Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Look on the bright side…

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Andrea Karr
Ever since I saw Prairie Theatre Exchange’s interpretation of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl four, five, maybe six years ago, I have loved both the PTE and playwright Morris Panych. Even after seeing hundreds...
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Lazy, Hazy, Unamaze-y

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Kevin Doole
For the last decade or two, zombie films have been released with staggering frequency. It makes sense; a producer can hire novice writers and hack directors, and, so long as they have seen a...
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Shutt’er Down

By
Amber Teres
Director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio pair up for the fourth time on Shutter Island, a film that looked thrilling in trailers but is not-so-thrilling in reality. The film takes place in Boston...
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CD Review : Sit Down Tracy, “Roaring Noon”

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Sheldon Birnie
A tepid morning breeze blows through a Winnipeg street in late summer, rustling trash and dust up from the gutters. A 1982 Diplomat backfires in an alley, behind an all-night pizza joint. A woman...
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CD Review : Snoop Dogg “Malice ‘N Wonderland”

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Roger Ritsema
I’m concerned about the future of hip hop. I mean, I recently heard the genre compared to disco. Yikes. A survey of the current landscape doesn’t exactly inspire hope, either, as a serious lack...
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CD Review : Sara Lynn “Don’t Call Me Angel”

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Marc LaCasse
For those unfamiliar with her sound, Sara Lynn's is one of eclectic tastes and styles all wrapped in emotional lyrics. Sometimes the Vancouver singer/songwriter is raspy to suit the mood, but the harmonies always...
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Eat, Sleep, Drink Evil

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Damian Purdy
Christening your band “Goatwhore” is definitely not the path of least resistance to widespread social acceptance. This is unfortunate, because to hear lead singer Ben Falgoust explain it, Goatwhore are actually the black metal...

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