Arts & Culture

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a short series of essays about the role of nostalgia in art. It can be difficult to find stability amidst the cacophony of input we face. The...

Can you feel it? The last week of weather in Manitoba has offered us a glimpse into what we are in for. The temperature on the thermometer is slowly climbing back above zero.  We can...

One of Manitoba’s proudest traditions is the Festival du Voyageur. Known for a while as the world’s largest kitchen party, the Festival du Voyageur was started in 1969 by a number of entrepreneurs in...

The University of Manitoba Feminist Collective consists of eight members. Dana Austman, Nadine Boulay, Kira Dickson, Irene Fubara, Tara Lambert, Chantel Paul, Jennifer Portillo and Bre Woligroski are all students in Feminist Community Organizing:...

Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same five crucial questions. One: The Manitoban: What substance or activity do you find to be creativity-producing? Emma Cloney: I find being near...

Ottawa singer-songwriter Jim Bryson’s latest album, The Falcon Lake Incident, features Winnipeg’s own Weakerthans. According to Weakerthans guitarist Stephen Carroll, the collaboration was a natural one, partly because of the artists’ similarities. “I think...

Teal in color, light on gas and as threatening as a fly — a Honda Civic is the only car I ever grew to love. Dubbed the “Hot-mobile” by my girlfriend and equipped with a...