Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Figure Walking — ‘Vertical/Horizontal,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
Figure Walking’s 2017 debut, The Big Other, was lean and thrilling post-punk, a seedy dash through crowded city streets and purple alleyways, all steam and flickering streetlights. Its new record, the vibrantly tilted Vertical/Horizontal,...
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Andrew Unger — ‘Once Removed’

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Emily Unrau-Poetker
Historically, the Mennonite presence in Manitoba has been of some significance but, aside from deserving credit for this province’s excellent agricultural record, what does it mean to have Mennonite heritage in this day and...
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U of M student wins big in Canada-wide competition

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Zoë LeBrun
Gabriel Roberts, set to graduate from the U of M’s school of art next summer, has been named the Manitoban winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! competition. His winning piece, A Closet Painted Blue,...
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American awards show acknowledges Canadian talent

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Dominique Wightman
Director Su Rynard’s documentary Reef Rescue has been declared a finalist in the Jackson Wild Media Awards (JWMA). Selected by more than 150 international judges from roughly 620 entries from over 30 different countries, the...
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New Indigenous series premieres this fall

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Claire Pankiw
APTN's original documentary series Amplify aired its pilot and second episode Sept. 11. Pre-filmed in the spring and summer of 2018, new episodes will air weekly in English and Ojibwa. This new show provides a...
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Local theatre festival resumes performances

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
With the fourth phase of Manitoba’s pandemic plan for restoring safe spaces allowing live stage performances to resume with limited capacity and physical distancing measures, the show will go on for Sarasvàti Productions’ annual...
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‘Transplant’ creator discusses show’s move to U.S.

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Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah
Fans of the Canadian medical drama Transplant are going to have to make room in the fandom as the show made its American television debut this past week on NBC. The 13-part series aired...

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