Final farewell
Local punk band 1971 are saying farewell to fans at their EP release and final concert on Dec. 23. The group decided to disband after…
Arts & Culture
Roman Clarke – Looking For Mine, 4/5
Roman Clarke of The Middle Coast takes on his first solo effort with EP Looking For Mine which just proves that even individually the members…
Troy Rayner – Demo*lition Day, 4/5
Acoustic singer-songwriter Troy Rayner, also known as Gentleman Ghost, released his second EP, Demo*lition Day, on Nov. 7, three years after the release of his…
Cultural appropriation in the arts
Manitoba Opera is currently showing Madama Butterfly, a piece previously questioned as being racist or being an example of cultural appropriation. The opera debuted in…
Lights, camera, dance
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD) artist-in-residence Danielle Sturk is collaborating with local dancers to produce a piece that looks at human connectivity through the lens of…
Local lyrical line-up
Local rock and blues musician/songwriter Romi Mayes has rounded up 18 talented locals for her fifth annual songwriter extravaganza. On Dec.3 at the Park Theatre,…
Indigenous cinema celebration
The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) kicks off on Thursday, Nov.23. The four-day fest features some of the best of Indigenous cinema. WAFF brings in…
IsKwé – The Fight Within, 3/5
The new album from IsKwé, called The Fight Within, is a grand experience of heavy electronic music. Dedicated vocal lines take flight in a landscape…
Have yourself a funky little Christmas
Canadian classic funk and hip hop inspired electronic music duo, The Funk Hunters, are packing up the sleigh and heading east from their hometown on…
Family-friendly fundraiser “For Pete’s Sake”
On Nov. 25, friends, family, and supporters of Peter Baergen Warkentin will gather at The Skyview Ballroom in the Marlborough Hotel to raise funds to…