Soluble religion
Religious or not, religion plays a huge role in many of our lives. Christian values are often equated with traditional family values and religious symbols…
Arts & Culture
How “Rock Band” saved my marriage
When I was about nine years old, my parents approached me with what they said would be a wonderful opportunity: they decided to enroll me…
The Decade in Arts
Whoa. What was that? Did you just see that?? I think that was a “decade” that just ripped right past us. Damn. “The 00s,” “The…
The Decade in Arts (sucked, btw)
Like most people who lack the intellectual capacity for nuanced thought, I love a sweeping statement. The huger the better. Indeed, most of my utterances…
Dollars for Darlings
Artists know that local initiatives are the key to maintaining and developing a vibrant arts community. Just ask Vanessa Kuzina, lead vocalist and guitar player…
The Global Canvas
Imagine a canvas so vast it spans the entire globe. What if I told you this canvas already exists? Artists and non-artists alike from nearly…
Not over the Hill
On Jan. 4, 2007, at the age of 36, animator Helen Hill was murdered, for no known reason, in her home in the midst of…
It’s a wonderful play (within a play)
The Manitoba Theatre Centre celebrated their 52nd anniversary with the opening of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, an engaging and entertaining twist on…
CD Review : Mike Roe “We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun”
Holy fuck! I swear to God, I said those words, out loud, multiple times during my initial listen to Mike Roe’s history of southern gospel…
CD Review : The xx “The xx”
There’s something undeniably refreshing about a group of 20-year-olds writing and self-producing one of the best albums of 2009. I’m referring here to The xx,…