House Handshake’s road to Winnipeg
A long and winding road led to the formation of local indie outfit House Handshake. The band is currently comprised of Quinton Poitras (vocals, frets),…
Arts & Culture
Nuit Blanche hosts pop-up powwow in conjunction with Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art Gallery
An Indigenous block party welcomed Nuit Blanche Winnipeg’s attendees in front of 211 Pacific Avenue Saturday night. The Pop-Up Powwow 2.0 (Friendship Dance Event) took…
Wheelchair basketball court installation draws in Nuit Blanche Winnipeg attendees
Allez Hop!, a pop-up ’90s themed accessible glow-in-the-dark basketball court was stationed on Market Avenue during Nuit Blanche Winnipeg. The installation had a mix of…
Queer all-female band Strange Breed tours new album, Permanence
Rock ’n’ roll never died — it only transformed and carried on. Strange Breed, an all-queer, all-female garage-rock group from Vancouver, is touring across Canada…
Kent Monkman’s latest exhibit opens at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Canadian history is being retold in Kent Monkman’s latest solo exhibit at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Canadian Cree artist Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A…
The Bros. Landreth ⎯ ‘’87,’ 4/5
The Bros. Landreth are back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, ’87.
Ally Gonzalo captures Winnipeg’s Filipino queer community in latest portrait series
Ally Gonzalo brings boldness and beauty in Bakla!, his latest portrait series. Gonzalo is now a Winnipeg-based professional photographer, but he got his start back…
Local YA fantasy author S. M. Beiko launches ‘The Brilliant Dark’ at McNally Robinson
A locally-made epic trilogy will come to an end this month. The Brilliant Dark, S. M. Beiko’s final instalment of The Realms of Ancient trilogy,…
U of M’s 4-H club promotes leadership
Farm kids are not the only ones going to 4-H clubs anymore. The U of M Future Leaders 4-H Club is a group where students…
U of M’s school of art showcases Indigenous South African pottery and alumna PJ Anderson’s work
The latest exhibit at the U of M’s School of Art Gallery’s collections gallery is hundreds of years in the making. Contemporary Traditions and Allusions:…