Lake Superior State University — longstanding arbiter of taste and go-to state university for word-banishing — declared the word “epic” banned for 2011. Along with “viral,” “fail” and “Facebook” as a verb, “epic” is...

Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same five crucial questions. One: The Manitoban: What substance or activity do you find to be creativity-producing? Nathan Ham: Absolute friendship is the...

Like every young, super-fabulous lady in our city, I like certain things: shopping ‘til I drop, celebs, Apple-berry-tinis™, and the glossy women’s magazines they sell at the drugstore where I get my spray tan...

Attention everyone! You guys! I have the best idea. Oh, that? That is a half-empty bottle of Crème de Menthe. Or half-full, am I right? It’s all about your attitude in life. That is something...

It is Tuesday evening at the Toad in the Hole on Osborne and everything is as it should be — that is, nothing is out of the ordinary. A rambunctious patron hollers his displeasure...

Oh geez, this is embarrassing. I’m not entirely sure how to even talk about this. It’s not what you’d call “a fun topic,” but alright, here I’m being asked to share my experience so...

It was cold and pouring rain in St. John’s when I spoke to author Craig Francis Power from his home in Newfoundland. How appropriate, as you couldn’t ever call Power’s debut novel “sunny.” Gritty,...