Folk Festival blog entry 3: Friday, July 9, 2010
It’s day three and the viscosity of the crowds are starting to increase. The sun was beaming down like a spotlight on the festival all…
It’s day three and the viscosity of the crowds are starting to increase. The sun was beaming down like a spotlight on the festival all…
After a relatively quiet day at the Fest where the main stage didn’t start up until 6 p.m., “Folkies” were at the musical mercy of…
Oh Winnipeg, you and your weather. Yup, the crowd got soaked as the homegrown Wailin’ Jennys took the stage. But wail they did, in their…
Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner is demonstrably not a bathhouse, diner or in any way associated with anyone named Freud. Instead, it is a gallery run…
Around August last year, I spent a day walking about the University of Manitoba campus asking idle students which summer events or activities they attended,…
When Los Luchadores Mysteriosos crossed the Arts desk, I pounced. I’m usually more of a Fables or The Walking Dead fan, but come on! Flying…
Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same five crucial questions. One: The Manitoban: What substance or activity…
Four University of Manitoba students had the opportunity to travel to Tokyo, Japan as part of the Japan-Canada Academic Consortium (JACAC), to discuss environmental issues…
“I think I may be in love with William Shakespeare.” I tell this to my academic friends and they answer with sceptical faces. “How?” they…
School I only ended up having maybe three actual meetings with each professor. Both classes required one paper, both of which are now finished, and…