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PTE welcomes playwrights into mentorship program

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Carrington Dong
                            Winnipeg theatre company Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE) and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights (MAP) are welcoming a new cohort of eight playwrights to the PTE/MAP New Playwrights Unit from 2026 to 2028.  Led by Brian...
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Samantha Martin stays true to herself

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Jordan Anglin
Samantha Martin and her band Delta Sugar return to Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre on Feb. 25, in advance of multiple new releases blending blues, soul and contemporary pop styles. Martin previously played in...
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Wilding out with The Weekly Y-lers

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Kyler Zaenali and Tyler Ward are the two U of M students behind The Weekly Y-lers, a UMFM radio show that explores different musical themes and the history of musical genres.  It all began when...
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The Art of Getting Lost and Found releases March 26

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Carrington Dong
                              Kelowna-based writer Glenna Turnbull, known for over two-decades as a freelance arts writer and columnist, is set to release her debut novel, The Art of Getting Lost and Found, this March.  Published by Breakwater Books,...
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Holland navigates the complex life of a caregiver

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Jordan Anglin
Holland is Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s (RMTC) latest original three-act comedic play, following parents Carrie and Paul as they navigate the bureaucratic lack of accessible social services for their child with cerebral palsy. It...
Jordan Anglin
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we tend to care opens in Winnipeg galleries

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Carrington Dong
WAG-Qaumajuq’s recent exhibition is the touring exhibition we tend to care by multidisciplinary artist, mother and community organizer Carrie Allison, which opened on Feb. 6.  The exhibition, produced in collaboration with Urban Shaman Contemporary Art,...
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A coming-of-age story, but about a mother

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Parents always want the best for their children, but they may not always know what their children need — this is the lesson of The Mother and the Bear. Filmed in Winnipeg and released...

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