Folk singer turned pop performer joins The Dedicated Tour
Pop singer Raffa Weyman, who performs under the name Ralph, will be lighting up the Burt with fellow Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen on Sept. 9.
Arts & Culture
Politicians make plans for creative community
Art and politics come together once again for the provincial election. Here are the promises made as of press time by Manitoba’s four main political…
A journey into the taboo
Is this what the 1960s felt like? That was my first thought when entering The Park Theatre on Aug. 25 for the Sacred Sexual Music…
Festival favourite ends summer with a Royal Rumpus
Cult DJ and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Courtnage — known onstage as Smoky Tiger — released his third album, The Premium Quality Royal Rumpus, Aug. 30. In…
A new cinematic world in small town Manitoba
Although I grew up and live in Winnipeg, Gimli is my second home. Summertime, to me, means regular trips to Gimli for evenings on the…
The many wonders of a fleeting trip to Winnipeg
As a well-travelled New Zealander, Winnipeg has become one of my favourite places to visit. When I first arrived in Winnipeg, around this time last…
Burlesque, nerdlesque, boylesque and more
The fourth annual Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival will be on at the Gas Station Arts Centre from Aug. 15 to 18. This year’s festival deviates…
Food for thought
The South Osborne Farmers’ Market (SOFM) brings its community-minded, ecologically sustainable vendors to Kylemore Ave. for its fourth year. The SOFM is run by Farm…
Traipsing through the heat and the storms
“This year, I felt like I knew people almost everywhere I went.”
Festival toasts volunteers for decades of hard work
Winnipeg Folk Festival (WFF) attendees took a break from the music on the afternoon of July 13 to honour “milestone” WFF volunteers.