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‘Toban turntable

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Last month, Winnipeg roots music duo the Bros. Landreth released their fourth and latest album Dog Ear.  The album by the two-time JUNO award winning brothers Dave and Joey Landreth is an intimate celebration of...
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Renaissance frescoes and Indigenous-Vatican relations

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
                        Over 500 years ago, Pope Alexander VI commissioned Italian artist Pinturicchio to paint frescoes in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, notably a fresco of the Resurrection of Jesus. However, what appeared to be just another...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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Tuning into the sounds of the Swingin’ Sixties

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Peace signs, bell-bottoms and long hair — the Swinging Sixties can be described as one of the most iconic and influential decades in recent history. With events such as the civil rights movement and...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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U of M students perform The Shaughraun

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
This week, U of M theatre students are bringing The Shaughraun to life, promising a night of fun, laughter and Irish shenanigans. Written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault in 1874 and set on the west...
Zulkifl Rafah
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U of M students perform Handel’s Arminio

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The Desautels Chamber Opera Group, formed by voice students at the U of M, performed George Frideric Handel’s Arminio at the Desautels Concert Hall last weekend. Despite the opera being over 200 years old,...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Arts & Culture

Festival du Voyageur wants your memorabilia

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Festival du Voyageur is currently seeking memorabilia for an exhibit in its 2026 edition. Accepted items include photographs of the festival’s events, promotional materials, branded T-shirts and more.  Colin Mackie, the festival’s director of heritage...
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Thompson author tells story of Kerrie Ann Brown

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
                  A group of teenagers were at a house party in Thompson, Manitoba on Oct. 16, 1986. What was supposed to be a fun night turned into a nightmare when 15-year-old Kerrie Ann Brown disappeared...
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