Manitoba with a sheepishness characteristic of anyone caught in this province’s nostalgic grip. No…
Bodywash, ‘I Held the Shape While I Could’ — 3.5/5 Stars
Shoegaze and dream pop, the perennial buzz genres of the indie world, are by this point a little stale. Breaking through the noise is a…
Back from the edge and bigger than ever
Before recording his debut full-length album, Kris Ulrich wasn’t sure that he would ever make another record. “I was kind of caught between two roles…