Arts & Culture
Jake and Amir hoping for warm reception in cold Winnipeg
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Duo Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld are bringing their unique brand of comedy to Burton Cummings Theatre March 6 with a live version of their podcast If I Were You.
“We’ve never been to Winnipeg,...
Local art from local hearts
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On Feb. 10, a project called Lovecrafted raised over $500 for ArtsJunktion, a community arts organization. Lovecrafted hosted a pop-up shop at Forth that featured eight local crafters.
The pop-up shop was the final...
Flash dance
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What would normally take five weeks to prepare took only eight days for choreographer Stephanie Ballard and students from the School of Contemporary Dancers.
The VERGE Dance Dialogues performance debuted on Feb. 8 at...
Emerging composer from within the walls of Desautels
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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) premiered one winning piece, and one piece each by the six other emerging composers that participated in the Composers Institute. Wachniak applied to the WNMF Composers Institute last fall...
nirvanna the band the show, the interview
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nirvanna the band the show began as an independent Canadian web series, and has since been picked up by Vice Canada. Its first episode aired on Feb. 2, 2017.
The final episode of...
Experimental art made accessible
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Approachable experimental art was the goal of last weekend’s second annual Forthwith Festival.
From Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, local coffee shop Forth will host experimental music performances, visual art installations, and artist workshops...
Student group swing dancing into the new year
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The University of Manitoba Swing Dance Club (UMSwing) is currently offering eight-week swing dance lessons starting Feb. 6.
The student group programs lessons for four different types of swing dance, Charleston, jive, blues, and...







