Arts & Culture
Folk Festival blog entry 6: Sunday, July 11, 2010
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The dream is almost over for Folk Festers.
The dream is over for the Netherlands. The World Cup final was broadcast on the main stage monitors much to the joy of sports fans and much...
Folk Festival blog entry 5: Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Day four of the Folk Festival and I'm not sure how much more tie-dye I can handle. Though one notably fashion forward individual had the panache to combine a tie-dye shirt with camoflage pants....
Folk Festival blog entry 4: Saturday, July 10, 2010
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It begins to rain the moment I walk through the gates of my first Folk Festival, which could be taken as a bad omen except for everyone around me seems so relaxed. People of...
Folk Festival blog entry 3: Friday, July 9, 2010
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It's day three and the viscosity of the crowds are starting to increase. The sun was beaming down like a spotlight on the festival all day. Water and sunburns were certanly the order of...
Folk Festival blog entry 2: Thursday, July 8, 2010
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After a relatively quiet day at the Fest where the main stage didn't start up until 6 p.m., "Folkies" were at the musical mercy of those who had the foresight to bring their own...
Folk festival blog entry 1: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Oh Winnipeg, you and your weather.
Yup, the crowd got soaked as the homegrown Wailin' Jennys took the stage. But wail they did, in their ever so lovely way.
And still a heartbreaker in...
Bullet holes and noise rock
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Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner is demonstrably not a bathhouse, diner or in any way associated with anyone named Freud. Instead, it is a gallery run by Kristel Jax and Mark Wohlgemuth. To investigate the...
