Going green into the red
By far the most wonderful thing about the environmental movement is that it may allow our children to avoid simultaneously drowning and being mauled by…
Benjamin Miller
U of M Symphony Orchestra opens season with American classics
The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra begins its second year under Maestro Richard Lee this week on Oct. 27 with the first of four performances…
Owen Pallett on angels, the country and Czech orchestras
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the music of Toronto’s Owen Pallett — classical violinist, composer, founder of Final Fantasy (a name under which he…
School of art students star in NYC artist’s latest work
Students at the University of Manitoba’s school of fine art comprised the majority of cast and crew at a recent shoot by a visiting artist….
Case 39 aims low, misses
Case 39, like many horror movies, relies heavily on the devices and themes of its genre. While some of these are successfully employed, the film’s…
Classical Rock
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…
Bullet holes and noise rock
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…
The devolution of pants
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…
Vanderhart & Poggemiller New English Dictionary
“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…
A night at Mystique
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