Arts & Culture

In politics, kindness can get you killed. The political arena is so full of ruthless handlers, advisors and media workers that it takes a certain level of conviction just to complete a campaign. What...

Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same crucial questions. Sheldon Birnie is the lead singer of the Winnipeg-based alt-country band Cheering for the Bad Guy. The band...

September of 2005, Neil Strauss’ The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists becomes a New York Times best seller. The book follows Strauss’s personal experiences in the underground world of the pick-up-artist....

In Guatemala’s north lies the greatest treasure of one of the most magnificent cultures of all time. Tikal National Park is a collection of awe-inspiring pyramids built by the Mayans and preserved with modern...

Earlier this summer, June 29 to be exact, something interesting happened on Conan. It was nearing the end of the program when the host, Conan O’Brien, explained to the audience that the show had...

This is the Wilco album I’ve been waiting for. This is the one where they take everything they do well, through every phase of their career, mix it all up, improve on it and...

I have been to the Winnipeg Art Gallery only three times in my life before Saturday night. I can say with absolute confidence that Nuit Blanche at the WAG was unlike anything I had...