Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

‘The Third Colour’ wraps up first run at Prairie Theatre Exchange

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Zachary Sigurdson
The Third Colour from Manitoban playwright Ian Ross just finished its first run at the Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE). In an “absurdist dramedy” using clown-style comedy to discuss heavier topics of colonialism, trauma and reconciliation,...
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Jenny Heijun Wills relaunches her memoir ‘Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.’

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Grace Anne Paizen
Winnipeg based author and University of Winnipeg professor Jenny Heijun Wills relaunched her first memoir to a packed McNally Robinson atrium on Oct. 8. First released in mid-September, Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.: A Memoir...
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Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour was life-changing

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Kenny Ingram
Sir Elton John rode into Winnipeg on a stormy fall day and let the sun go down on a full house at Bell MTS Place. His final world tour, justly dubbed the Farewell Yellow Brick...
Evan Tremblay
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Margaret Atwood wraps up Winnipeg’s 2019 Thin Air festival

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Emelia Fournier
Canadian literary legend Margaret Atwood brought weighty topics with wit to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Sept. 30. An Evening with Margaret Atwood wrapped up the Winnipeg International Writers Festival’s Thin Air 2019 event. Atwood is...
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Winnipegger Katrina Rosen gives frank look at marital struggles and cross-continental...

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Zachary Sigurdson
"Mike, do you want to bike around the world?” That is one of the first lines in Winnipeg-born author Katrina Rosen’s new book, and was the catalyst for the adventure it was based upon. With You...
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Local artist’s latest exhibit at Pulse Gallery takes on climate change

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Zachary Sigurdson
Climate change is on everyone’s minds and we all have our own way of confronting it. Anja Studer is taking climate action through her art. On the evening of Sept. 27, in conjunction with the international...
Anja Studer
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House Handshake’s road to Winnipeg

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Emelia Fournier
A long and winding road led to the formation of local indie outfit House Handshake. The band is currently comprised of Quinton Poitras (vocals, frets), Darrell Anderson (frets, vocals), Sarah Greco (vocals, ukulele), Tanner Link...

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