Arts & Culture

The Hobbit

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Amy Anne Smith
In 11 months and counting, the first installation of The Hobbit will hit the theatres. I was only a wee teenager when The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001, but I remember...
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Intimacy, efficiency and a lot of windows

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Amy Anne Smith
The Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport opened the runways to 747s and small carrier planes alike last October. Now that the snow has sprinkled our streets, now that exams have reared their prickly...
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Romeo and Juliet

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Amy Anne Smith
Every few years, the Manitoba Theatre Centre performs a version or adaptation of one William Shakespeare’s plays. Richard the Third was performed in 2003, set in the American invasion of Iraq, and most people...
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Forgotten swing

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Amy Anne Smith
Neda Kianmehr is a new artist with a beautiful history, and The Gallery of Student Art (GoSA) will be featuring her artwork in University Centre Dec. 5-16.. The exhibition is called Forgotten Swing, a...
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Talking Heads re-imagined

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Amy Anne Smith
A group of musicians and graduates of our U of M jazz program have recently begun a fantastic series of concerts wherein classic pop albums are re-imagined in the style of contemporary jazz tunes....
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A plea for Community

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Amy Anne Smith
This article is not a review, it is not a descriptive work, it’s not even really an opinion piece. What this is is a plea, a desperate plea to all of those people on...
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400 year anniversary

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Amy Anne Smith
Did you know the University of Manitoba has a first edition copy of the King James Bible? If you know where to go and who to talk to, you can arrange for a one-on-one...
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