Arts & Culture
Out of the gallery, into homes and streets
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On March 22, a launch party like no other will be held at Union Sound Hall. Hosted by Wab Kinew and featuring New Orleans’ own Big Freedia, the party is in celebration of kimiwan...
‘Winnipeg is the unofficial hub of the Aboriginal music community in...
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In May 2013 Statistics Canada released the first data from the 2011 National Household Survey, which replaced the former long-form census. Significant facts about the population of young Aboriginal people in Winnipeg and the...
Masculindians
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On Mar. 6, University of Manitoba Press launched the book Masculindians: Conversations about Indigenous Manhood at McNally Robinson. Editor Sam McKegney, who is also an associate professor of English and cultural studies at Queen’s...
Curtain call for the Cyrk
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After Mar. 14, Winnipeg will see one more live music venue shutting its doors. The Cyrk, also known as “Winnipeg’s most notorious art house,” is a small, intimate venue in West Broadway.
Unlike other recent...
U of M celebrates International Women’s Day
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If you were able to tear your eyes away from the election hoopla last week, you may have noticed the breast, chest, and torso casts in the Gallery of Student Art. Along with a...
The Good, the Bad, and the Critic
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Pussy Riot is an all-female Russian punk band and performance collective which attempts to shake-up the established order and transform our views about politics, power, and religion. Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin’s documentary tracks the group’s...
From women’s day to every day
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Many events held in the name of International Women’s Day (IWD) spilled beyond the bounds of Mar. 8 and into a weeklong series, or at least weekend-long string of gatherings. Beyond the common thread...




