Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Questioning the longevity of our spaces

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Zachary Sigurdson
Jae-Sung Chon is a designer, curator and educator in the U of M’s faculty of architecture. Originally from South Korea, he came to Canada to continue training as an architect. Having spent time in...
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Storyteller by trade joins campus community

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Zachary Sigurdson
Calling all aspiring writers and struggling artists: did you know the U of M has someone whose job is to consult and guide you in your creative endeavours? There is, on the second floor of...
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Bouncing between life and death, facts and fictions

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Grace Anne Paizen
The cover of Jennica Harper’s Bounce House, published in late 2019, evokes the image of Carl Fredricksen’s house from the movie Up — carried from the Earth by balloons. The image alone encapsulates shared...
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Prairie writing contest sees single Manitoban winner

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Grace Anne Paizen
Award-winning author, local Manitoban and U of M alumna Donna Besel is the sole Manitoban to win a prize in the 2019 Prairie Fire Press and McNally Robinson Booksellers annual writing contest. Broken down into...
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Hut Hut raised from the boards of Boats

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Kaelen Bell
Like some gangly misbegotten phoenix, Hut Hut arrives — dusting off the ashes of the beloved Boats — and steps into a new world of sideways harmonies and dancing guitars. In fact, Mat Klachefsky’s freshly...
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The woman’s tale

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Zachary Sigurdson
Who tells your story? Who is left behind? What is left behind? These are the types of questions the award-winning play Shakespeare’s Will examines. Written by Winnipeg-born playwright Vern Thiessen and directed by Eric Blais,...
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Tramping the trails of Winnipeg

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Kaelen Bell
Living in Winnipeg is not always easy, but it’s always something. Cold enough to crack bones and hot enough to melt pavement, Winnipeg is a city with a troubled spirit, a place of great...
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