Arts & Culture

Difficult, primal, heart-wrenching theatre

By
Lukas Thiessen
Loren MacDonald is a third-year theatre student with a flair for concise, off-the-cuff reviews of plays. “ a very unique, experimental play about how people might behave if they had all expectations stripped away and...
Arts & Culture

Spell Indian. Spell genocide. Spell artist.

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Lukas Thiessen
Director. Mentor. Producer. Cinematographer. Editor. Writer. Actor. Cinematic artist Darryl Nepinak, a Saulteaux man from the Ojibway Nation who grew up and lives in Winnipeg, does it all. His approach to film is both humorous...
Arts & Culture

Prepare for the posthumous protester

By
Lukas Thiessen
Three-quarters of a year before the end of the Second World War, a child was born in the ruined city of Berlin and grew up to be perhaps the loudest voice of the political...
Features

Riel dead

By
Lukas Thiessen
Twenty policemen stood guard in the chilly morning under a clear sky. Their ghostly breath was visible as they waited for the prisoner to ascend to the gallows. It was shortly after eight o’clock...
Arts & Culture

Dildos, art, and DJs

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Lukas Thiessen
Prepare yourself for Winnipeg’s kinkiest art show ever. “We are keeping art and sex accessible to people, and keeping it fun. We’re exposing people to stuff they may not have seen before.” Sarah Bertnick, local artist...
Arts & Culture

REEL PRIDE

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Lukas Thiessen
Winnipeg’s LGBTTQ* film festival, the largest of its kind between Toronto and Vancouver, is run entirely by volunteers. Additional support from the people of Manitoba who attend the festival as well as proud sponsors—Assiniboine...
Arts & Culture

Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art

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Lukas Thiessen
On Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. aceartinc., a contemporary art-focused, artist-run centre, will host a vernissage for emerging artists. This group participated in what hannah_g, co-director of the gallery, describes as Winnipeg’s premiere arts...
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