Arts & Culture
Amundsen’s Cold Recall
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first person to reach the South Pole, the Royal Norwegian embassy in Ottawa, Norway’s Fram Museum and the University of Manitoba...
Movie Review: Anonymous
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In theatres this month, the movie Anonymous explores the idea that the Shakespeare we know and love is, in fact, a fraud. Diehard Shakespeare fans beware: this movie turns the traditional notion of William...
Movie Review: The Three Muskateers
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There is no denying it: The Three Musketeers is a terrible movie. I feel that this knowledge should be delivered, from the very beginning, to anyone fond of the fiction of Alexandre Dumas. This...
Things I’ve loved
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Things I’ve Loved is a celebration of things from the near or distant past, either overlooked or forgotten by the unforgiving eye of popular culture. It is a venue to both reminisce and profess...
Ten great things
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Dan Mangan (Nov. 1 @ the Garrick)
— Depending on when you read this column, this first entry may be the most difficult to attend. If you have the time, however, a Dan Mangan...
Movie Review: Project Nim
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Directed by James Marsh, Project Nim is the story of Nim, a chimpanzee taken from his mother by force in 1973 and transformed into the subject of a language project headed by Prof. Herbert...
Peepshow in the Exchange
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Early this fall the Exchange District BIZ (Business Improvement Zone) launched a new program, Pop-up Art, turning unoccupied store fronts into temporary art galleries. The project got off the ground during Culture Days —...
