World War 1.5
To make art is at once challenging and satisfying, like completing a puzzle. One of life’s great pleasures is to stand back and look at…
Arts & Culture
Frankly my dear, Mikuska gives a damn
Artist Frank Mikuska describes his teenage self as a “natural delinquent.” His older brother had been killed while working at an electricity company in Winnipeg,…
Musical memory memory
I shut out all the lights, sat down behind my desk, the little one facing the window in the far corner of the room, and…
Musical memory memory memory
Drop-jawed and dead-eyed, they sat soundless, and stared. It was employee #3263827, the “Arts Editor,” who spoke first, in a halting voice. “Do you have…
Bloody brilliant
How often does a play come along that has the audience rollicking with laughter while, at the same time, ripping their hearts out? Kevin Loring’s…
Just turn off your cellphone
Advice for people going to see Headspace: you should probably turn off your cell-phones. If it goes off, neither the actors nor the audience will…
Cupcakes : Out of control, Art : In your budget
“Winnipeg is known nationally and internationally as a real hot bed of visual arts,” said Shawna Dempsey, co-director of Mentoring Artist’s for Women’s Art (MAWA)….
Essentially a Playlist : “Tony Danza in the bathroom”
The recent brouhaha over changing lyrics to our national anthem (personally, I like Gail Asper’s suggestion of “in all of us command” over “thou dost”)…
CD Review, Joanna Newsom, “Have One On Me”
Long a fan of Joanna Newsom, there’s no way that I can possibly provide a neutral, unbiased review here. Sorry. She could record herself making…
CD Review : Champion, “Resistance”
It was only two years ago that Montreal-based DJ Champion (Maxime Morin) became a household name across the country with his hit single, “No Heaven.”…