’Toban Listens: Video Palace
For those who grew up with VHS tapes, there’s likely a nostalgia that sits in your brain and triggers when you hear the sound of…
Arts & Culture
Eulogy for the Good Will
Legendary bar and venue the Good Will Social Club is shutting its doors after nearly a decade of business. An Instagram post on Nov. 22…
The ’Toban staff’s holly-jolly holiday movie picks
A Christmas Fury (2017) If you’re looking for a holiday film with a large dose of Canadiana, look no further. Based on the same characters…
Reflecting on Filipino diaspora through the rear view mirror
The School of Art Student Gallery at the Taché Arts Complex hosted an art exhibit titled Re: Collecting: Memories From The Rear View Mirror, featuring…
Reincarnating the religion department
The University of Manitoba is renovating its lounge and planning coffee and donut get-togethers for students as part of a larger plan of rejuvenating the…
Nature and art combine at Plant and Paint Night
UMSU and the School of Fine Arts Student Association (SOFASA) hosted their Plant and Paint Night event on Nov. 22. The event marked the first…
Second annual Indigenous Winter Market held at U of M
The annual Indigenous Winter Market had its second run last week, Nov. 23 and 24. The event was created last year by Vanessa Lillie, director…
The mundane and sublime at WAG-Quamajuq
This fall, two major exhibits opened at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq. Though disparate on their surfaces, certain thematic resonances connect them. The first, titled…
Food as the ‘great equalizer’
Aficionados of Cookbooks and all things homemade gathered at Fort Garry library on Nov. 14 to listen to author and award-winning Free Press arts reporter…
Growing up undead
Vampires have captured the imagination of western audiences for many decades, all the way from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the numerous Hollywood adaptations thereof, through…