Arts & Culture

Dear Kara, I'm a student at the U of W and I've never been on a date or kissed a girl before. I am very quiet, a bit anxious and avoidant in general, and I...

Imagine for a minute that you are an artist. You’re local, from Manitoba and eager to showcase your contemporary work in the belief that it will stretch boundaries, shatter expectations and change the landscape...

I didn’t even bother watching the Oscars this year because the only film in the running that I’d seen was Moneyball, so I was spared Billy Crystal’s blackface routine — which apparently wasn’t even...

Islands has always been a band on the periphery of my musical interests. I gave earlier albums Arms Way and Vapours a listen, but was unable to connect. The music was sporadic, unexpectedly beautiful,...

Ash Ketchum was the undisputed hero of my childhood. He had that red Pokéball hat that he would turn backwards every time he prepared to battle. God, he was badass. But he was clumsy...

Jinchalo, title of Matthew Forsythe’s newest graphic novel, is a Korean expression, meaning “really?” A question of reality: what and where is the line between what is real and what is imagined? A companion piece...

  Amy’s Picks Most hilarious acceptant speech: It is so easy to love and to hate Meryl Streep. The Academy has nominated her for an Oscar more than any other actor in history. Every year, this beautiful...