Sex and the campus
We all know that people act strangely in certain situations, but why is it that an almost impossibly dramatic change occurs when we go on…
Arts & Culture
Static prevails
Send and Receive, Winnipeg’s annual festival of sound, is on again this week and there’s nary a hook, harmony or hand-clap to be heard. Instead,…
An infected trio of swine and the huge, horrifying canine
Another major flu epidemic may well be underway. We all remember the disaster of SARS a few years ago, West-Nile virus has made many headlines…
Hurl from a top window
In his first work of creative non-fiction, the 13-year old Eric Valdemar wrote about war and childhood. Inspired by his hometown of Rostock in northern…
CD Review : Corb Lund “Losin Lately Gambler”
The first song I heard on Corb Lund’s new album, Losin’ Lately Gambler was “A Game in Town Like This,” and, frankly, it filled me…
CD Review : NDU “The Rebel Zone”
Hip-Hop is a genre of music but it is more often than not called “rap,” which is technically the vocal style. In many ways, people…
CD Review : Todd Snider “The Excitement Plan”
Todd Snider delivers another dish of country fried good times on his eighth full-length studio album, The Excitement Plan. Fans of Snider’s will find the…
Breau-mance
5 O’clock Bells Directed by Brian Quirt Starring Pierre Brault * out of ** The 2009-10 season opened Oct. 8 with 5 O’clock Bells, a…
Essentially a Playlist
Despite the ever-present threat of terrible weather, I firmly believe October is one of the best months of the year. The hubbub of back-to-school insanity…
All the city’s a stage
At first glance, theatre is an archaic art form, utterly outdone by its more glamorous and accessible counterpart, film. Why, then, is it important that…