Arts & Culture
A little something special for National Video Games Day
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With the novel coronavirus pandemic still running rampant in the real world, many have turned to the video game world for comfort and conversation during long hours spent self-isolating, allowing friends to connect and...
Wit and intimacy in quintessentially ‘Winnipeg’ film
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Sean Garrity’s latest film I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight is an intimate, authentic and humorous exploration of life and love within Winnipeg and its Filipino diaspora.
Described as “ romantic...
Manitoban artist takes art lovers on journey to the past
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Manitoba-born Kandis Friesen is a multimedia artist whose work mainly centres on archival processes, diasporic languages and cultures closely intertwined with her family history.
Friesen currently has an exhibition up at the Plug In Institute...
Two Manitoba heritage museums reopen their doors
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and discouragement from travelling out of province, those looking for both a fun and educational outing without leaving Manitoba’s borders can look no further than the Cooks...
Celebrate Folklorama your way, any day, in a safe way
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Over the last 50 years, Folklorama has become the longest-running and largest annual multicultural festival of its kind in the world. With the cancellation of major summer festivals in Manitoba to abide by COVID-19...
Silver Clouds — ‘Silver Clouds,’ 4/5
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The artwork for the debut record from Silver Clouds — with its splattered psychedelia and tossed-off lemon slice — recalls immediately the cover of the Stone Roses’s 1989 debut, another self-titled album that made...
U of M alum honoured at Indigenous awards ceremony
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This past June, Indspire — an Indigenous-run charity that focuses on funding the education of Métis, Inuit and First Nations peoples across Canada — broadcasted their 27th annual event, the Indspire Awards.
Indspire is an...







