Arts & Culture

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Beards, plaid, and rock and roll

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Carlyn Schellenberg
For their second year in a row, the Proud Sons—Ryan McConnell, Kyle Meyer, Jay Mymryk, Jesse Meyer, and Jason Stanley—will bring their rock and roll to Festival du Voyageur. The band is influenced by the...
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Are you aware?

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Lukas Thiessen
February is Black History Month (BHM) in Canada and the U.S. Begun as a week-long event in 1926, the initial recognition in Winnipeg occurred in 1981. The observance was first recognized by Canada’s House...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Critic

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Michael Carlisle
This Ain’t No Mouse Music! (2013) is an intriguing documentary by co-directors Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling. Their subject is Chris Strachwitz, a now-elderly record label owner with a fierce passion for music, particularly...
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Going Deep with Jodie Layne

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jodie layne
Having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) doesn’t mean your sex life is over – true story. I know all of the scary literature and after-school specials have tried to scare you off of having sex...
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Activism, porn, and pleasure coming together

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Anastasia Chipelski
Some may see the term feminist pornographer as a bit of an oxymoron, but just as there is no one right way to be a feminist, there are many ways that porn and feminism...
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Mardi Gras to heat up Winnipeg

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Katy MacKinnon
The RBC Convention Centre is heating up this Valentine’s Day weekend with its eighth Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 14 and 15. Get ready to dance, eat, shop, and stand in awe of acrobatics. “It’s...
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Never was a story of more woe

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Bryce Hoye
The star-crossed lovers return to Winnipeg Feb. 12-16, as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s (RWB) production of Romeo + Juliet gets underway. Choreographed by Rudi van Dantzig and set to a score by Sergei Prokofiev,...

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