Arts & Culture

Like most people, I enjoy escaping to elaborately constructed fantasy worlds. I totally identify with Max, the protagonist of Maurice Sendak's iconic 1963 picture book Where the Wild Things Are. Who doesn't? Seriously, how...

Audiences will undoubtedly be depressed while watching Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. But this kind of mood is rare and refreshing when we consider the fact that it is targeted towards...

Academy Award-nominated documentary director Sam Green (The Weather Underground) is coming to Winnipeg to show his nearly completed film, Utopia In Four Movements, as part of The Winnipeg Film Group’s Gimme Some Truth this...

“It’s easy to find what you’re against but difficult to find what you’re for.” This is a paraphrase of one of the memorable lines in Prairie Theatre Exchange’s opening play, Souvenirs. This is the world...

She stands in a small room, exuding confidence. Wearing a baggy hooded sweatshirt and black pants, her grey hair is cut into a shaggy style that adds to her androgyny. She overflows with energy...

Mention Bob Mould to a music lover theses days, and you’ll be given a quizzical look, followed by the question, “Isn’t he doing dance music now?” It’s a valid question. After all, the former leader...

Much has happened in The Junction camp since the release of their self-titled major label debut in 2007. Gone are the angular guitars, the greatly varying song structure and cathartic release that was written...