Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

CD review: Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of...

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Joel Vandale
APPTPHOROHMU is an indie pop album by the ever-fascinating, possibly insane, Dresden Dolls front-woman. As an avid Radiohead fan, I can say that I’ve seen my fair share of odd covers and approach any...
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School of art students star in NYC artist’s latest work

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Benjamin Miller
Students at the University of Manitoba’s school of fine art comprised the majority of cast and crew at a recent shoot by a visiting artist. Jillian Mcdonald, a Winnipeg-born artist who now works in...
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Case 39 aims low, misses

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Benjamin Miller
Case 39, like many horror movies, relies heavily on the devices and themes of its genre. While some of these are successfully employed, the film’s more prominent feature is the way the normally-frightening, if...
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Around the world in 275 days

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Michaela Senkiw
Paintings, photographs and sketches fill the walls of the Mennonite Heritage Centre’s art gallery. Reymond Pagé’s 275 days is an exhibition inspired by the 275 days he and his family spent traveling around the...
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Essentially a playlist

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Michael Elves
I just recently finished reading a great new book from former Winnipegger Alissa York. It’s called Fauna and, amongst other things, it’s a book about animals and our connection to them. Whether we see...
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H.I.T.S parade

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Maria Bowler
It is Tuesday evening at the Toad in the Hole on Osborne and everything is as it should be — that is, nothing is out of the ordinary. A rambunctious patron hollers his displeasure...
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Classical Rock

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Benjamin Miller
The south-facing exterior wall of the University of Manitoba’s Marcel A. Desautel faculty of music bears the words, “DEMOLISH SERIOUS CULTURE.” Attempts to remove this puzzling imperative from the smooth limestone have been partly...

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