Folk Festival blog entry 5: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Day four of the Folk Festival and I’m not sure how much more tie-dye I can handle. Though one notably fashion forward individual had the…
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Folk Festival blog entry 4: Saturday, July 10, 2010
It begins to rain the moment I walk through the gates of my first Folk Festival, which could be taken as a bad omen except…
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…
Folk Festival blog entry 2: Thursday, July 8, 2010
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…
Folk festival blog entry 1: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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…
Bullet holes and noise rock
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…
Summer festival, super fun!
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,…
Comic review: Los luchadores mysteriosos
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
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…
Green tides in the land of the rising sun
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…