Arts & Culture
Power to the people
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In every friendship I have cultivated over the last few years I’ve found it necessary at some point to sit down face to face with my new friend and tell them about a part...
In Desolation
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You can always tell which books on my shelf are my favorites; they have been read so many times that the spine is creased, the pages dog-eared and they refuse to stay closed unless...
This land is FOODLAND
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Winnipegger Adam Smoluk’s second feature FOODLAND opens tomorrow at Winnipeg Cinematheque. The film, written and directed by Smoluk and produced by Juliette Hagopian, takes place in South Winnipeg and was produced through the National...
Chaplin’s Circus comes to town
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Charlie Chaplin was notoriously reluctant to reveal his filmmaking techniques, but this much is known: he started each production with an idea and little else. Usually it was a premise, a character and a...
Music and you
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How do you get your music? Well, there are really only two ways you can answer this question. Option A: You buy your music. Whether you head off to HMV or on iTunes, you...
Laptops in examinations? Say What?
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It has happened twice. Twice in the last week! As examinations too-quickly approach, I have had two classes where an individual has asked if they could write their exam on a computer. I am...
The rare breed of winter cyclist
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About a month ago I wrote an article in the Manitoban regarding the top trends of fall 2010. Sitting in the number 12 spot on that list was the oh-so-trendy bicycle. It seems that...
