Arts & Culture
Freeze Frame film festival highlights youth cinema
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Freeze Frame International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, an annual festival in Winnipeg, is about to mark its 30th anniversary. Taking place at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain from March 8 to 14,...
Making art from everyday campus items
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Squashing Bugs is the latest show at the U of M School of Art Student Gallery that ran from Feb. 20 to 26. It featured art by Juca Aquino and Julia Mary Langer, made...
Local play Emergency Ops is a trainwreck, literally
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Local artist Hayden Maines recently performed Emergency Ops, a solo comedy about a group of civil servants managing a disaster in a small town. Taking place last weekend at the Irish Association of Manitoba,...
WAG presents Abraham Anghik Ruben exhibition
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WAG-Qaumajuq’s exhibition of works by Inuvialuit (Inuit) artist Abraham Anghik Ruben has recently been extended to run through May 31.
One of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Ruben was born in Paulatuk, Northwest Territories. Until...
“Can I live inside your pocket?”
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“Pocket” is the second and newest single from Strawberry Punch, a local indie all-woman band featuring multiple U of M students. Singer Danielle McDonald wrote the personal yet relatable song about her own intense...
PTE welcomes playwrights into mentorship program
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Winnipeg theatre company Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE) and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights (MAP) are welcoming a new cohort of eight playwrights to the PTE/MAP New Playwrights Unit from 2026 to 2028.
Led by Brian...
Samantha Martin stays true to herself
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Samantha Martin and her band Delta Sugar return to Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre on Feb. 25, in advance of multiple new releases blending blues, soul and contemporary pop styles. Martin previously played in...







