Arts & Culture
The Decade in Arts
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Whoa. What was that? Did you just see that?? I think that was a “decade” that just ripped right past us. Damn. “The 00s,” “The aughts” — gone forever. How can you possibly...
The Decade in Arts (sucked, btw)
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Like most people who lack the intellectual capacity for nuanced thought, I love a sweeping statement. The huger the better. Indeed, most of my utterances consist entirely of a single noun followed by either...
Dollars for Darlings
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Artists know that local initiatives are the key to maintaining and developing a vibrant arts community. Just ask Vanessa Kuzina, lead vocalist and guitar player of Winnipeg indie-roots outfit, Oh My Darling. “We’re four...
The Global Canvas
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Imagine a canvas so vast it spans the entire globe. What if I told you this canvas already exists? Artists and non-artists alike from nearly every country and culture have collaborated for years through...
Not over the Hill
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On Jan. 4, 2007, at the age of 36, animator Helen Hill was murdered, for no known reason, in her home in the midst of hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. This tragic end exists in...
It’s a wonderful play (within a play)
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The Manitoba Theatre Centre celebrated their 52nd anniversary with the opening of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, an engaging and entertaining twist on Frank Capra's much-loved traditional holiday classic. Philip Grecian's inventive...
CD Review : Mike Roe “We All Gonna Face the Rising...
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Holy fuck!
I swear to God, I said those words, out loud, multiple times during my initial listen to Mike Roe’s history of southern gospel music, We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun.
Perhaps it speaks...
