Arts & Culture
Illustrating hateful history
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Before Dec. 15, local graphic novel author Jamie Michaels hope to raise $2,500 to publish a graphic novel called Christie Pits that tells the story of a race riot in Toronto in 1933. The...
Final farewell
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Local punk band 1971 are saying farewell to fans at their EP release and final concert on Dec. 23. The group decided to disband after the sudden death of their bassist Cameron Cranston in...
Roman Clarke – Looking For Mine, 4/5
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Roman Clarke of The Middle Coast takes on his first solo effort with EP Looking For Mine which just proves that even individually the members of the trio have the Midas touch when it...
Troy Rayner – Demo*lition Day, 4/5
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Acoustic singer-songwriter Troy Rayner, also known as Gentleman Ghost, released his second EP, Demo*lition Day, on Nov. 7, three years after the release of his first EP, Fin. Rayner’s lyrical honesty pulls at the...
Cultural appropriation in the arts
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Manitoba Opera is currently showing Madama Butterfly, a piece previously questioned as being racist or being an example of cultural appropriation. The opera debuted in 1904 and depicts the ill-fated love of a Japanese...
Lights, camera, dance
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Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD) artist-in-residence Danielle Sturk is collaborating with local dancers to produce a piece that looks at human connectivity through the lens of a camera. The world premiere of integrated contemporary dance...
Local lyrical line-up
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Local rock and blues musician/songwriter Romi Mayes has rounded up 18 talented locals for her fifth annual songwriter extravaganza. On Dec.3 at the Park Theatre, some of Winnipeg’s young and well-known musicians like Micah...







