Arts & Culture
Reviews of three Winnipeg Fringe plays
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The Golden Boys — 3/5
This gender bent riff on the classic sitcom The Golden Girls by Anthony Ferens portrays the tomfoolery and unlikely kinship between four senior men cohabiting in Winnipeg. Marketed as a...
Chris Simonite paints satirical wildlife in Hinterland WTF?
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Local artist Chris Simonite has added his own twist to an iconic Canadian wildlife film series in his latest exhibition, Hinterland WTF? at 226 Main Street Gallery.
The works in the exhibition are inspired by...
U of M fine arts students present Voluntary Withdrawal
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Graffiti Gallery unveiled Voluntary Withdrawal on June 19, displaying pieces by seven U of M BFA honours graduates. This year’s edition of the annual exhibition features interactive sculptures, photography and found objects to explore...
Liv Valmestad exhibits Ma(r)king Space in Dafoe Library
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U of M art librarian and artist Liv Valmestad concluded her exhibition Ma(r)king Space last week at the Dr. Paul H. T. Thorlakson Gallery on the third floor of the Elizabeth Dafoe Library. Using...
The many homes of The Sheepdogs
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Canadian roots rock band The Sheepdogs released their eighth studio album, Keep Out of the Storm, in late February. The band began a Canadian tour in March and will perform in Winnipeg on April...
Songs of surviving cancer
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Local musician Tired Cossack released his latest album on March 26. The title, Zima, is the Ukrainian word for “winter,” matching the album’s cold Eastern European style of post-punk as well as the larger...
RMTC’s The Last Wife a moving take on royal history
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One can remember King Henry VIII’s wives with the rhyme, “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived,” based on their ultimate fates. However, many would not be able to state anything else about the “survivor,”...







