Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts

By
Manitoban staff
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...
Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts (sucked, btw)

By
Damian Purdy
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...
Arts & Culture

Dollars for Darlings

By
Leah Werier
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...
Arts & Culture

The Global Canvas

By
Cory Anderson
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...
Arts & Culture

Not over the Hill

By
Ryan Simmons
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...
Arts & Culture

It’s a wonderful play (within a play)

By
Amber Teres
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...
Arts & Culture

CD Review : Mike Roe “We All Gonna Face the Rising...

By
Jeff Nielsen
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...

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