Why they tried to hide pride
Despite Winnipeg’s Pride parade drawing record-breaking numbers this year, my reflection on the month is soured by how urgently necessary this support was, coming on…
Jessie Krahn
Going forward, golf must be stopped
My parents tried to raise me to be a golfer. It didn’t work. There is no sport with which I have a greater enmity than…
What are critics for, anyway?
While gamers are, in my opinion, among the most morally malnourished subgroups in the world, patrolling the internet and being hateful to someone for having…
Gabrielle Roy, Manitoban writer in retrospect
Gabrielle Roy wrote about her departure from her childhood home in Manitoba with a sheepishness characteristic of anyone caught in this province’s nostalgic grip. No…
’Toban about town — Aburi Sushi
The philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote in celebration of the flâneur, the wandering person of leisure in urban spaces. Flâneurs soak their cities in, stroll around,…
Students deserve better than Aramark
I write about food in the Manitoban’s Arts & Culture section. I like sharing good food with others. Knowing that so many people are involved…
UMAnime hosts manga club
UMAnime recently introduced its manga club, a regular event for students to read portions of manga series and discuss them with fellow fans. Manga are…
K-pop fandom in Winnipeg flourishing
K-pop, or Korean popular music, is a multi-genre music scene mostly made up of idol groups — idols being the industry term for K-pop stars…
LARP and the creative Misthaven of Underworld
In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, people who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons from within. Without the ability…
A play within a play on Royal MTC stage
Alice Childress was almost the first Black woman playwright to have her work appear on Broadway in 1955 with her wry and potent meta-comedy Trouble…