The south-facing exterior wall of the University of Manitoba’s Marcel A. Desautel faculty of music bears the words, “DEMOLISH SERIOUS CULTURE.” Attempts to remove this puzzling imperative from the smooth limestone have been partly...

Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner is demonstrably not a bathhouse, diner or in any way associated with anyone named Freud. Instead, it is a gallery run by Kristel Jax and Mark Wohlgemuth. To investigate the...

The last decade or so has seen the proliferation among young men of what very witty people have named the “man-purse” or “murse” (which, if anything, sounds like a male nurse). This profligacy is...

“Hipster,” like “douchebag,” has reached a state of overuse that renders it almost entirely meaningless. To some, a hipster is a 17-year old wearing skinny jeans and listening to Arcade Fire. To others, a...

DISCLAIMER: The following contains innumerable falsehoods and exaggerations and should be regarded as entirely useless for any practical purpose, including entertainment. Based on a true story. Several weeks ago, owing to a unique concatenation of...