Power to the people
In every friendship I have cultivated over the last few years I’ve found it necessary at some point to sit down face to face with…
Arts & Culture
In Desolation
You can always tell which books on my shelf are my favorites; they have been read so many times that the spine is creased, the…
This land is FOODLAND
Winnipegger Adam Smoluk’s second feature FOODLAND opens tomorrow at Winnipeg Cinematheque. The film, written and directed by Smoluk and produced by Juliette Hagopian, takes place…
Chaplin’s Circus comes to town
Charlie Chaplin was notoriously reluctant to reveal his filmmaking techniques, but this much is known: he started each production with an idea and little else….
Music and you
How do you get your music? Well, there are really only two ways you can answer this question. Option A: You buy your music. Whether…
Laptops in examinations? Say What?
It has happened twice. Twice in the last week! As examinations too-quickly approach, I have had two classes where an individual has asked if they…
The rare breed of winter cyclist
About a month ago I wrote an article in the Manitoban regarding the top trends of fall 2010. Sitting in the number 12 spot on…
Texting continues to be all the rage and I will never appreciate it
There have been countless times where I couldn’t go a whole outing without feeling ignored by a friend whose nose was buried in their T9…
Living in GOSA’s glass bubble
From the week of Nov. 15-19, 2010, I lived in a tent in the Gallery of Student Art on campus at the University of Manitoba,…
Essentially a playlist
I’ve just finished reading Charles Foran’s mammoth biography of one of my literary heroes, Mordecai Richler. Privy to Richler’s private papers, held by the University…