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SMRT: unconventional rap rhymes

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Ian T. D. Thomson
As a local Winnipeg act, SMRT is not your typical rapper, nor does he wish to be described as one. The 22-year old Winnipeg artist proclaims: “SMRT is a rapper, big and small, little and...
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Shotgun Jimmie: loaded rock ’n’ roll

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Ian T. D. Thomson
As a solo artist influenced by 1990s indie rock, Jim Kilpatrick, stage name Shotgun Jimmie, brings an interesting take to the singer-songwriter genre. Having released seven studio albums since 2004, this one-man rock ‘n’...
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The good, the bad, and the critic

By
Michael Carlisle
The only thing Roger Ebert loved more than movies was Life Itself, according to the film’s tagline. Growing up in North America, it would be extremely difficult to not have heard of the late,...
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FemFest 2014: She’s Got the Power

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Niku Shaeri
In the early 2000s, a time when women accounted for 27 per cent of the playwrights produced on Canadian stages, Sarasvati Productions launched FemFest, an annual theatre festival that showcases works written by women....
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First annual Cassette Store Day

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Meg Crane
Cassette Store Day, like Record Store Day, is meant to bring lovers of the dying media together. While this is the second year it has been held internationally, Winnipeg will be experiencing it for...
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Rise of the Winnipeg food trucks

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Lauren Siddall
Winnipeg may have been a latecomer to the food truck trend, but these mobile kitchens are now dominating the culinary scene. Three years ago, food trucks were virtually nonexistent on the streets of Winnipeg. Unless...
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The good, the bad, and the critic

By
Michael Carlisle
It is impossible to review Tommy Wiseau’s The Room (2003) with a straight face, mainly because it is awful, everybody knows it is awful, and we choose to watch it anyways. It fails on...

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