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Manitoban artist takes art lovers on journey to the past

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Zoë LeBrun
Manitoba-born Kandis Friesen is a multimedia artist whose work mainly centres on archival processes, diasporic languages and cultures closely intertwined with her family history. Friesen currently has an exhibition up at the Plug In Institute...
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Two Manitoba heritage museums reopen their doors

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Zoë LeBrun
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and discouragement from travelling out of province, those looking for both a fun and educational outing without leaving Manitoba’s borders can look no further than the Cooks...
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Celebrate Folklorama your way, any day, in a safe way

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
Over the last 50 years, Folklorama has become the longest-running and largest annual multicultural festival of its kind in the world. With the cancellation of major summer festivals in Manitoba to abide by COVID-19...
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Silver Clouds — ‘Silver Clouds,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
The artwork for the debut record from Silver Clouds — with its splattered psychedelia and tossed-off lemon slice — recalls immediately the cover of the Stone Roses’s 1989 debut, another self-titled album that made...
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U of M alum honoured at Indigenous awards ceremony

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
This past June, Indspire — an Indigenous-run charity that focuses on funding the education of Métis, Inuit and First Nations peoples across Canada — broadcasted their 27th annual event, the Indspire Awards. Indspire is an...
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Indie film amplifies voice for mental health awareness

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Dominique Wightman
While mainstream cinema has a history of stigmatizing mental illness, Calgary, Alta. filmmaker Paul J. Chinook, promises a progressive contribution to mental health discourse. February’s Dog, Chinook’s upcoming directorial debut, provides an intimate character study...
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Winnipeg’s annual summer theatre festival will go on

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
A summer in Winnipeg is rarely complete without a visit to the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. In years past, patrons could take in a show, check out the free entertainment in Old Market Square, visit...

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