Arts & Culture
Born-and-raised Winnipegger up for Oscar
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The 90th annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, and this year, one nominee for the coveted prize once called Winnipeg home.
Sidney Wolinsky, a film editor, has been nominated for an Academy Award for his...
Song Premiere: R U S T O W L — Hibernation
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Winnipeg folk-infused four-piece rock outfit R U S T O W L is dropping its debut EP this month.
Less than a year after the band’s live debut as a fledgling two-piece, the four song...
Afro Prairie Film Festival anchors Black History Month
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Black History Month is an international celebration occurring each February. Events in Winnipeg wrapped up on Feb. 24 with a community gala and closing ceremony at the Norwood Hotel. The gala, hosted by Winnipeg’s...
Jake and Amir hoping for warm reception in cold Winnipeg
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Duo Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld are bringing their unique brand of comedy to Burton Cummings Theatre March 6 with a live version of their podcast If I Were You.
“We’ve never been to Winnipeg,...
Local art from local hearts
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On Feb. 10, a project called Lovecrafted raised over $500 for ArtsJunktion, a community arts organization. Lovecrafted hosted a pop-up shop at Forth that featured eight local crafters.
The pop-up shop was the final...
Flash dance
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What would normally take five weeks to prepare took only eight days for choreographer Stephanie Ballard and students from the School of Contemporary Dancers.
The VERGE Dance Dialogues performance debuted on Feb. 8 at...
Emerging composer from within the walls of Desautels
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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) premiered one winning piece, and one piece each by the six other emerging composers that participated in the Composers Institute. Wachniak applied to the WNMF Composers Institute last fall...







