Prairies, Pens, and Poets
From Willa Cather to Guy Maddin, the Great Plains provides inspiration, madness and solace for artists. For decades the Manitoba Writers’ Guild has given support…
Arts & Culture
Folk Fest Rewind
For almost 40 year now the Winnipeg Folk Festival (WFF) has provided Manitobans, as well as many other proximal neighbours, with a quality music event…
173 Shows
It’s likely if you’re headed to the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival this year you’re aware of a few things. It’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the…
Disaster rock and performance art
The Manic Shakes are a Kijiji-founded band and proudly give themselves the label “disaster rock.” Members David Skene, David Van Den Bossche, Paul Shirtliffe and…
Good Work
I visited Seth Woodyard the day before his opening reception at aceartinc. The gallery space was completely transformed; new walls were built, there were plastic…
Séripop
Séripop, the Montreal art group of Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum, are showing their art exhibit, Deux Temps, Trois Mouvements, and Sans Doute at the…
Reset: post-consumer gamer culture
Pong was the first. Its ability to entertain people for hours on end with no visible narrative or plot line was the feature that distinguished it…
The Folk Fest beginner’s playlist
Having been a newcomer to the Winnipeg Folk Festival last year, I arrived at Bird’s Hill overwhelmed and unprepared for the amount of talent I…
CD Review: Plants and Animals, The End of That
The End of That, the latest album released by the Montreal trio Plants and Animals, presents a collection of songs pumping indie rock rhythms and…
Not Serious: Achievement overload
When Portal 2 came out last year I had to make a tough decision: videogame or rent. Seeing as, if I failed to pay rent,…