Movie review: The Ides of March
In politics, kindness can get you killed. The political arena is so full of ruthless handlers, advisors and media workers that it takes a certain…
Arts & Culture
Sound Off
Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same crucial questions. Sheldon Birnie is the lead singer of the…
Speak for yourself
September of 2005, Neil Strauss’ The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists becomes a New York Times best seller. The book follows Strauss’s…
Travel-logging
In Guatemala’s north lies the greatest treasure of one of the most magnificent cultures of all time. Tikal National Park is a collection of awe-inspiring…
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…
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…