Peace group provides hope for youth
Chicago’s problem with youth and gang violence isn’t unknown; the city has been referred to as a war zone by law enforcement, newscasts and city…
Arts & Culture
Text-based art
Canadian artist Lani Maestro’s her rain is a text-based exhibit first shown at Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. It has now…
400 year anniversary
Did you know the University of Manitoba has a first edition copy of the King James Bible? If you know where to go and who…
CD Review: The Darcys, The Darcys
This October saw the Toronto-based band the Darcys deliver their first offering on the Arts & Crafts label. Produced by Murray Lightburn of the Dears,…
Fruit shake, on the go!
Ingredients: 1 full, chopped banana 5-6 ice cubes 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon sugar 1-2 tablespoons cinnamon 3/4 cup milk Directions: This recipe makes 2-3…
Sound off
Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose different artists the same series of crucial questions. Maya Postepski makes up one third of…
Dragons, archetypes and the art of getting old
I remember pulling Eragon off of the shelf eight years ago. I remember asking the man at the counter if the book was really worth…
For the record lover
Recently, the Manitoban was able to sit down and talk vinyl with one of the all-time Winnipeg record gurus, Greg Tonn, founder of the widely…
CD Review: Marketa Irglova, Anar
For some it may be hard to imagine Marketa Irglova without her long-time collaborator, Glen Hansard, as one half of the Swell Season . The…
Long, hard road for music legend
The birth of reggae, the rise of a young Bob Marley, Jamaican civil unrest, police extortion, the birth of dub, the English punk scene of…