Experiencing the Terrain
Sweetgrass Directed by: Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor Opening on Nov. 12 ★★★ out of 5 After viewing the documentary Sweetgrass, the end credits explain what…
Arts & Culture
How to survive the sleazy beast
For 32 years Victoria jazz-punks NoMeansNo have lived apart from the sleazy beast known as the music industry. Now that the rest of the world…
Unnecessary Reviews: Marmaduke
Unnecessary Reviews is a column where things are reviewed in a manner that is unnecessary. They say you can’t keep a good dog down. Just…
Expressing Suppression
Having been born and bred on the prairies I suppose I should be used to the glaring futility of shoveling snow. I’m sure we’ve all…
Liptonians get serious
The Liptonians, a Winnipeg-based indie-rock quintet, are poised for more mainstream success with the release of their second album, Let’s All March Back Into the…
U of M Symphony Orchestra opens season with American classics
The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra begins its second year under Maestro Richard Lee this week on Oct. 27 with the first of four performances…
Millenium trilogy triumph
If there ever was a series that would have the honour of the title “The Series,” it would be this one. Based off of the…
Owen Pallett on angels, the country and Czech orchestras
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the music of Toronto’s Owen Pallett — classical violinist, composer, founder of Final Fantasy (a name under which he…
Why I want to date a dugong
I recently went to Australia to volunteer and travel the beautiful countryside along with some friends in a program called International Student Volunteers. With certain…
Lack of conviction in speech and you!
Starting in the spring of 2010 I found myself starting to dabble in the idea of slam poetry. Slam poetry is a kind of poetry…