Chimerica launches at MTC
Chimerica, by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood, opened on the John Hirsch Mainstage of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) Feb. 26 and will run to…
Arts & Culture
Rococode – “Don’t Worry It Will Be Dark Soon” 2.5/5
Musically, Rococode are exactly what you’d anticipate from their indie-pop moniker. Genre staples like propulsive drumbeats, an instrumentation mostly dependent on synths and keyboards, and…
Matt Andersen brings blues to the Burt
Canadian bluesman Matt Andersen is only days away from the release of his eighth album Honest Man, the release date of which coincides with Andersen’s…
Leafing creatively
Winnipeg artist and photographer Joel Penner has created a unique art and science project that creatively showcases the concepts of life and death via artistic…
Achieving Alumni: Erik Klassen
Erik Klassen – Bachelor of arts, labour studies, 2015 Klassen was born and raised in the small Manitoba francophone community of Saint-Jean Baptiste. After graduating high…
Achieving Alumni: Alex Ateah & Kylie Friesen
Alex Ateah – Bachelor of fine arts (honours), 2015 Kylie Friesen – Bachelor of arts (honours), English literature, 2014 After graduating from the U of…
Library Voices showcase new tricks on Lovish
Regina-based music collective Library Voices are bringing their bombastic, fuzzed-out brand of hook-laden indie/pop-rock back to Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre (WECC) on Feb. 25,…
Going beyond Bechdel on the big screen
On Feb. 23, the Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba (PCWM) will host a panel discussion at the Park Theatre starting at 7 p.m. titled…
Smoke set to debut in Winnipeg
Recent U of M alumni (and current third year student of the Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) School for the Contemporary Arts) Suzanne Friesen is making…
We Are The City, in your city
On Sunday, Feb. 21, Vancouver’s resident oddball trio We Are The City bring their syncopated, percussion- and synthesizer-heavy brand of experimental indie-rock to the Good…