Arts & Culture

I like Valentine’s Day because it gives me an excuse to watch people talk about their loved ones. Their eyes start to rove around the room as they smile a little in spite of...

Romantic comedies are often considered the quintessential Valentine’s Day films.  Stories about couples meeting, falling in love, engaging in some shenanigans and finding their way to a happy ending. It’s a straightforward formula.  While this isn’t...

Moonstruck (1987) https://youtu.be/M01_2CKL6PU While perhaps not the most conventional romcom, Moonstruck is by far my favourite. But how could it be conventional when the leads are Cher and Nicolas Cage? The plot follows Cher’s widowed character, who...

Prolific playwright Drew Hayden Taylor addressed a full house at the John J. Conklin Theatre on Jan. 19 as the department of English, theatre, film & media’s (ETFM) 2023 Sidney Warhaft Memorial lecturer. The event...

A musical cinema séance of mystique and mystery will haunt the halls of the Park Theatre on Feb. 16 for any couples, or solo necromancers, brave enough to attend.  Love You to Death is an...

How was your childhood? Did you ever lie awake at night in bed, watching shadows crawl across your walls?  Did you zone out staring at the ceiling as patterns appeared in its texture? Did you...

Juneberry is presently one of Winnipeg’s trendiest brunch places, and Winnipeggers are flocking to Old St. Vital to fortify themselves with the power of full-bodied coffee under kitschy wallpaper. This much ado is not about...