Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

The intricate art of resistance and survival

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Grace Anne Paizen
Passionate about his Anishinaabe-Métis roots, third-year U of M native studies student Jack Theis became a beadworker as a means to connect with his ancestors. “All my life pretty much, I’ve been obsessed with my...
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Nêhiyawak — ‘nipiy,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
In the long, diaphanous tradition of New Age and the more insidious mutation that is Chill Vibes playlist fodder, the music of water has been co-opted by those who would reduce it to steady...
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Cultural healing after a corporate career

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Zachary Sigurdson
From Nov. 1 to 12, the Cre8ery Gallery and Studio will be hosting Juncture: Modern Métis Culture by local Métis artist Nicole LeClair. As a single mother, LeClair focused on her corporate career in marketing...
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Prairie kitchen parties and the Manitoban spirit

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Kaelen Bell
Before winter fully settles over the city and forces us inside for the next four months, Crankie Festival organizer Leonard Podolak wants to bring Winnipeggers together for a final hurrah. “We’re getting ready for winter,...
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Documenting the fight for a connection

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Zachary Sigurdson
Freedom Road is a five-part docuseries that chronicles the story of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation’s battle for a road connecting the community to the Trans-Canada Highway. The series was filmed during the construction...
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The morbidly beautiful world of death photography

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Grace Anne Paizen
Out of all the mysterious death rituals popular during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century, the practice of death photography remains one of the most fascinating. Victorian death photography was the practice...
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Cross over to the other side at planetarium album release

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Kaelen Bell
On Nov. 2, the Manitoba Museum’s planetarium will come alive in celebration of the dead. The Mariachi Ghost, who have spent a decade threading traditional Mexican music with experimental performance, will overtake the venue to...

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