Power to the people
In every friendship I have cultivated over the last few years I’ve found it necessary at some point to sit down face to face with…
Benjamin Miller
This land is FOODLAND
Winnipegger Adam Smoluk’s second feature FOODLAND opens tomorrow at Winnipeg Cinematheque. The film, written and directed by Smoluk and produced by Juliette Hagopian, takes place…
Rolling with Ball
Jonathan Ball is a writer, a filmmaker and scholar, but mostly, he’s a writer. The author of two quite successful recent books, Ex Machina and…
Ad Infinitum
Starting Dec. 1, the Winnipeg Art Gallery will be screening the winners of the 2010 Cannes Lions festival, which took place June 20-26, 2010. The…
Wind ensemble time
A wind ensemble is a curious thing. According to Fraser Linklater, director of the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble, the wind band creates an opportunity…
WAFF it up
Since its creation nine years ago, the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) has come to incorporate films with many themes besides the aboriginal issues it…
Go Greenaway
Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, Black Swan, will be released next week on Dec. 3. The trailer promises plenty of symbolism and Gothic compositions, elements most…
Living in harmony
Among the opera personalities in town for Manitoba Opera’s production of Puccini’s famous Tosca, are husband and wife Richard Margison and Valerie Kuinka — the…
Representing the folk out of Canada
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…
Liptonians get serious
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…