It’s not me, it’s you
{ The pair sits facing each other in a neutral public place. The novel is Dance with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya, translated from Spanish…
Arts & Culture
Young nature artist brings wildlife art back to life
Wildlife and nature artists are sometimes hard to find in today’s art scene. Then an artist like 25-year-old Joseph Koensgen emerges. With raw talent and…
CD Review : Beach House, “Teen Dream”
Back in 2006, a small dream-pop band named Beach House tiptoed into indie music waters, making only a relative splash with their self-titled debut LP….
CD Review : Besnard Lakes “Are the Roaring Night”
The Montreal-based band The Besnard Lakes are no longer the dark horse they called themselves on their second studio album. They have emerged from the…
CD Review : Alice in Chains, “Black Gives Way to Blue”
The grunge movement of the ‘90s was absolutely huge for the music industry. Seattle-based act Alice in Chains was definitely in the middle of the…
All the City’s a Stage : Hot Thespian Action
“All the City’s a Stage” is a continuing look at local independent theatre companies in Winnipeg. Can you handle some Hot Thespian Action? OK, that…
Dissecting Workman’s Meat
Have you recently had your heart broken? You could eat your weight in Ben and Jerry’s, or maybe the new Hawksley Workman record might hit…
Field trip
“Every year,” he started, “Macleans magazine puts out an annual review of Canadian universities. And every year, the University of Manitoba doesn’t do so great….
The healthy heavyweight
The Internet is full of dietary secrets — the ancient rule that could leave you 10 pounds lighter or the food you should be eating…
The devolution of pants
The last decade or so has seen the proliferation among young men of what very witty people have named the “man-purse” or “murse” (which, if…