Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Begonia’s in bloom

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Zachary Sigurdson
Local music icon Alexa Dirks, known onstage as Begonia, is between filming music videos and a busy tour schedule. She is also releasing her first full-length album, Fear, Sept. 13.
Buio Assis
Arts & Culture

Begonia — Fear, 4.5/5

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Emelia Fournier
Alexa Dirks, who performs under the name Begonia, unsurprisingly delivers stellar vocals and raw lyrics on her highly anticipated debut full-length album, Fear.
Arts & Culture

Festival blankets the city with creativity

By
Zachary Sigurdson
Winnipeg’s sixth annual Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival — run by Synonym Art Consultation in collaboration with Graffiti Art Programming Inc. — runs throughout September.
Quincy Houdayer
Arts & Culture

Folk singer turned pop performer joins The Dedicated Tour

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Emelia Fournier
Pop singer Raffa Weyman, who performs under the name Ralph, will be lighting up the Burt with fellow Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen on Sept. 9.
Mariah Hamilton
Arts & Culture

Politicians make plans for creative community

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Emelia Fournier
Art and politics come together once again for the provincial election. Here are the promises made as of press time by Manitoba’s four main political parties for Manitoban artists and creative industries.   Manitoba Liberal Party Party Leader...
Quincy Houdayer
Arts & Culture

A journey into the taboo

By
Zachary Sigurdson
Is this what the 1960s felt like? That was my first thought when entering The Park Theatre on Aug. 25 for the Sacred Sexual Music Festival. A kirtan, a type of ancient Indian chant, was...
Mandee George
Arts & Culture

Festival favourite ends summer with a Royal Rumpus

By
Emelia Fournier
Cult DJ and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Courtnage — known onstage as Smoky Tiger — released his third album, The Premium Quality Royal Rumpus, Aug. 30. In addition to Courtnage on guitar, vocals and organ, the album...

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