The springs of Springfield: Edna Krabappel
Edna Krabappel is Bart’s jaded teacher. She is often seen smoking in her green sweater, making sarcastic comments and generally not caring about anything. She…
Arts & Culture
Bringing home the bacon
Just hearing the word pig, we draw up images of mud-covered little oinkers making a mess on a farm somewhere. We likely would not think…
The Christmas push
Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier every year. Maybe it’s the looming credit card debt, the need to start shopping, the list of gifts…
Dear Media
I know it has been a while since we last talked and I am sorry that I have been rude and have been ignoring you…
So Life
There are many colours. Too many to name or count. In fact think of life as a painting bursting at the seams with every possible…
Keepin’ it surreal
A man’s beard is drawn as a mass of tendrils, transforming into feathers as he gazes stoically into the distance, in the piece “Untitled No….
Back in Black
Look on the Black Hole Theatre Company’s (BHTC) Wikipedia page and you might be surprised to find out that they staged the world premiere of…
Tear(ing) ourselves away
I seem to remember a time not too long ago, when the digital age of music was just at its dawn and people were questioning…
UMFM Spotlight : Alert! Radio
The UMFM Show Spotlight is a monthly column showcasing various programming on the University of Manitoba’s campus and community radio station. To recommend a show…
The revolution will not be classicized
Set against an orange background, a wheel-less pink vintage Buick is represented in the painting “La Patera” (“The Raft,” 2002) by Armando Marino. The car…