Arts & Culture
Furry fun for a fantastic cause
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Although the U of M brings in dogs from time to time as a student mental health initiative, there is a largely unknown way in which students can interact with furry friends on a...
Let them eat cake
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The kings of off-kilter, dumb-in-the-smartest-possible-way alternative rock Cake stands among the likes of the B-52s, Ween and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — bands whose goofiness belies a beating human heart, whose music...
Squirrelly Dan’s gots a few words about Christmas
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There are few Canadian comedians with as much heart and holiday cheer as K. Trevor Wilson. The award-winning comedian is most famous for his role as Squirrelly Dan in the acclaimed comedy series Letterkenny.
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Building student community through anime
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From live-action remakes, to streaming services like Crunchyroll and old-fashioned bootlegs, anime’s continually growing influence on pop culture makes the case that Japanese animation is not quite the niche interest it once was.
The potential...
Manitoba mainstays form local supergroup
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Creating music, touring and exposing oneself to the world — these things are rarely easy. But for the members of New Wales, forming a new band with a combined century of music-industry experience between...
Eagle & Hawk — ‘Liberty,’ 3.5/5
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Whether or not we really are blindly hurtling toward the apocalypse, these can feel like dark and scary times.
The naively imagined bounty of politically-driven protest art that was supposed be born from fascism’s...
A musical history lesson of the Winnipeg General Strike
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Marking the 100th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike, Winnipeg playwright and composer Danny Schur’s adaptation of his popular musical Strike! will hit screens nationwide Nov. 29 as Stand! the motion picture.
Shot entirely in...







