Jon Dore comes to Winnipeg
Earlier this summer, June 29 to be exact, something interesting happened on Conan. It was nearing the end of the program when the host, Conan…
Arts & Culture
listening in
This is the Wilco album I’ve been waiting for. This is the one where they take everything they do well, through every phase of their…
Nuit Blanche stories
I have been to the Winnipeg Art Gallery only three times in my life before Saturday night. I can say with absolute confidence that Nuit…
Send + Receive ready for 13th season
Winnipeg’s festival of sound art Send + Receive, one of the most exciting festivals to grace the city’s arts scene, is about to celebrate its…
Bruce McManus brings Chekhov home
Thursday night marks the premier showing of Bruce McManus’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. While the play runs, from Oct. 6-16, it will be…
Ten Great Things
Nuit Blanche is a free all-night visual arts party held as part of Culture Days Manitoba. On Oct. 1 the Winnipeg Art Gallery, as well…
Previewing WNDX
Since 2005, WNDX — Winnipeg’s Festival of Film and Video Art — has been bringing exciting short and experimental films from Canadian talents to the…
Variety aplenty at FemFest
On Sept. 17, I had the pleasure of attending the opening cabaret for FemFest. FemFest is an annual, weeklong Winnipeg festival that showcases women in…
Travel-logging: Mount Koya, Japan
The most holy Buddhist site in Japan — that was the initial attraction for me in going to Mount Koya, despite a friend of mine…
Movie Review: 50/50
50/50 is a story about much more than cancer. Adam is a normal guy with a normal life: he has a girlfriend, a job, a…