Arts & Culture

Representing the folk out of Canada

By
Benjamin Miller
The upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking place this weekend, will bring musicians from across Canada as nominees in 19 different categories such as “Traditional Singer of the Year,” “Aboriginal Artist of the Year”...
Arts & Culture

Liptonians get serious

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Benjamin Miller
The Liptonians, a Winnipeg-based indie-rock quintet, are poised for more mainstream success with the release of their second album, Let’s All March Back Into the Sea, scheduled to be released this February. While their...
Features

Going green into the red

By
Benjamin Miller
By far the most wonderful thing about the environmental movement is that it may allow our children to avoid simultaneously drowning and being mauled by cancerous aquatic polar bear gangs. What's surely next best,...
Arts & Culture

U of M Symphony Orchestra opens season with American classics

By
Benjamin Miller
The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra begins its second year under Maestro Richard Lee this week on Oct. 27 with the first of four performances scheduled for the year. The first concert includes works...
Arts & Culture

Owen Pallett on angels, the country and Czech orchestras

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Benjamin Miller
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the music of Toronto’s Owen Pallett — classical violinist, composer, founder of Final Fantasy (a name under which he no longer performs) and occasional member of Arcade Fire...
Arts & Culture

School of art students star in NYC artist’s latest work

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Benjamin Miller
Students at the University of Manitoba’s school of fine art comprised the majority of cast and crew at a recent shoot by a visiting artist. Jillian Mcdonald, a Winnipeg-born artist who now works in...
Arts & Culture

Case 39 aims low, misses

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Benjamin Miller
Case 39, like many horror movies, relies heavily on the devices and themes of its genre. While some of these are successfully employed, the film’s more prominent feature is the way the normally-frightening, if...
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